Ordinance 3546 - Laserfiche WebLink

necessary in cases of excavations for building purposes, or for drainage of swails and low lots. Provided, however, that all laundries, livery stables, packing houses, restaurants and butcher shops now connected or which may hereafter be connected with any public sewer shall be provided with a permanent catch basin with the capacity of at least one hundred gallons, and all catch basins placed under buildings must have a back water valve placed in waste pipe to prevent overflowing in case of stoppage of sewer, and must also be properly trapped and vented. Section 8: RAIN WATER CONDUCTORS All rainwater conductors, except such conductors as are connected to tanks or cisterns for domestic use, shall be con- nected with the public sewer unless the public sewer is a sanitary sewer only. When rainwater leaders are connected to the drainage system they shall be connected to the main horizontal house drain and shall be properly trapped and vented. Drain from roof and/or areas shall be of the capacity in accordance with square footage prescribed in the following tables: Diameter (in inches) Sq. ft. of area 2 1050 3 3150 4 6450 5 10800 6 18000 8 35700 10 58800 12 95400 Section 9: WHO MAY MAKE CONNECTIONS Persons skilled in the drainage of houses and other premises and in the construction of sewers may be licensed to connect private drains with public sewers and to make repairs in such connection under the conditions prescribed in this ordinance. Section 10: APPLICATION, QUALIFICATIONS FOR, AND TERM OF LICENSE Any person desiring such license shall make application to the Commissioner of Public, Works of the City of Everett, and shall file at the same time a satisfactory certificate, signed by at least two (2) responsible contractors, plumbers, or builders, or one of each, to the effect that the said applicant is known to them as a reliable person, skilled in the business and qualified to receive a license to perform said work; such license shall continue for the period of one year unless sooner revoked by the Commissioner of Public Works. Section 11: LICENSE FEE, AMOUNT AND CONDITION OF BOND REQUIRED At the time of issuing a license the person or persons receiving the same shall file in the office of the City Clerk a bond in the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) with one or more responsible sureties to be approved by the Commissioner of Public Works of said city, conditioned that he, or they, will indemnify and save harmless the City of Everett from all suits, accidents and damages consequent therefrom, for or by reason of any opening in said street, avenue, alley or highway, and that he or they will pay to said city any and all damages to such sewers as shall result from carelessness or want of skill in him or them, or those in his or their employ, in making any connection with any public or private sewer which he or they may at any -3-