1508 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1074 AND ORDINANCE NO 1202

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Section 35. All fixtures must have water seal trap placed as close to fixture as practicable, and all fixture traps more than three feet (31) away from soil stack must be revented, except washing machines, floor drains, and three feet (3x) of waste line from closet connection to tub trap. 5ection 36o Stacks, vents and revent pipes on outside or inside of walls of buildings and houses shall extend through or above roofs and the opening in roof s shall be flashed. Section 37. All drains frorn three feet (31) autside of building to the main sewer must be of vitrified clay pipe with bells, cast iron, or asbestos cement pipe laid to a uniform grade. Excavation shall be made for all bells and couplings an pipe so that the pipe shall have solid bearing for the full length of the pipeo Joints of clay pipe shall be well cemented with two parts of screened sharp sand and one part portland cement; joints of cast iron shall be made of molten lead and oakum well caulked. No vitrified clay or asbestos cement pipe shall be used for sewer connections unlsss it is more than six inches {611} under the ground. Asbestos cement pipe shall be laid according to manufacturers= specifications. Section 38. All sewer, soil and waste pipe drains shall have a con- tinuous fall of not less than one-quarter of an inch to the foot, if obtainable. Section 39. Every water closet ahall be supplied with water from a tank of sufficient capacity to properly flusli-said closet, and no flush pipe from same shall be less than one and one-quarter inches in diameter, or 2 inches on a low tank closet. Section 40. Water closets shall be of glazed earthenware or enameled iron, all exposed, provide-d that the tank and seat may be of waod. It shall be unlawful to install anti-freeze or long hopper closet within a residence and they can only be used in out buildings. Section 41. All closet openinga, except short hoppers, must have lead ends and same turned over on floor, brass floor flanges, or cast iron closet bends with caulked on flanges. Space in bottom of closet bowl shall be filled with an approved compound or live rubber gasket and the bowl securely fastened to floor. On concrete floors caulked flanges may be used. 5ection 42. Kitchen sinks shall have one and one-half (1-1/2) inch P traps of lead or brass or grease traps not less tha.n ten by ten inches; provided, however, that sinks in any hotel, restaurant or other public cooking or manufacturing establishment, must have grease traps of pro- per size, and must be accessible at all times to allow proper cleaning. Wash basins shall have one and one-quarter (1-1/4) inch P traps of lead or brass. Bath tub traps may be one and one-half {1-1/2} inch lead or two inch (211) cast iron P traps. When two inch (211) cast iron P traps are used, the connection from the trap to fixture shall be of lead to iron, lead to brass ferrule, copper, or brass. Section 43, Floor and cellar dra.ins may discharge into a catch basin. Catch basin must have a water seal of at least ten inches in depth, if in basement. They shallbe provided with an approved pattern of back water valve or gate valve. Catch basins must not be les s than 24x24x24 inches in size, made water tight and constructed of brick or concrete. If of brick, it must be plastered inside with at least one inch of cement. Section 44. Catch basins shall be considered fixtures and must be installed accordingly. Bell traps connected to catch basins are not classed as fixtures, and cast iron is to be used for connections to same.