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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 59 a Regul sting the Plumbing and Drainage of ~ildings and for the iiProtection of the Public Health, and Providing Penalty for Viola- 4 ltion~hereof~o 5 itThe ~ard o'~ Trustees of the City of Bakersfield, do ordain as [ 'follows: 6 ~ Section. 1 'The plumbing and drainage .of all buildings a~?-. ? additions hereafter erected in the City of Bakersfield, shall be executed in accordance with the plans and specifications previous s ly filed in 'the Health office of said City and duly approved by the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage and in compliance wi~". 9 this ordinance. lo Section, 2. No Plmnber shall do any plumber's work in any build~ lng or addition hereafter erected or moved in said City until il he bas first received a permit so to, do. To obtain said permit plans and, spec,ificatio, ns correctly describing in detail work to x a be done saall ce filed in the Health Office of said City, ,and a fee of three ($S. 00) dollars be paid to the Inspector of Plmab- , ~s lng a,nd Drainage for cost of exmnination of plans and specifi- .. cations and the completed work which shall be retained by ;aim ~4 as fees and in i~ll compens?&ion for his services rendered. .... 'Wher~..~pon,. if such plan~ and specifieations._are, in ' ~5'' aCcor4ance wi'th the or$inances of th~s City and rules of the Boer~ of Heal'Sh, the ~aid Inspector of Pltnnbing and Drainage.. ~s shal~!~:issue the said' permit. If the said plans and specifics- · tions'.d.6 not 'conform to the official re~/uirements they shall ::...:.... ~7 be..r.&Atui~ned to the applicant by the Inspector of Plumbing and , with his objections thereto. ,~. Dr_ a-i~., ~- 6gerber Section S. There shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees t' of the Oity of Bakersfiald, an Inspector of Plmabing and Drain- age. He .shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithffull, ao perform the duties ~' bis.~o_;~i~e~, zan.;1,.ah_a!.l.hefore"entering upon his du~;ies, execute.~oh'a"{'o~of ' B&kersfield, al in the sma~Lone .thousand'Rollars . ond.ition for the faithful performance aa .e duties of his office, and for the benefit of persons aggrieved by his acts or neglect. Said bond shall be approved as bM the President of the Board of T_~mtees and filed with the Cle~"~ of...-' said Board. ' ~.. 24 ......... :" ~.5 Section 4. All material must be cf._good free from .? defect; all defective material to.be "' ~.~ to be put into its place, and the work must be executed in a ~.-... thorough and wor~aanlike manner. " The arrangement of. soil and was? pipes must be aa ~,~-7 dj-eot as 'oossib,le. The soil waste., pipes a~t'. the traps, where · ~., - . · ~ · .' . · ~ ~.e convenient, shoula..be exposed ~.o vzew for ready .~nspe%!on at ~ all times, and.for convenience in repairing. · . ...~...... ', ' ' .. ' :'.']';.-[i.'..'~ .' -.. Whenever a party desires to connect a building with the Ii street sewer, he shall notify the Inspector of Plm~ing' an~.~.:,;.... ~- ii Drainage, ard' all such connections shall be made 6h~r his sUpe~-~' "!1 vision, to his satisfaction and .in accordance with these rules, ....". S -. and~mot othe_~.~ise. The pipe running to the building shall be ' connected with the pipe e_x%.eDd~.g f.~.~_ the street sewer to the ' 4 pro.~ertv line. and shall '~ o,~('4~hes in diameter, inside measurement, and shal- be lmd in the same mmmner dud in accor- .k~-..'. 5 dance' with the s~m~e s~ecifi~ations as~he street sew~cr~s.~_and _~_~ ' · ' :'~.-- .i-shall.~- wLth a uniform..~-a~e,.a~-~. ,a_s,~...s~? ._. ' ' · ~lr~s,' on~.~of which is,one or more ~tories higher th~n the other 7 .;'~!.~t.h~n'a four'Inch ~znn~ng trap with., a four' inch air inlet on the · .I house SiSe shall be placed in the connecting house drain of the - s lower building to and inside of said property line. All waste ~ pipes coming from the house as soil pipes, p.~pes from bath tubs, i 9 wash stands, kitchens, etc. must be separately trapped before ' entering the main four (4) inch house drain. The waste pipes !° from the kitchen must dischsrge into traps and cowls with hand ":'~ '~Z" holes. --- Section. 5. No person shall place any pan or hopper closet in 1~- any building or any outhouse in the City of ..Bakersfield,' and no~; " person, owning, controlling or occupying any property in said ~1 ' 1s City snail permit any pan or hopper closet to be so placed. ~i '. ~ 14 Section, 6. Every house or bu.ilding hereafter erected must ~ . have-.t-h.e-_house-.dr-ai-n constructed .of-cast--iron, where it lies. ~ ' " ~5 un, er thebuilding. The house drain must hav~ a fall_~o~.f~~ '. · least one quarter (1/4)of an inch to the foo~Y~~ run ~s along the cellar wall where practicable, or if laid under the 17 lower floor of a building, must be hung in iron straps securely fastened to the floor joists. It must be laid in as straight a ~s line as l:,Ossible. Ail changes in direction ~ust be made in cuwve~ DiDos, ~nd all connections with Y branches and one ~9 e~g..bth ~lZS~. ) bends. .... No .owlck,. sheet, metal,_ow eathernware.. . flue shall be used as a sewer ventzlator, nor sna!l any chumey flus ~.o be used for this purpose. Section. 7. Eve_v~y. soil pipe shall be of cast 'iron; waste pipe !' shall be of cast ~ron or lead. Section. S. Ail cast and pipe fittings for waste, vent and soi~ ~-s pipe ~st be coated both inside and out with asphaltum or coal- t~r pitch, or sdme other_ equivalent substance applied hot, ~-4 subject to approval of Inspector. ,. ~-~ Section..9. Ail iron, soil bi~ waste pipes; ered up, must have all openings stopped and be filled with water ~e and allowe~ to stand until inspected and approved. All con- " nections of lead with iron pipe must be made with a brass for- ~.7 rule of the same size as the lead pipe and calked into the iron pipe .and cormected to the bad pipe by a wiped joint. Ail con- ~s nections of lead pip'e must be of wiped joints. Section. 10. Every water closet, sink, basin, bath or set of wash trays, or other vessels connected with the dra~y~ piP~',- must be separately and effectively trapped. Tee ,traps must be placed as near the fixtures as practicable, not to exceed s thirty (30) inches 'c~rom seal of trap to line of vent. ~en the trap of any fixture i's set ~.~ore than thirty (30) inches 4 fro~.,~ the vertical line of a pipe, a return connection ~st in all cases be provided. · Section. 11. All t~.aps E~-st be p.~otected fif._o~..~2~ $ ". e special ~ir pipes of lead, .wrought or .east ~ron, to be: zn s~ze not less than the size ¢"~ the waste pipes which they. vent, ? those used to supply air to traps of single water closets lo- c~ted in the basement or on the first floor of a building not s less than two (2) incl~es in diameten. In cottages whe'~.e but one closet is constructed the vent shall be at least three (S) 9 inches in diameter,and when there are more than one then the vent of the second closet shall be at least two (2) inches in ~ o di~neter. These pipes .must extend two (2) fee{~ ~~~r fire walls. The air pipes of two or more wate~ c.osets,~ l~ united above the hi,best fixture ar_d shall in that case be not less than four (4) inches in diameter. Several air pipes may ~2 be combined in the s~ne manner. The air pipe must have a con- tinuous slope to avoid collecting water by condensation. 1S Section. 12. Every Safe under a basin, bath, urinal, tank, ~4 'other fixture, ::~st be drained by ~ special pipe of lead or .wrousht iron not directly combined with any soil, waste pipe, drain or ~ewer, but made to discharge outside the house. S.ection. lSo All w.~si?j~ipes from all interior plxm~bing, exclU~ 17 s~ve of water clOse't~s~~ll discharge in an open trap hopper or traps and cowl wit~-handhole which contain a water closet or where a building covers the entire, width of a lot of gro~m~i. ~9 Section. 14. No person shall connect a ste~un e~haust with~. s_ny drain, soil or ~aste pipe. ~-0' Section 15. Rain water leaders must never be used as soil, ~ waste or vent pipes, nor shall ~ny soil, waste or vent pipes be use~ as a rain water leader. All leaders .from roof~" must ~-~- discharge on 'the surface of the ground. Section 16. All leaders, soil waste, air, and drain pipes in- side of buildings, before being covered up, must have all ~-4 e~ings stepped up and be filled with water. The said test must be made in the presence of the I-nspeetor of Plumbing and ~'5 Drainage. and if satisfactoryj he shall" issue a proper'"'cert-i~fi~t , cate.~'~$tiee .must be given~o the Inspector when. the work is ~-s sufficiently advanced for inspection. ~.7 Section. 17. All,cast iron house drains under houses shall, · . · '~_'~.~ . ~ · after bezng la~.~j .b..'~j~zlzedwz~ water and allowed to remain ~-S uncovered until .~l?S.l~.?d by th~ Tlumbing Inspector. j;,.., ,~.. ~. Section. 18. .No opening shall be provided in the sewer pipe. of any o,]lld~ng for the purpose of receiving the surface drain- age of the cellar unless special permission be granted; ,and any openi.~ so made must be immediately and permanently 'closed when directed by the Board of Health. ,~ection. 19. Ih all cases a clean out of same size as waste pipe o~ '.~hich .it forms a part shall be placed on all horizontal runs of pipe w~ere said ~ exceeds ten (10) feet; a~d in all cases-a--brass clean out cormection shall..be oleos, ed the_ exit of such. drain from~ the buildin' 's~g n~i iS'~ ............ an acC~'~~1' location. Sectidn, 20. Every water ~closet basin, urinal, wash basin .an~ every f~cet having a waste pipe shall be separated, and ~ndepen~ently trapped with m water sealing trap placed as near the fixture as practicable and each and every trap shall be protected from s~phonage and air pressure by a special air or ve,.t vent pipe of a s~ze not~ less than the .waste pipe up to and in- eluding two i~ches, over two inches and not exceeding fou~ in- ches, not less than two inch vents shall be use~. Vent pipes shell be ~,~n straight and direct as possible and with a gra~e to avoid trapping or condensation and the termination of all vents shall be five feet from all flues, waste tar~ks, air shafts and windows, and in no case shall ter- minate et a lower distance. '~'"' In r%o case can a vent or waste, other than a water closet!~ be al.lo.we~--N'~...~ en-~ ~ er the_main drain or vent of a water closet, but ~]st be 'i~n in case of waste' pipes- to an out%ida .trap with hand hole mud cowl, and thence carried independently to the roof; unless in case where a building covers the whole space of a lot, then the waste pipe and vent can enter main soil pipe of house ( which shall be of cast iron)main house drain to be of cast iron and extend ~ot less than two feet outside of the foundation of the building . Section 21. .~hen a building is moved from on? part of the City to another, er when an a~dition is made to a buxlding or when any new plumbing is done kn an old building, (except in cases of'. repairs, and repairs are defined to consist of leaks in drain, soil, waste an~ vent pipes and repairs on faucets, valves and water supply pipes), theplumbing rules and regulations a.dopted by the Board of Health must be follQwed. · Section 22, All vents from water closets ~aust be extended at lee. st two (2) feet above the main plate or fire wall 'of all buildings~, · -S'e'~tion '?~. Any'"'pe~_ ~rl'"'viol-~t~' any provision-'oi~"-'~hi's-e~4'~-~--~ anoe shall be deemed guilty of a misdemes~nor, and upon conviction thereof shall~be-punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($1~0.00) dol~ars':".,:?:and in case such fine be not paid, then by imprisonment in l~.h:~ County Jail of Kern County, California, at the r~te of one ("t) day for every two (..$2.00~'dol!ars of the fine so imposed. Section. R4.' This Ordinance shall be in full fowce and"efeect from ~nd after its pass~e ~d publication as requ~rec by law. Passed this ~ day of~ 1DO1 by t~ followir~ vote, U ' Ayeo Noes 8 ~ Absent ~ 0 II~ ~ ~. ~'~~ ~ ~ T~stees of the City ~' B~kers. 1~ ~1 ,.~: ,~7~~.. field. 17 18 19 9.0 24