Ordinance 132-71 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 14: That Chapter 9, Section 910, of the Uniform Plumbing Code herein adopted is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 910 - Plumbing Fixtures Required Every building or separate part thereof, in which people congregate, live, sleep or work must have a room or rooms containing one (1) or more water closets. Each dwelling house, apartment tenement or flat must have at least one water closet, one sink and one bath for each family living in such dwelling house, apartment, tenement or flat; provided, that if more than ten persons live in any such dwelling house, apartment, tenement or flat, there shall be one additional water closet for each ten additional persons or fraction thereof. Factories, shops, stores, restaurants, office buildings shall have at least one water closet for each twenty-four (24) persons or fraction thereof, of each sex. Water closets for the different sexes must be entirely separate and plainly marked and further, water closets must be located in an accessible and convenient place on the premises. Schools, theaters, auditoriums, dormitories, warehouses, workshops, loft buildings, foundries, mills and similar establishments shall conform to the minimum plumbing facilities requirement of Appendix 'C' of this Code and each shall furnish separate facilities for each sex. " Section 15: That Chapter 10, Section 1008, of the Uniform Plumbing Code as herein adopted, shall be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 1008 - Installation, Inspection, Testing (a) Installation. All water piping shall be adequately supported to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority. Burred ends shall be reamed to the full bore of the pipe. Changes in direction shall be made by the appropriate use of fittings. All such piping, equipment, appurtenances and devices shall be installed in a workmanlike manner in conformity with the provisions and intent of this Code. (b) Water service pipes or any underground water pipes, shall not be run or laid in the same trench with non-metallic building sewer or drainage piping, except as provided in this section. 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: The bottom of the water service pipe, at all points, shall be at least twelve (12) inches above the top of the sewer line. The water service pipe shall be placed on a solid shelf excavated at one side of the common trench. No water piping shall be installed within any concrete slab or in the ground under a concrete slab within a building. EXCEPTION When necessary due to structural conditions, water piping, may be installed in chases, sleeves, ducts, or surrounded in a bed of clean washed sand of three (3) inch coverage or protected by an approved pipe wrapping material. (c) All water distributing systems shall be protected from water hammer by the installation of air chambers or approved water hammer arresters. Page 7