Amending Ordinance No. 1808 with Reference to a Plumbing Code

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-23- by means of a vent or revent pipe. Traps may not be less than 17 gauge. Buildings more than three stories in height shall be provided with an approved method of relief vents when in the opinion of the Plumbing Inspector the same are necessary., Section LXXVIII. The back vent of any fixture shall be as close to the traps as practicable, consistent with its location and effectiveness. Section LXXIX. where two water closets located on the same floor, discharge into a double sanitary T or TY in a soil or waste stack they need not be revented if such fixtures do not exceed the three foot limit without other fixtures above them. When two fixtures other than water closets discharge into a double sanitary T or TY, and there are no other fixtures discharging above them said fixtures may be revented through a common vent or revent pipe. The waste of a bath tub, basin, or sink may be connected to a Y or TY fitting between the closet bend and the stack or wiped to the lead bend, without reventing the closet bend providing there are no other fixtures discharging above. Section LXXX. The material used for bar waste pipes shall be lead, galvanized wrought iron pipe, galvanized mild steel, brass, copper pipe or extra heavy cast iron pipe, the main waste to be not less than two inches and the arrangement of all the plumbing in connection with all saloon bars shall be subject to the approval of the Plumbing Inspector. The waste of different bar drains may empty through a single trap if the same is properly revented. Section LXXXI. No soil, waste or vent pipe extension of any new or existing building shall be run or placed on the outside of a wall, but shall be carried up in the inside of the roof. In the event that a new building is built higher than an