HomeMy WebLinkAbout1457 ORDINANCE NO. 1457
AN ORDINANCE adopting rules and regulations for the construction,
installation, alteration and repair of plumbing and drainage of any and all
building in the City of Bremerton, Washington; providing penalties for the
violation thereof and repealing Ordinance No. $14, and all other Ordinances
or parts of Ordinances in conflict therewith.
THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE !
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any construction,
installation, alteration and repair of plumbing and drainage of any and all
building in the City of Bremerton, Washington, in violation of the provisions
of this Ordinance.
Section 2. Any person convicted of a violation of this Ordinance shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars or confine-
ment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE II
INSTALLATION
Section 1. The installation of all plumbing in the City of Bremerton
shall be done by licensed contractors, bonded sewer men, licensed Journeymen
working under direct supervision of licensed contractors, and apprentices
working under direct supervision of licensed journeyman or licensed contractors.
It shall be unlawful for any other person or persons to do any work connected
with the waste system of house or building in the City, except for bona fide
owner as provided in Ordinance No. 875.
Section 2. Any alteration, sddition or repair shall conform in all
respects to the provisions of this Ordinance, and whenever any plumbing fixture
whose trap is not vented is removed and replaced with a different plumbing
fixture, the trap thereof shall be vented as required by this Ordinance, except
by special permission of the Department.
ARTICLE III
LOCAL VENTS
Section 1. Vent ducts for inside rooms where water closets and urinals
are located, shall have an area equal to two (2) square inches to every square
foot of floor space of the room in which fixtures are located; provided,
however, there shall not be allowed any vent ducts less than forty-eight (48)
square inches in cross section area, and not less than four (4) inches of
inside width.
Section 2. Vent ducts from toilet rooms must be run separate to the
outer air or to the roof, and must be as nearly vertical as practicable, and
must have no greater angle than forty-five (45) degrees when practicable.
Each room shall have a separate duct which in no case shall have any connection
with, or opening into, any other room except that several ducts may be connected
into one ventilator at such roof, such ventilator to be of an area equal to the
combined area of all ducts connected thereto. Such ducts shall be made of
heavy galvanized sheet metal, not less than 28 gauge, or other approved fire-
proof materials. All Joints shall be made air tight.
ARTICLE IV VENTS
Section 1. All traps shall be vented as herein set forth, for the
purpose of protecting their seal from siphonage, back pressure, fouling by
condensation of sewer air, and to maintain a circulation of air through all
parts of the piping system and to carry off the Foul odors that may accumulate
from the decomposition of sewage in the pipes.
Section 2. Branch vents must be taken off the waste or soil lines
above the center line of pipe and must rise at an incline of at least thirty
(30) degrees wherever possible. No vent shall be installed so it could
possibly act as waste in case of stoppage of intended waste.
Section 3. Every vent for a trap shall be connected to the waste line
by as short a connection as possible, but in no case shall such a connection
have a length greater than thirty (30) inches, measuring horizontally from
the trap seal.
Ordinance No. 1487 (cont)
Section 4. When two (2) P or ½S traps are vented by the continuous Vent-
ing system at the same level, they shall be connected to the vertical line by a
short turn double TM fitting when iron pipe is used, and by a double branch
wiped joint of. equal radius when lead pipe is used for waste pipe. A double
sanitary T may be used when cast iron pipe is used. The connection to the
vertical line shall be made at a point not below the water line in the body of
the trap. The vertical line below point of connection, and all horizontal parts
in conjunction therewith, shall constitute the waste pipe from the fixtures, and
that part above point of connection with waste pipes to point of connection with
other vent pipes, shall constitute the vent at the fixtures.
Section S. Vent pipes shall extend vertically or at an angle of forty-
five (45) degrees, six (6) inches above point of connection with trap outlets
before changing their direction, and shall extend to at least six (6) inches
above high water line of fixtures before connecting with other vent pipes.
Section 6. The traps of all fixtures or of drains within any building
connection to any sewer, or septic tank must have a separate vent pipe connected
to such trap, or to its branch waste or soil pipe, in such manner as to serve
it separately without cross connection or by-pass, and must be carried upward
at the nearest partition or wall to a point six (6) inches above the water line
of the fixture it serves before connecting with other vent pipes or to the main
vent pipes, except in special cases as provided for in this Ordinance.
Section 7. Every vent pipe and piping shall be of the size hereinafter
specified in this section for the kind and n~nnber of plumbing fixtures mentioned
in the following table, except as hereinafter provided in this section. Every
building containing a water closet shall have at least one (1) vent pipe not
less than four (4) inches in diameter, extending to and through the roof of the
building; and provided, further that every building not containing a water
e~oset shall have at least one (1) vent pipe not less than two (2) inches in
diameter, unless deemed unnecessary by the Department.
2 to 4, four (4) inch traps, or the equivalent of four (4) water closets,
shall be re-vented by a two (2) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (38) feet,
or fraction thereof, in length; and not more than 4, four (4) inch traps, or
the equivalent of four (4) water closets, shall be vented by a two (2) inch
pipe, and the said vent pipe shall be increased one (1) pipe size for each
thirty-five (35) feet in length, or fraction thereof added thereto.
8 to 9, four (4) inch traps, shall be vented by a two and one-half (2~)
inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet, or fraction thereof, in length;
and no more than 9, four (4) inch traps, or the equivalent of nine water closets,
shall be vented by a two and one-half (2~) inch pipe, and the vent pipe shall be
increased one (1) pipe size for each thirty-five (35) feet or fraction thereof
added thereto.
13 to 16, four (4) inch traps, or the equivalent of sixteen (16) water
closets, shall be vented by a three (3) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (38)
feet, or a fraction thereof in length.
17 to 38, four (4) inch traps, or the equivalent of thirty-eight water
closets shall be vented by a three and one-half (3~) inch pipe not exceeding
thirty-five (3~) feet, or fraction thereof in length; and not more than thirty-
eight (38) four (4) inch traps, or the equivalent of thirty-eight (38) water
closets, shall be vented by a three and one-half (3~) inch pipe and the vent
pipe shall be increased one (1) pipe size for each thirty-five (35) feet in
length, or fraction thereof, added thereto.
39 to 60, four (4) inch traps, or the equivalent of sixty (60) water closets,
shall be vented by a four (4) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (38) feet in
length, or fraction thereof in length; and the vent pipe shall be increased one
(1) pipe size in diameter for each additional thirty-five (35) feet in length,
or fraction thereof, added thereto.
SIZE AND LENGTH OF MAIN AND BRANCH VENT PIPES FOR TWO (2) INCH TRAPS
l~to 6, two (2) inch traps shall be vented by a two (2) inch pipe not
exceeding thirty-five (3~) feet in length.
7 to 18, two (2) inch traps shall be vented by a two and one-half (2~) inch
pipe not exceeding thirty-five (38) feet in length.
19 to 120, two (2) inch traps shall be vented by a four (4) inch pipe not
exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
SIZE AND LENGTH OF MAIN AND BRANCH VENT PIPES FOR ONE AND ONE HALF (1½) INCH TRAPS
1 to 3, one and one-half (1½) inch traps shall be vented by a one and one-
half (1}) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
4 to 12, one and one-half (1}) inch traps shall be vented by a two (2) inch
pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
13 to 36, one and one-half (l~) inch traps shall be vented by a two and
one-half (2½) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
37 to 152, one and one-half (1}) inch traps shall be vented by a three (5)
inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
SIZE AND LENGTH OF MAIN AND BRANCH VENT PIPES FOR ONE AND ONE-QUARTER (1.}) INCH
TRAPS
i to 3, one and one-quarter (l~) inch traps shall be vented by a one and
one-quarter (l~) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
4 to 6~ one and one-quarter (1¼) inch traps shall be vented by a one and
one-half (lw) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
7 to 24, one and one-quarter (l~) inch traps shall be vented by a two and
one-half (2}) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
25 to 72, one and one-quarter (1!)~ inch traps shall be vented by a two and
one-half (2½) inch pipe not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in length.
Increase pipe size one (1) size for each additional thirty-five (35) feet,
or part thereof, for the foregoing table.
Section 8. Whenever any of the vent pipes hereinbefore specified, are
connected together or combined, the size of such combined vent pipes shall be
determined by the maximum size of vent pipe specified in the foregoing table for
the total number of all kinds of fixtures connected thereto; provided, however,
that any number of fixtures, other than water closets, may be connected to any
vent for a water closet in the event that such vent is not less than four (4)
inches in diameter; and provided, further, that no directly trapped and vented
fixtures shall be vented through any vent for an indirect connection.
Section 9. No vent pipe shall be reduced in size from its lowest to its
highest terminal.
Section 10. Vent pipes shall attach to P or }S traps of two (2)'inches or
less size, and to pot, or drum, or to the waste pipe leading therefrom at a point
not more than eighteen (18) inches from the water line in the body of trap when
trap is connected in its natural position and form to the outlet of fixture,
except laundry trays or similar fixtures.
Section ll. Deep seal or resealing traps may be allowed in emergency cases
when in the Judgment of the inspector, circumstances and conditions create such
emergency, such as no feasible way of providing a vent pipe. All resealing
traps used in such emergency cases shall be of a pattern approved by the inspect-
or, and shall be used only by a special permit from him. When resealing traps
are used, each fixture waste opening shall be trapped separately by its own
special trap.
Section 12. Groups, or rows of water closets, porcelain stall urinals, or
shower baths, having waste pipe of two (2) inches and larger, may be vented by
the loop system. A row of either of the above named fixtures, or a mixed row
consisting of all three kinds of fixtures, may be so vented. The horizontal
soil or waste of the loop shall connect to the vertical main line of soil waste
pipe by a TY fitting and shall continue in the most direct course along under-
neath the row of fixtures, so that the trap outlets will connect into the top
side of same by Y, or long turn TY branch fitting.
Section 13. An provided further, that when more than four (4) fixtures
are connected to any horizontal soil or waste line in the loop system of venting,
a relief vent of not less than two (2) inches must be provided, connecting to
the soil or waste line so as to divide the row of fixtures into groups not
exceeding four (4) fixtures to each group, said relief vents shall extend up six
(6) inches above the water line of fixtures before connecting with other vents,
or shall extend full size above roof, and in all cases of loop venting, one
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
fixture shall be connected at the end of the loop so as to thoroughly flush
that part lying beyond the last group of fixtures from the main vertical soil
pipe line.
Section 14. In school laboratories where batteries of sinks are installed
for experimental purposes, and where the regular system of venting of the traps
as herein specified cannot be conformed to, a special system of venting may be
employed by a special permit, when in the judgment of the inspector, ctrc~nnstances
may justify. In such cases, the branch and main waste pipe serving such battery
or row of sinks in as near a direct line as practicable, a Y branch or a long
turn TY branch fitting being provided to receive the waste connection at each
sink separately. Each sink shall be trapped by a deep seal pot trap having a
body four (4) inches in diameter and at least five (5) inches long, and shall have
a one and one-half (l~) inch trap, and a four (4) inch cleanout cover of a kind
approved by the inspector shall be provided in such a trap. The waste pipe shall
continue full size throughout i.nconformity with the table size of waste pipes as
provided in Section 9, to receive the discharge of the number of one and one-half
(l~) inch traps in each row or battery, and at the extreme end shall be continued
up the nearest partition to act as a vent pipe for the system, and shall continue
full size through the roof, or may combine with other vents at a point six (6)
inches above the water line of the sink it serves. Each trap shall be set so as
to give drain of one-quarter (~) inch per foot toward the main waste pipe, and
in no case shall branch waste connection from the trap to the main waste pipe be
more than twenty-two (2~)inches long.
Section 15. All vents shall be carried or extended ten (10) inches above
the roof and shall be property flashes with flashing made of lead of not less
than two and one-half (2½) pounds per foot, or equally durable material. The
flashing shall entirely cover all pipe above roof; provided, however that pipe
does not extend more than twelve (12) inches above the roof.
Section 18. No vent shall terminate within eighteen (18) inches of chimney,
local vent or similar object, nor within ten (10) feet of any window or opening
in the building they serve, without rising two (2) feet above the same; nor with-
in ten (10) feet of property line if deemed undesirable by the inspector.
Section 17. When roof is used for other purposes than weather protection,
the vents shall terminate not less than seven (7) feet above the roof, and shall
be substantially supported.
ARTICLE V
WASTE
Section 1. All cast iron pipe used as soil pipe, waste pipe or house drain
pipe shall be of the grade known to the trade as "Standard" except as hereinafter
provided, and shall be coated inside and outside with coal tar pitch while hot.
All fittings used in connection with such pipe shall be of the same grade and
coating, and shall be free from defects.
Section 2. All main house drainage pipes from a point two (2) feet outside
the foundation or cellar wall, or beyond the house or porch line, shall be run
in direct a course as possible. All changes in direction and all branch connect-
ions shall be made with suitable fittings. For the purpose of this Ordinance,
the following list of fittings shall be accepted as suitable for the purpose
named.
Section 5. All branch connections to the house drain, and all connections
of soil or waste pipe shall be made with Y and 1/S bend or long turn TY fitting.
All 90 degree turns shall be made with Y and 1/8 bend, or long turn TY fitting,
and a cleanout shall be inserted in end of fitting at all such turns; provided
long sweep quarter bends may be used when it is less than five (5) feet to a
cleanout on the house side of such fitting. Connections of vertical stacks of
soil or waste pipe at the ends of horizontal l~nes of house drains may be made
with long turn 90 degree bends having a central radius of not less than two (2)
diameters of the pipe; provided, however, in all such cases~ a cleanout must be
inserted in the vertical stsck at least three (~) inches above the floor line or
ground level.
Section 4. All horizontal branch house drains five (5) feet or more in
length shall have cleanout inserted at the end of run and cleanout shall be made
accessible. When the house drain is below the cellar or basement floor, or below
the ground level, all cleanouts shall be extended at least three (~) inches
above such floor or ground level, or be made accessible by means of concrete or
brick manhole with iron cover. Connections of fixtures to end of branch house
drains of less than five (5) feet in length may be made with long turn 90 degree
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
ells having a central radius of not less than two (2) diameters of the pipe.
Section 5. When house drains are above cellar or basement floor, they
must be supported on brick or concrete piers, or hung with iron hangers.
Section 8. The main house drain beginning at a point two (2) feet outside
foundation of building, shall be of sufficient size according to table of sizes
given in this Ordinance, to carry the discharge of ~l fixtures and drains
connecting therein, and may reduce in size proportionately as the main lines of
the combined cross-sectional areas of all main lines of soil and waste pipe
extending through the roof, shall equal that of the main house drain to which
they connect.
Section V. There shall be no traps or back water valves placed in the
main house drain lines, nor in any branch house drain through which house f~xtures
discharge, except by the approval of the inspector. Each main line of house
drain entering any building, or extending under any building from sewer connection,
or from connection to septic tank, shall have at least one main line of soil or
main waste pipe extending through roof connected thereto.
Section 8. Connections to vertical lines of cast iron soil or waste pipe
may be made with sanitary tees; offsets in such lines shall be made with 45 degree
bends of long turn 90 degree bends having a radius of two diameters of the pipe.
Section 9. Branch connections of soil waste or vent pipes or fixtures to
any horizontal line of cast iron soil or waste pipe, shall be made with Y or
long turn TY fittings.
Section 10. No water closet shall discharge into a pipe less than (4")
inches in diameter. There shall be a lead connection at least (12) inches in
length between the closet bowl and soil pipe or lead bend of (B) grade, (8#)
pound lead wiped to brass ferrule, with brass solder closet ring. Except in
cement which must be of cast iron. Raymond ferrules are not permitted. Wall
toilets are permissible in public buildings by making all waste connections of
soil pipe, using a lead stub or bend wiped on brass ferrule or by using a (4")
inch nipple from fitting to cast screw flange. No branch of waste from any
fixture with hot water shall enter lead bend.
Section ll. All Joints in cast iron pipe shall be calked Joints made with
oakum well tamped and poured with pure molten lead well calked, and no paint,
varnish, putty, or cement of any kind shall be put on calked joints until
tested and inspected and approved by the inspection. Tapped tees may be used
in vent lines.
Section 12. Whenever screw Joint, soil or waste pipe is used in any build-
ing hereafter constructed in the City of Bremerton, the entire system of soil,
waste and vent pipes from point of connection with cast iron soil waste pipe, or
house drain to point of connection with main vertical vent line, shall be of
screw Joint pipe and fittings.
Section 13. Intersecting branch lines of screw joint soil or waste pipe
between lines of cast iron soil or waste pipe, and cast iron vent pipe lines,
will not be permitted.
Section 14. Provided, however, the inspector may issue a special permit to
extend or repair existing systems of screw joint soil or waste piping, or to
install branch connection in old buildings where in his judgment they best serve
the purpose.
Section 15. All screw joint soil and waste pipe used for the conveyance
of sewage or waste liquids, vents shall be either galvanized wrought iron,
galvanized mild steel or brass pipe, or~ually durable material.
Section 16. All fittings and traps used in connection with screw Joint
soil and waste pipe must be recessed drainage fittings with recessed screw hubs.
All fittings and traps used in connection with wrought iron and mild steel, soil
and waste pipe must be cast or malleable iron drainage fittings. All fittings
and traps used in connection with brass soil or waste pipe must be brass drain-
age fittings; provided, however, brass traps may be used in connection with
wrought iron or mild steel soil or waste pipe when they become an exposed
finished connection.
Section l?. All changes in direction of horizontal or oblique runs of
screw joint soil and waste pipe must be made with Y or Y and 1/8 bend long turn
TY branch, or 45 degrees ells; if such branch or run be more than five ($) feet
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
in length to point of change in direction, a cleanout must be inserted at end of
run. Change of direction of branch or main lines of screw joint soil or waste
pipe less than five (5) feet in length may be made with 90 degree long turn ells
of a radius not less than two (2) diameters of the pipe, providing there is a
cleanout within five (8) feet on house side of ell. Branch connection to vertical
lines of screw Joint soil or waste pipe may be made with 90 degree short turn TY
fittings. Bending of wrought iron or steel soil waste or vent pipes will not be
permitted. When necessary to make change in direction, suitable fittings shall
be used.
Section 18. The ends of all screw joint soil and waste pipe must be reamed
to remove any burr that may be caused by cutting off, so as to leave a smooth,
full-sized interior opening before screwing home.
Section 19. Screw joint soil or waste pipes will not be permitted underground,
under basement floors, nor in ducts under basement floors, and may be used in
house drains only when such house drain is entirely above the basement floor. All
horizontal lines of screw joint soil or waste pipes must be supported at intervals
of not more than ten (10) feet. All horizontal lines of cast iron calked joints
and fittlngs must be supported at intervals of not more than five (5) feet.
Vertical lines of screw joint soil, cast iron, copper, brass or other waste pipe
shall be substantially supported at each floor level. In no case shall a vertical
line carrying the waste of one or more water closets be continued a vertical line
more than thirty (30) feet without offsetting at least one (1) foot. Such offset
shall not have more than one-quarter (5) inch fall per foot.
Section 20. All main lines of screw joint soil or waste pipe shall be
extended full size through and ten (10) inches above the roof. All branch lines
of screw Joint soil or waste pipe extending twenty-five (28) feet or more horizon-
tally, or twelve (12) feet or more vertically, from any main Lines, shall in turn
become a main line and shall extend full size through and ten (10) inches above
the roof, or may be returned back into the original main line (8) six inches above
the high water line of the highest fixture connecting therein.
Section 21. Connection in vertical lines of screw joint soil or waste pipe
may be made with short turn T¥ recessed drainage fitting of pattern approved by
the inspector. Offsets in such lines may be made with 48 degree bends or long
turn 90 degree bends having a center radius of two (2) diameters of the pipe.
Section 22. Branch connections o£ soil, waste or vent pipes or fixtures to
any horizontal lines of screw joints soil or waste pipe shall be made with ¥ or
long turn TY drainage fitting. Water closet connections to screw joint soil pipe
shall be made with flange connection screwed to pipe at floor level or wall.
Section 23. Soil pipes and house drains carrying the discharge of water
closets, including all direct and converging lines, and all branch lines, shall
be not less than four (4) inches internal diameter. Soil pipes and house drains
receiving the discharge of one (1) water close't, not less than four (4) inches.
~hen receiving the discharge of from one (1) to twenty (20) water closets, or
their equivalent, not less than four (4) inches.
Section 2A. There shall be cleanouts put in at the end of all horizontal
runs of soil or waste pipe five (S) or more feet in length; cleanouts must be
inserted in cast iron pipe with calked Joint fittings with brass screw cover.
When cleanouts are put in vertical soil or waste pipe, they shall be put in so
as to have their lower side three (~) inches or more above the floor, or ground
level. Cleanouts located below basement floors must have manholes of brick or
concrete with iron cover and so constructed as to give free and easy access to
the cleanout. The internal diameter of cleanout or trap screw openings shall in
no case be less than one (1) inch smaller than internal diameter of pipe or trap
they serve; provided, however, in no case will cleanout openings be required
larger than three and one-half (~) inches. All lead traps shall be provided
with brass trap screw for cleanout purposes.
Section 28. Tapping holes in soil or waste pipe will not be permitted.
When it becomes necessary to disconnect pipes for removal of stoppage, cleanouts
must be inserted at or near point of stoppage.
Section 28. It shall be unlawful for any person to build, erect, construct,
maintain, own, use, occupy,, or to be in possession of any yard, cellar or base-
ment, or any portion thereof, not provided with a drain or drains as in this
Ordinance provided; to use or occupy, or to allow the use or occupation of any
yard cellar, area or basement, or any p ~o~ion thereof, provided with such a
drain or drains in any manner having a tendency to interfere with or prevent the
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
free flow of water toward or into said drain or drains.
Section 27. The Commissioner of Public Works is hereby empowered and it
is hereby made his duty where there is an accumulation of water or where in his
judgment such accumulation of water is liable to occur, to such extent as to
become dangerous to health, or where such accumulation of water, or water flow-
ing therefrom, may cause dmmage to property or goods on the immediate premises
where such conditions do, or in his judgment may occur, on any adjacent premises,
to require any cellar, area or basement to be drained as herein provided.
Section 28. The cellar, basement and area drains of dwelling houses shall
be connected to the house drain, or where the topography of the ground will
permit, may be run to the open air by permission of the inspector. .When the
cellar, basement or area drain of a dwelling house is connected to the house
drain, such connection shall be not less than two (2) inches in diameter and
shall be trapped by a cast iron trap of the same diameter and the trap shall
have a water seal of at least three (3) inches in depth and accessible cleanout.
Section 29. All cellar, basement and area drains, where the natural flow
of water is not continuous, must be supplied with water drip to assure a con-
tinuous water seal in dry weather at the request of the inspector.
Section 30. All fixtures shall have waste pipes the full size of the
waste connection provided by the manufacturer, and waste pipes shall not be re-
duced in size from point of connection at fixtures in the direction of their
flow, but shall continue full size until connecting with main waste or soil
pipe or house drain. Provided, however, that in no case shall the waste pipe
be less than one and one-quarter (1.~) inches internal diameter. The main and
branch pipes shall be of the following sizes and shall increase in proportion
to the number of fixtures connecting thereto.
FIXTURES HAVING:
Two (2) Inch Traps
i to 2 2 inch waste
3 to 9 2~ inch waste
l0 to 17 3 inch waste
18 to 38 3~ inch waste
39 to 60 4 inch waste
¢
One and one-half (l~) Inch Traps:
I to 3 lb inch waste
4 to 8 2 inch waste
9 to 20 2~ inch waste
21 to 34 3 inch waste
35 to 76 3½ inch waste
77 to 120 4 inch waste
One and One-Quarter (l~) Inch Traps:
i to 3 15 inch waste
4 to 6 l~ inch waste
? to 16 2 inch waste
17 to 36 2½ inch waste
37 to 68 3 inch waste
89 to 153 3½ inch waste
154 to 240 4 inch'waste
Water Closets:
I to 30 4 inch waste
31 to 100 5 inch waste
lO1 to 300 6 inch waste
Over 300 8 inch waste
Section 31. No trap depending upon a partition or mechanical seal will be
permitted. All traps shall have a seal equal to the diameter of the pipe it
serves, provided that no trap shall have a seal of less than two (2) inches,
and no seal of more than four (4) inches shall be required, No S-traps or
anti-siphon traps shall be permitted without special permission of the Department.
When such trap is used, it shall have a seal of not less than four (4) inches.
Ordinance No. 1487 (cont)
ARTICLE VI
ILLEGAL FITTINGS
Section 1. Any fitting or connection which has an enlargement, chambe¥,
or recess with a ledge shoulder, or reduction of the pipe area in the direction
of the flow on the outlet or drain side is prohibited, except sission joints,
which may be used in certical lines only. No short turn fittings shall be used
in any horizontal waste line, except short branch waste directly connected to
fixture trap. The drilling and tapping of house dr~ns, soil, waste or vent
pipes, and the use of saddle hubs and bands are prohibited. In the installation
of any drainage system, dead ends shall be avoided, except by special permission
of the inspector.
Section 2. Workmanship shall be of such character as to fully secure the
results sought to be obtained in all the sections of this Ordinance.
Section 3. Any soil fitting with cleanout incorporated within the fittings,
shall not be permitted.
Section 4. Short turn ells, short turn tees, and sanitary tees may be
permitted in the vents provided they be either galvanized, ~ron, or asphalt-
coated cast iron of the recess pattern.
ARTICLE VII
FIXTURES
Section 1. Pan closets, plug closets, hoppers, range or trough closets,
front washout closets, and closets having trap beneath floor, or any closet
having any mechanism in connection with the bowl forming a mechanical seal are
prohibited. Dry closets and vault closets will not be permitted where city
water and sewers are within three hundred (300) feet and all such dry or vault
closets are hereby declared a nuisance.
Section 2. When urinals are placed in any public building, the floor must
be covered with either marble, slate, extra heavy glass or tiling, or cement, or
may be constructed of a body of non-absorbent material to the satisfaction of
the inspector. When urinals are constructed to drain from trough in floor, the
waste pipe shall be at least two (2) inches in diameter with two (2) inch trap,
and the floor shall be graded so as to drain into such trough. Urinals must be
supplied with water so as to thoroughly flush all parts, and no galvanized sheet
iron or other sheet metal urinal troughs will be allowed.
Section 3. Wooden sinks, wash trays or tubs will not be permitted in any
building, and all such are hereby declared a nuisance; provided, however, that
wooden sinks or vats may be used by engravers and photographers for their work,
where strong acids are used, by special permit from the inspector.
ARTICLE VIII
FLOOR DRAINS
Section 1. Floor drains shall have a waste of two (2) inches or larger.
Any floor drain with less than twelve (12~ feet of waste before entering house
drain or branch waste that is vented, need not be vented. Any floor drain more
than twelve (12) feet from the house drain or branch waste shall be vented.
Floor drains having two (2) inch waste may be vented with one and one-half (1½)
inch vent. Over two (2) inch waste shall be vented with two (2) inch vent.
Section 2. All floor drains other than sumps and sand basins, shall be of
a pattern wherein cleanout and strainer and trap is incorporated in drain. It
shall be further provided that when it becomes necessary to use other types of
drain, a cleanout shall be provided within eighteen (18) inches of the drain,
and made readily accessible.
ARTICLE IX
SAND TRAPS
Section 1. In no case shall a cleanout be ~eft within a sand basin. Pro-
vided, further, that all sand basins more than eight (8) feet from a cleanout
shall be provided with a cleanout so placed that it cannot act as a drain.
Connection to a Sand basin shall be made with one-quarter beard turned down to
form a seal of at least four (4) inches. Sand traps shall be provided with a
primer to form a continuous seal providing such case is deemed necessary by the
Department.
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
ARTICLE X
SHOWERS
Section 1. All showers installed on second floor or above living quarters,
must have lead base of not less than four (4) pound lead properly placed in sub-
drain, the same to be trapped and vented as provided in this Ordinance.
ARTICLE XI
GREASE TRAPS
Section 1. In no case shall a grease trap be installed without special
permission of the inspector. Further provided that a grease trap shall be
installed when deemed necessary by the inspector.
ARTICLE XII
HOUSE SEWER
Section 1. The house sewer may be cast iron, cement, vttrous clay, when two
(2) feet or more from house or building, but in no case shall the use of clay,
vttrous or cement between two lines of cast iron soil be permitted. All sewer
lines carrying the waste of one or more fixtures within one (1) foot of the
surface of the ground must be cast iron.
ARTICLE XIII
SEPTIC TANKS
Section 1. All septic tanks must be placed at least ten (10) feet from all
buildings, and adequate drain tile provided for proper disposal of waste. All
septic tanks must be of sufficient size to adequately handle all waste that may
be run to them. In no case shall Septic Tanks be less than five hundred gallons
capacity (500), except as herein provided. When sewerage districts have been
voted in the area such that public sewer lines will abutt the street or alley of
the premises, and pass within ZOO feet of the premises, within one year, then the
size of the septic tank may be modified by the pllsmbtng inspector. Under this
provision the minimum size septic tank that may be installed shall be 200 gmlons
in capacity, and be provided with not less than one hundred (100) feet of open
drain tile. Such tile shall be laid in a trench with four (4) inches of gravel
under tile and all joints shall be covered on top with a good grade of tar or
roofing paper. Drain tile shall not slope more than one-quarter (~) inch per
foot, or less than (1) inch in ten (10) feet.
ARTICLE XIV
DRAIN TILE
Section 1. Drain tile may enter a house sewer provided drain tile is
trapped at point of entry with a seal of not less than three (3) inches.
ARTICLE XV
DOWN SPOUTS
Section 1. Rainwater leaders shall never be used as soil, waste or vent
pipes, nor shall soil, waste or vent pipe be used as rainwater leaders. When
rainwater leaders are connected to the house drain, they shall be connected on
the sewer side of all waste and vent connections except where they connect to
main house drain in the basement. All rainwater leaders shall be trapped before
entering sewer or house drain. When a rainwater leader is within the building,
or in any air or light shaft, within the outside walls of the building, it shall
be of cast iron, galvanized wrought iron, galvanized steel of regular pipe size
and thickness, or of copper pipe. Inside r~nwater leaders shall be connecte~ to
the roof by either lead or patented connection. In no case shall the rainwater
leader be put into the drain tile at the base of the footing without special per-
mission from the inspector.
ARTICLE XVI
CROSS CONNECTIONS
Section 1. No plumbing fixture, apparatus, device or construction shall be
¢installed which will provide a cross connection between a distributing system
of water for drinking and domestic purposes and a drainage system, building drain,
soil or waste pipe, so as to permit or make possible the backflow of sewage or
waste into the water supply system. No direct connection shall be made between
the building water distribution service piping and the flush pipe or flush con-
nection of a fixture which is connected to a building drain, soil or waste pipe.
Section 2. Vacuum breakers must be place8 on all flushometer valves.
Ordinance No. 14~7 (cont)
ARTICLE XVII
WATER PIPE
Section 1. All water pipes used to supply hot or cold water to fixtures,
must be so placed that they will drain to a stop and waste cock placed either
in the basement or outside of the building. If in supplying fixtures w~th water,
it is found impractical to drain pipes by the use of stop and waste cock, then
a toe with plug shall be placed at the lowest point in such pipe so that they
may be droned to prevent freezing.
Section 2. The City reserves the right to make (doing necessary work and
furnishing necessary material) all connections and all repairs of connections
from water mains to meter. In no case shall any person, except one employed by
the City to do this work, tap the water main, or insert pipes therein, or, without
a permit, lay or repair pipes in any street.
Section 3. Further provided, that no person shall turn on the water at a
curb cock or meter except upon written order of the water department. Provided,
that any licensed plumber may so turn on water for the time required to make
necessary tests; upon completion of tests, he shall immediately turn off the
water and leave the curb cock or meter valve closed.
ARTICLE XVIII
RELIEF VALVES
Section 1. Wherever a check valve is installed on the cold-water supply
pipe between the street main and the hot-water tank, there shall be installed
on the hot-water distributing system, a diaphram relte2 valve. Any building
having automatic water heating unit must have diaphram relief valve.
Section 2. All fixtures having tubing water supplies must have exposed or
accessible stops installed. Further provided that all range boilers or hot-
water storage tanks shall be provided with a shut-off valve at tank.
ARTICLE XIX
REFRIGERATION
Section 1. Waste from all refrigerators, cold storage rooms; ice boxes,
or other such fixtures, used for the storage of foods, shall not be connected
directly to sewer, but shall run to an open fixture which has running water and
is properly trapped and vented. Provided, further, that if such waste is more
than three (3) feet in length, it shall be trapped as near the receiving point
of waste as possible.
Section 2. Pipes from a water supply tank or exhaust from a water lift shall
not be directly connected with any ho~se drain, soil, or waste pipe. Such pipe
shall discharge upon the roof or be trapped into an open fixture as of discharge
for refrigerator wastes.
ARTICLE XX
REQUIRED FIXTURES
Section 1. Every factory, workshop, school, dwelling house, apartment,
store or other place where any person is permanently employed, or where people
congregate daily, must be provided with suitable water closet accomodations.
Section 2. Schools, factories, workshops and stores shall have one (1)
water closet for each twenty-four (24) persons, or fraction thereof, of each sex.
Water closets for stores must be located in an accessible and convenient place
on the~emises on which the store is located. Rooms in which water closets are
located in restaurants or places where food or confectionery is prepared,
concocted, or manufactures for sale or for public consumption, must not communicate
directly with any room where such work is being carried on. All such rooms must
be approved by the Building Department.
Section 3. Hotels, lodging and rooming houses or dormitories having water
closets located in rooms opening from the hallways, as single closets or batteries
for general use, shall be provided with two (2) water closets for every twenty-
four (24) single beds, their equivalent or fraction thereof. If there be more
than twenty-four(24) single beds or their equivalent in such hotel, lodging or
rooming house, one water closet must be provided for every twelve (12) addition-
al single beds or their equivalent, or fraction thereof. Water closets for the
different sexes must in such cases be entirely separated. Provided, however, in
hotels where separate water closets are provided and reserved for the use of
single rooms or suites of rooms, separate water closets for the different sexes
are not needed therein.
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
Section 4. 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, however, that if more than
eight (8) persons live in any such dwelling house, apartment, tenement or flat,
there shall be one (1) additional water closet for each eight additional persons,
or fraction thereof. Water closets for apartments, tenements, or flats, must be
located on the same floor as the respective apartment, tenement, or flat they
serve. Water closets for the exclusive use of tenements or apartments shall be
located in a bath room or separate compartment. In every tenement or apartment
having three (3) or more rooms, at least one (1) water closet shall be accessible,
without passing through any bedroom.
Section 5. In each apartment of every tenement or apartment house, there
shall be at least one (1) sufficient shower bath or tub bath, complete for bath-
ing, and when there are three (3) or more rooms, such shower bath or tub bath
shall be accessible without passing through any bedroom.
Section 6. Hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, bunk houses, and
dormitories shall have at least one (1) accessible shower bath or tub bath complete
for bathing for every eight (8) single beds, or the equivalent thereof, or fract-
ion thereof.
Section 7. In all places where foodstuffs are manufactured, packed, or
offered for sale, .there shall be provided an approved hand washing basin and all
requirements for hand washing, supplied with running hot and cold water, and
accessible to both employees and consumers at all times during hours of employment.
Section 8. It shall be the duty of any person engaged in improving any
street or alley, by grading, laying conduits, gas mains, water mains, or rail-
ways, or erecting buildings, or other construction work, having t~n (10) or more
employees, to provide suitable temporary water closet accomodations to the
satisfaction of the Department. Any person or contractor in charge of such work,
failing to do this shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
ARTICLE XXI TESTS
Section 1. Upon completion of roughing-in work, it shall be shbmitted to
one of the following tests: A five ($) pound pressure of air; smoke test, fill
with water to the highest point. Upon completion of work, the inspector may
require a peppermint test if he so desires.
ARTICLE XXII
INSPECTION
Section 1. Upon completion of rough work and testing, an inspector shall
be notified by telephone, in person, or in writing. No notice shall be sent for
any inspection until work is entirely ready for inspection. The plumbing ins-
ector shall examine the work within four (4) hours after receiving notice that
it is ready for inspection. The plumbing work shall be tested by water, smoke,
or air in the presence of the plumbing inspector. Such test shall include all
soil, waste and vent pipes.
Section 2. The inspector, or his authorized agent shall have authority at
all proper and reasonable hours to enter private premises for the purpose of
inspecting plumbing and sewer and water connections. It shall be his duty to
see that all ordinances of the City of Bremerton relating to water and sewer
connections are complied with. And that all pl~ambing and water connections
within the City of Bremerton are in conformity to such ordinances. He shall
have authority after written notice of three (3) days to the owner, agent, or
occupant of any premises, specifying the ordinances violated, and the particular
defect or omission, to prohibit the use of any plumbing or sewer or water conn-
ections of such premises, and to turn off the water from such premises at the
curb cock ~mtil the provisions of such ordinances have been complied with.
Section 3. Whenever the inspector shall find any plumbing work being done
or material being used which does not in all respects conform to the provisions
of this Ordinance, he shall order such changes in worlamanship or materials as
will make the same conform in all respects to the provisions hereof, and the
Oom~issfoner of Public Safety is hereby authorized and empowered in all cases
of failure, neglect or refusal to conform to such order, to condemn the building
or premises in which such work is being done, or has been installed.
Ordinance No. 1487 (cont)
Section 4. When work is completed and all fixtures set, the inspector must
be notified by telephone, in person, or in writing, that the work is ready for
final inspection, and the inspector may require a final test of peppermint, made
by using five (S) fluid ounces for each line, up to five (S) stories and basement
in height, and for each additional five ($) stories, or fraction thereof, one (1)
additional ounce of peppermint shall be provided for each line.
Section S. Whenever upon inspection any building or premises, or part there-
of, is found unfit for human habitation by reason of defective pl~nubing, gas
fittings or drainage system, the City Health Officer may require the vacation of
such building, premises, or part thereof, and a written order shall be conspicuously
posted on the building or premises, and where practicable, shall be served upon
the owner, agent or occupant of such premises, and it shall be unlawful for any
person to fail, neglect or to refuse to comply with such order or fall to vacate
such premises when so ordered, or to remove such notice as posted.
ARTICLE XXIII
PARKING OF WORKING TRUCKS
Section 1. The City of Bremerton shall hereby grant each master pi'umber,
firm or corporation, holding paid master license, the privilege to post temporary
"NO PARKING" signs, giving sufficient room to park truck and handle twenty (20)
foot length of pipe on said truck, in time limited parking ~nes in the City of
Bremerton.
ARTICLE XXIV
PLUMBING PERMIT FEES
1. The plumbing permit fees for the City of Bremerton shall be as
first six fixtures,
each additional fixture,
Sewer Permit $2.00,
Gas tanks, $2.00 each,
Hot air furnaces, $2.00 each,
0il tank & burners:
Tank, $1.00
Burner, $1..00
No plumbing permit fee shall be less than One ($1.00) Dollar.
ARTICLE XXV
STEAM EXHAUST
Section 1. No steam exhaust, blow off or drip pipe shall connect directly
with sewer, house drain, soil, waste or vent pipe, or with any rain water conductor.
Steam shall be discharged into a blow off or condensing tank with two-inch ventw,
the waste or overflow of which shall be connected with the house sewer outside of
the cellar walls.
ARTICLE XXVI INDEX
Section 1. Index to this Ordinance:
ARTICLE SECTION
Anti-Siphon Traps IV ll
Back Water Valves V
Clean-Outs V
Closet Connections V l0
Cross Connections XVI 1
Drain Tile' XIV 1
Down Spouts XV 1
Exhaust Waste XIX
Flashings IV 15
Floor Drains VIII i & 3
Grease Traps XI 1
House Sewer XII 1
Illegal Fittings VI i & 3
Illegal Fixtures VII i &
Inspection XXII i & 5
Main Drains V 6
0fl Tanks XXIII I &
Parking trucks XXIV 1
Primers V
Ordinance No. 1457 (cont)
ARTICLE SECTION
V 18
Reaming Pipe XIX
Refrigeration XVIII 1
Relief Valves XX i to 9
Required Fixtures ~X 1
Sand Traps IV 14
School Laboratories V 18
Screw Joint Fittings V 31
Seal of Traps XIII 1
Septic Tanks X 1
Showers XVIII 2
Stops V 25
Tapping of Waste XXI 1
Tests VII 2
Urinals V 19
Underground Piping XVI 2
Vacuum Breakers 2
Vents: IV
Branch IV l0
Distance from Trap III 2
Ducts~ IV 16
Distance from Window, etc. III 1
Local IV 12 & l0
Loop IV 5
Rise of IV
Size of IV i & 6
Of Traps 3 & l?
Waste: V
Change of Direction V 30
Size of V 5 & 19
Support of V 25
Tapping of XVII 1
Water Pipe
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days from and after its passage and publication, as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the
Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, t~is
25th day of Marc~, 194Z
Mayor
Attest:
I)~ of Kit~p j
t~)a undersigned do certify that ~ .b.~
Ini feragoing is I true and corrl~l~ ~op~ ~
o~di~anc~ p~s~d b~ the city ~mi~
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