Ordinance 348-75 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • "The water service pipe may be placed in the same trench with such building drain and building sewer provided both of the following conditions are met: " (1) The bottom of the water service pipe , at all points, shall be at least twelve (12) inches above the top of the sewer line. " (2) The water service pipe shall be placed on a solid shelf excavated at one side of the common trench. " (c) Water piping installed within a building and in or under a concrete floor slab resting on the ground shall be installed in accordance with the following requirements . " (1) Metallic piping shall have a protective coating of an approved type, machine applied and conforming to recognized standards. Field wrapping shall provide equivalent protection and is restricted to those short sections and fittings necessarily stripped for threading. Zinc coating (galvanizing) shall not be deemed adequate protection for piping for fittings. " (2) Copper tubing shall be installed with- out joints where possible. Where joints are permitted, they shall be brazed and fittings shall be wrought copper. " (d) Inspection. No water supply system or portion thereof, shall be covered or concealed until it first has been tested, inspected and approved. " (e) Testing. Before such approval, both hot and cold water piping shall be subjected to a full working water pressure test from the street main or other source of supply, or to an air pressure of not less than fifty (50) pounds per square inch for not less than fifteen (15) minutes. Piping must not leak when subjected to such test. Section 29 That Chapter 11, Section 1102 through Section 1119 inclusive and Table 11-1, 11-2 , 11-3 and Chapters 12 and 13 of the Uniform Plumbing Code herein adopted, is hereby deleted. Section 30 That Appendix C, of the Uniform Plumbing Code herein adopted is hereby amended to read as follows :