HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Ordinance No. 1808 with Reference to a Plumbing CodeAN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE #1808 ADOPTED NOVEMBER 8, 1915, WITH
REFERENCE TO A PLUMBING CODE FOR THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND PROVIDING
FOR ALL MATTERS CONCERNING PLUMBING, BUILDING DRAINAGE AND
BUILDING VENTILATING AND WATER SUPPLY AND GAS PIPING IN-
SOFAR AS THEY EFFECT THE PLUMBING AND BUILDING DRAIN-
AGE AND SANITATION IN ALL BUILDINGS ERECTED OR TO
BE ERECTED IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
AND ESTABLISHING AN EXAMINING BOARD, A CHIEF
PLUMBING INSPECTOR AND DEPUTIES, AND PLAC-
ING ALL UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
Be it.ordained by the Common Council of the City of South
Bend, Indiana:
Section I. That Ordinance #1808 adopted by the Common
Council of the City of South Bend on November 8, 1915, be
amended to read as hereinafter set forth and to provide that
it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or cor-
poration to do, cause or permit to be done any plumbing or
building drainage or the repairing of any fixtures or traps,
or the connection of any domestic hot water heaters or boilers
or gas water heaters of any kind or the installation or re-
pairing of any water, waste or vent pipes, drains, water
softeners, refrigeration or air conditioning equipment or
any other plumbing or drainage work not herein mentioned that
is or will be connected to any Water service, sewer, cesspool
or septic tank except according to and in compliance with
the following rules and regulations:
Section II. Scope of ordinance. The provisions and
requirements of this ordinance shall apply to all exten-
sions, alterations, changes or additions, or other work to
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be made or done in plumbing and building drainage in all
buildings except as otherwise provided herein, and to the
execution of all classes of work usually performed by
plumbers and drain layers.
Section III. The term building as herein used shall
be any dwelling house, hotel, factory, office building,
school theatre, church, hall, opera house and each store,
flat or separate apartment of any store, apartment or flat
building or any public building, restaurant, inn or barroom,
and any other enclosed structure.
Section IV. The term person, wherever used in this
ordinance, shall mean any individual, persons, firm,
partnership, corporation, or any legal entity.
Section V. License required to do plumbing: It shall
be unlawful for any person to install or repair any plumbing
or drainage system or any part thereof within the City of
South Bend, Indiana, until such person shall have procured
a license as Journeyman or Master Plumber as hereinafter
provided in accordance with the requirements of this Ordi-
nance.
Section VI. It shall be unlawful for any person or
Journeyman plumber to engage in the business of plumbing
contractor until such person shall have first secured a
license therefor in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance.
Section VII. Term "Journeyman Plumber' defined: A
Journeyman Plumber within the meaning of this Ordinance
shall be any persons who shall have worked at the trade of
practical plumbing for a period of at least five (5) years
and shall have passed the examination hereinafter provided
for.
Section VIII. Any person desiring to secure a license
as a plumbing contractor, commonly known as a master plumber,
shall make application therefor upon a form to be provided
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by the Board of Health, provided, however, that in case of
a firm, partnership or corporation such application must be
made by a duly authorized and designated agent of such firm,
partnership or corporation. At the time of making such
application said applicant shall pay to the Board of Health
the sum of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars as a fee for the examina-
tion. Thereafter at a time and place designated by the
Board of Health said applicant shall submit himself before
the examining board hereinafter provided for, and answer
such questions as may be asked of him by said board or any
member thereof relative to the knowledge required by a
plumbing contractor. If said applicant properly answers
sufficient questions and performs such practical tests to
qualify him in the judgment of said examining board to be
a plumbing contractor, then said board shall report their
findings in writing to the Board of Health. The examina-
tion shall be held in the City Hall at South Bend, Indiana.
Section IX. An applicant who has failed. to pass a
satisfactory examination may re -apply for another examination
after the expiration of sixty (60) days by filing another
application and paying the prescribed fee.
Section X. Examination fees and licenses; Any person
desiring to work as a Journeyman Plumber or at plumbing in
this city shall be required to submit to an examination
before the Board of Examiners herein provided for as to his
experience and qualifications in such trade; provided, how-
ever, that any person now engaged in the plumbing trade as
Journeyman Plumber in this city who has been so engaged for
a period of five (5) years or more shall, upon satisfactory
proof made therefor, and byfiling a verified statement showing
his name, address and length of time he has actually served
as a Journeyman Plumber, and upon the payment of Two ($2.00)
Dollars to the City Comptroller, upon recommendation by the
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Board of Health, be entitled to receive from the City Com-
ptroller a Journeymants license without further examination.
Section XI. Application for license. A Journeyman
Plumber desiring a license authorizing him to engage in the
trade as Journeyman Plumber shallmake application with the
Board of Examiners on forms to be furnished by the Board
and shall pay with the filing of the application a fee in
the sum of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars. Subsequent to the
filing of this application and at the next meeting of the
Board of Examiners the applicant shall submit himself to
an examination, either oral or written or both, and also
shall perform such practical plumbing work as the Board
shall direct. If the applicant shall, in the opinion of
the Board, have satisfactorily passed the examination said
applicant shall be entitled to a license as Journeyman
Plumber and the Board shall cause proper notice to issue to
the Board of Health, which said last mentioned Board shall
notify the Comptroller to issue a Journeyman's license to
the applicant upon the payment of a fee in the sum of Two
($2.00) Dollars,
Section XII. Fees for license and bond: Every appli-
cant for a plumbing contractor's license having passed a
satisfactory examination hereunder shall receive from the
Board of Health a certificate of recommendation to the
Comptroller of said City for the issuance to said applicant
of an. original annual license upon the payment of the sum
of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars and an annual renewal license
upon the payment of Fifteen (815.00) Dollars to said City
but before such license is issued the applicant shall furnish
a bond with surety to the approval of the Comptroller of said
City in the penal sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars,
conditional to reimburse said City of South Bend for all the
damages caused by any act or omission of said plumbing
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contractor or any of his agents, to any property which the city
may own or for which it may be responsible, and to hold said
City of South Bend free apdharmless from all claims, for
damages on account of the negligence or misfeasance of the
plumber and from all cost and expense growing out of the
defense of such claims. Said bond is to be in force from
the date of its acceptance and the issuance of license by
said Comptroller for a term of one (1) year, and both license
and bond must be renewed annually, and no other bond shall
be required of such plumber by any other department of the
City except for making excavation inthe street.
Section XIII. Exemption of existing plumbers; The
provisions of this Ordinance that refer to examination do
not apply to any plumbing contractors, commonly known as
master plumbers or journeyman now duly registered and
qualified under the provisions of any ordinance or plumbing
code heretofore in effect.
Section XIV. Appointment of a board. The Board of
Health of said City of South Bend is hereby authorized and
empowered to appoint an examining board consisting of one
duly licensed plumbing contractor, one qualified and Com-
petent licensed journeyman plumber and the plumbing in-
spector of said city. Said Board shallmeet at least once
each thirty days or oftener if in the judgment of the
Secretary of the Board of Health it is deemed advisable.
Said Examining Board shall hold office during the pleasure
of the Board of Health and until its successor is appointed
and qualified.
Section XV. Master Plumber defined is; A Master Plumber
as used in the Ordinance is any person who is engaged in the
plumbing business as a contractor doing a general plumbing
or drainage business for the general public and who maintains
a plumbing shop or store and who may employ journeyman plumbers.
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Section XVI. Fees for services. That the plumbing
contractor, and the journeyman plumber, composing with the
plumbing inspector, the Examining Board herein created,
shall such receive as compensation for services rendered
in connection with examination of applications in the
plumbing trade either as Master Plumbers or Journeyman
Plumbers, each the sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars from each
applicant. This fee shall be payable as other contractual
obligations of the city are now payable. The fee of
Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars paid by the applicant at the
time of the filing the application for examination shall
be deposited by the Board of Health the same as other
receipts by said Board are now deposited with the City
Comptroller.
Section XVII. License non - transferable. Any
license secured by any Journeyman or Master Plumber under
said ordinance is non - transferable and it shall be unlaw-
ful to loan or transfer such a plumbing license or to
allow any one to work under a plumbing license held by
another.
Section XVIII. Certification of name. The Board of
Examiners, shall upon any applicant having passed an
examination given b y said Board certify to the Board of
Health the name of the applicant and state therein that
said applicant is entitled to a license as either a
Journeyman or Master Plumber, whereupon the Board of Health
shall direct the City Comptroller to issue the applicant
a license upon receipt Of the fee as herein specified.
Section XIX. Necessity of permit. It shall be un-
lawful to perform or do any plumbing or drainage within
the City of South Bend until application for a -permit to
do said work has been filed with the Plumbing Inspector
and a permit has been issued therefor, except, however,
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that the following work may be done under the supervision
of a licensed master plumber in which case a permit need
not be obtained; any repairs not effecting sanitation such as
mending leaks in soil, waste or vent pipes; faucets, valves
or water pipes, mending or replacing broken fixtures,
closet bowls, tanks, kitchen boilers, or removing stoppage
or releasing frozen pipes, and it shall be unlawful for
any person to do, cause, suffer or permit to be done any
work other than that herein specified without permit.
Section XX. Fee for permit. A fee shall be charged
for each permit issued. This fee shall be a minimum of
One ($1.50) Dollar and fifty cents and shall be paid into
the office of the Plumbing Inspector. This minimum fee
shall cover four (4) trap or vented fixtures, in excess
of four (4) the Plumbing Inspector shall make a charge of
fifty (50�) cents. In determining the amount to be paid
the following shall count as one fixture: water closet,
bath tub, wash basin, sink, urinal, set of laundry trays,
slop sink, refrigerator, soda fountain, drinking fountain,
shower bath, bar fixture, dental cuspidor, gas water heater,
floor drain and any trap except area drain; also any opening
into a soil or waste pipe roughed in for the future installa-
tion of any of the aforegoing named fixtures shall be counted
as a fixture.
Section XXI. Permit necessary. The master plumber
shall, before starting any work contemplated under this
ordinance, obtain a permit, which said permit shall be
placed in a conspicuous place on the building where the
plumbing work is being performed and which said permit shall
be properly signed and filled out by the master plumber in
whose name the permit was issued..
Section XXII. Plumbing Inspector appointment and duties.
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The Plumbing Inspector shall be appointed by the Board of
Health and shall hold office at the will of the appointing
board, or until his successor is appointed and qualified.
He shall be a practical plumber who has had at least ten
(10) years actual experience either as a plumber or as an
inspector of plumbing and shall also be a resident of the
City of South Bend. The present encumbent of such office
shall hold the same under the provisions of this ordinance.
Section XXIII. Salary of Plumbing Inspector. The
annual salary of the Plumbing Inspector shall be Two Thousand
Four Hundred ($2,400.00) Dollars per year, payable from the
City Treasurer as other salaries are paid.
Section XXIV. Necessity of bond. The Plumbing Inspect-
or shall execute a bond in the penal sum of Two Thousand
($2,000.00) Dollars, which said bond shall be approved by
the City Comptroller for the faithful performance of his
duty and shall be executed by some surety company approved
by the City Comptroller.
Section XXV& wherever the word "Inspector" or "Plumbing
Inspector" is used in this Ordinance it shall be construed to
mean the Plumbing inspector of the City of South Bend.
Section XXVI. Fees. All fees collected by the Inspect-
or shall, at the end of each month, be paid to the County
Treasurer, acting as City Treausrer, and he shall at the
same time file with the City Comptroller a report showing
the number of permits issued, and the fees received therefor,
together with the Treasurerts receipt for the same. He
shall also at the end of each year, or sooner if requested
make a report and review of his work to the Board of Health.
Section XXVII. Duty. The Plumbing Inspector is hereby
directed to prepare forms for all applications, permits,
notices or other statements required by this ordinance and to
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furnish same to any person entitled thereto on request.
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Section XXVIII. It shall be the duty of the Plumbing
Inspector of the City of South Bend to do all things re-
quired of him to be done as set forth in the various
sections of this Ordinance.
Section XXIX. All plumbing or drainage work for which
a permit is issued by the Plumbing Inspector must be inspected
by him.
Section XXX. The Inspector must be notified by the
master plumber in charge of the work when the work is ready
for inspection. All work must be left uncovered and
convenient for examination until inspected and approved. No
notice shall be sent for any inspection until the work is
entirely ready for thorough inspection. The Journeyman
Plumber making the installation must be on the premises
at the time this inspection is made by the Plumbing Inspect-
or.
Section XXXI. All notices herein required to be given
to the plumbing inspector shall be in writing on blank forms
to be prepared and furnished by such inspector at his office.
Such Inspector shall number same in the order received,
and shall make inspection of the work herein referred to in
the order in which such notices are received as nearly as
may be practicable and as soon as possible.
Wherever in this Ordinance it is provided any act may
be done, or material used, with the consent of said Inspect-
or, or wherever such Inspectorts approval is required, such
consent or approval shall be in writing.
Section XXXII. Power to condemn. The Plumbing Inspect-
or is hereby authorized and empowered to inspect and, subject
to the approval of the Board of Health, condemn and remove
or order the removal of any plumbing or house drainage work,
including cesspools or private sewers, now in or about any
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dwelling house, hotel, apartment house, tenement house, factory,
store or any other building, if he shall find the same is
unsanitary and detrimental to public health. Said inspector
shall notify in writing the owner or occupant of the premises
whereon such work is situated, that same has been condemned
or ordered removed, and it shall be unlawful for any person
thereafter to use or suffer or permit same to be used.
Section XXXIII. Said Inspector of plumbing is hereby
directed and authorized and empowered to inspect plumbing
and house drainage in all buildings in said city, both
public and private, erected after the passage and legal
publication of this Ordinance, and in all buildings both
public and private, erected prior thereto wherein changes
in or addition to the plumbing or drainage are made or are
hereafter to be made and condemn same, if not in accordance
with the provisions hereof. And he shall have the power to
enter any building in the performance of his duties, and it
shall be unlawful for any person to deny or refuse him
admission.
Section XXXIV. The plumbing inspector is hereby also
authorized and directed to promptly condemn poor work-
manship and to order the removal of or to remove any defective
material or any work done other than in accordance with the
Provisions of this Ordinance, and, thereafter, it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to use said material
until such material or work is reconstructed in accordance
with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Such Inspector shall i mnediately after such condemnation,
notify the plumber doing such work and the owner of the
property that such work has been condemned, and state briefly
the grounds of such condemnation. Such notices may be mailed
to such person or persons or delivered in person; provided,
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however, the giving of such notice or the failure to give
such notice shall in no way affect or alter the liability
of such person or persons, or any other person or persons
to a fine or penalty for any violation of any of the provisions
of this Ordinance.
The authority, power and duties imposed on such Inspect-
or and the provision of this Ordinance shall extend to and
include any plumbing or house drainage, private sewer, or
cesspool work about to be done or being constructed on
any premises, and the same for the purposes of this Ordinance,
shall extend over all premises and to the curb line of the
public ways.
Section XXXV. The Chief Plumbing Inspector and any
of his authorized and dzly appointed, deputies are hereby
empowered, between sunrise and sunset, to enter any building
where there is good and sufficient reason to believe that
the sanitary condition of such premises is such as to
endanger the public health for the purpose of making such
inspection as may be necessary to ascertain the condition
of same upon showing their authority.
Section XXXVI. Enforcement. It shall be the duty of
the Chief Plumbing Inspector, on receipt of knowledge that
any part of this Ordinance has been violated, to go before
any Justice of the Peace or before the City Judge of the
City of South Bend and cause the arrest and prosecution of
all persons whom he has reason to believe are guilty of
such violation.
Section XXXVII. Jurisdiction placed with Board of
Health. All matters concerning plumbing and building drain-
age, water supply and gas piping in connection therewith and
concerning the appointment of a Plumbing Inspector and
deputy inspectors and the appointment of an Examining Board
is hereby placed under the jurisdiction of the Board of
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Public Health of the City of South Bend.
Section XXXVIII. The Board of Health of the City of
South Bend are hereby empowered to revoke the license of
any employing plumber or journeyman plumber where the
provisions of this Ordinance have been violated upon charges
brought by the Chief Plumbing Inspector.
Section XXXIX. Extra Inspectors and their compensation.
The Board of Public Health of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint one or more
deputy Plumbing Inspectors who shall work under the direction
of the Chief Plumbing Inspector and who shall receive a
salary of One Thousand Eight Hundred ($1,800.00) Dollars
per year, payable as other city employees are now paid.
Section XL. No licensed employing plumber or journey-
man plumber shall act as agent for an employing plumber or
journeyman plumber who has not obtained a license from the
Examining Board of Plumbers.
Section XLI. Hot and cold water required.. All bars
and fountains and other places where food and drink, or
either, are served generally to the public shall have a
constant supply of both hot and cold water during all
business hours. This supply shall be run through all
bar fixtures, soda fountains or any other places in said
business concerns where dishes or glass ware or cooking
utensils are cleaned.
Section XLII. Definitions of Terms; In this
Ordinance the term "main soil pipe" is applied to any
pipe above the basement floor connection to the house drain
receiving the discharge of one or more water- closets, with
or without other fixtures, and extending through and above
the roof.
The term "branch soil pipe" is applied to any pipe
receiving the discharge from one or more water - closets and
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with or without other fixtures and leading towards and connect-
ing with the main soil pipe, but not necessarily extending
through the roof.
The term "waste pipe" is applied to any pipe receiving
the discharge from anyfixture or fixtures other than water
closets.
The term "house drain" is applied to the pipe within
any building buried in the ground or below the basement
floor which receives the total discharge from any fixture
or set of fixtures, and may or may not include rainwater
leader which conducts or carries same to the house sewer.
The term "House sewer" is applied to the extra heavy
cast iron sewer, which shall not be less than five inches
internal diameter, and which begins outside of the wall of
a building and connects the house drain with the public
sewer in the street.
The terra "main vent" is applied to the vertical line of
air pipe running through two or more floors to which the
vent or revent pipes from the various floors are connected.
The term "vent pipe" is applied to any pipe provided
to ventilate a system of piping, and to which the revents
are connected.
The term " revent pipe" is applied to any pipe used to
prevent siphonage and back pressure.
The term "soil vent" or "waste vent" is applied to that
part of the main soil pipe or waste pipe which is above the
highest installed fixture waste connection and extends through
the roof.
When sizes of pipes are specified the internal diameter
of the pipes are meant.
Section XLIII. General requirements. All material used
in the installation of any plumbing and drainage system,or
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part thereof, shall be of good quality and free from defects,
and all labor on installation shall be performed in a thorough
and workmanlike manner.
Section XLIV. Where available, every building shall
have an independent connection with the street sewer at
the point designated by the Plumbing Inspector, except as
is hereinafter provided in case of small residences having
not more than four fixtures.
A conductor, soil, waste or house sewer from one building
shall not be connected to a conductor, soil, waste or house
sewer from another building; except;
Where one building is in the rear of another, and a
sewer is not available for the rear building, the house
sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear
building and the whole be considered as one drain, but a
permit for such connection must be secured from the Plumbing
Inspector.
Section XLV. All piping shall be run as direct as
practicable and so arranged that it may be readily repaired,
but no part of a plumbing or drainage system shall be
needlessly exposed to damage.
Section XLVI. All horizontal piping shall.be run in
Practical alignment and at a uniform grade of one -half (2)
inch per foot when possible, but in no case shall the grade
be less than one - quarter (4) of an inch to one foot (1) for
soil or waste pipe and house drains suspended by iron hangers
upon piers or posts or wall ledges; and not less than one -
eighth (1/8) of an inch per foot for vent or ventilating
pipes, house sewers and underground drains.
Section XLVII. All drainage and plumbing pipes shall
be rigidly secured or properly supported to keep their
alignment and grade, and all changes of direction, either
horizontal or vertical, shall be made with the appropriate
use of "Ys ", half "ys ", sanitary "TYS", long sweep quarter,
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sixth, eighth,; or sixteenth bonds, with short nipples where
screw joints are used.
Increase or reduction in size shall be made by the use
of a proper fitting.
Section XLVIII. No double hub, or doubt T, shall be
used on horizontal runs, nor shall sanitary T branches be
used to change the direction of flow in or to horizontal
runs, nor shall double hubs or straight crosses be used on
the soil or waste pipe, saddle hubs and bands are in all
cases prohibited.
Section XLIX. Offset in the mains of all stacks shall
be avoided if possible, but when unavoidable they shall be
made with forty -five (45) degrees fittings.
Section L. All excavations required to be made for the
installation of a building drainage system, or any part
thereof, within the walls of a building, shall be open trench
work. All such trenches shall be kept open until the piping
has been inspected.
Section LI. All free standing stacks shall be thoroughly
supported on concrete or masonry piers at their base, and those
forty (40) feet or morein height shall also be provided with
foot rests at their base and also with floor rests or supports
at every ten (10) feet intervals.
The pipe supports according to their location shall be
made with either heavy iron posts, hangers, wall brackets or
steel fittings concrete or masonry piers; provided that no
brick pier shall be less than eight (8) inches square. The
use of pipe hooks shall be prohibited for larger than one
and one -half (12) inch pipe.
No elbow or quarter (4) bend shall be used on any soil
stack or waste line when the change in direction of flow is
from vertical to horizontal.
Section LII. When computing the size of house drains,
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soil and waste stacks, mains and branches, fifty (50) square
feet of roof or yard area in horizontal projection shall
count as one fixture.
Three feet of urinal trough or wash sink shall count
as one fixture.
One bath, basin or sink or smaller fixture shall count
as one fixture.
One water closet shall count as four fixtures.
Section LIII. Special requirements. When the rain-
water drain connects inside of the building, it shall be of
the same material as a soil drain, and when passing up to
roof within a building it shall be tested the same as the
soil system with the water test, in which case the rainwater
trap may be omitted.
Section LIV. If rainwater drain connects to the main
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
FIXTURES CONNECTED TO
Waste
Soil and Waste -- Combine
Soil Pipe
Alone
Size of Pipe
Branch
Main
Branch
Main
Fixtures
Fixtures
Water
Water
Closets
Closets
1
�
inch
1
12
inch
1
2
2
inch
2
4
22
inch
3
5
3
inch
5
10
32
inch
10
20
4
inch
24
48
6
12
5
inch
72
144
18
36
6
inch
96
192
24
48
7
inch
240
480
60
120
8
inch
400
800
100
200
9
inch
580
1160
145
290
10
inch
800
1600
200
400
11
inch
1060
2120
265
530
12
inch
1420
2840
355
710
Providing that
the number of water closets
on any soil
pipe, with or without
other
fixtures, shall
never exceed the
number given in
either of the last two columns.
The number
of fixtures
in a building
shall determine the
size
of the house
drain and
the combined area of the
soil or
waste.stacks
shall
in no case be less than
that the area of
the
house drain.
Section LIII. Special requirements. When the rain-
water drain connects inside of the building, it shall be of
the same material as a soil drain, and when passing up to
roof within a building it shall be tested the same as the
soil system with the water test, in which case the rainwater
trap may be omitted.
Section LIV. If rainwater drain connects to the main
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house drain, the connection shall be made with a "Y" branch,
and trap shall be provided if said conductor opens or
terminates within 12 feet of a window measuring in horizontal
direction.
When a rainwater leader connects to the house drain said
drain shall he not less than 6 inches in diameter.
Section LV. When outside conductors. or downspouts of
sheet metal are on driveways, streets or alleys and are
connected with the house drain they shall be so connected
by the use of not less than one length of extra heavy cast
iron pipe extending vertically at least four (4) feet above
the grade line, except where an overflow out out is installed
in which case same may extend not less than one foot above
grade.
Section LVI. All building drains in all cases where
new buildings are erected and constructed in the City of
South Bend, Indiana, shall be of extra heavy cast iron soil
pipe, as it is known in commerce,
The soil stacks from immediately above the basement
floor may be extra heavy cast iron pipes, galvanized wrought
iron pipes, or galvanized mild steel pipes. The drain shall
extend from the curb to a point immediately above the base-
ment floor.
Section LVII. The inside diameter of the trap and waste
branches for a given fixture shall never be less than the
following:
Kind of Fixture
Size
in inches
Trap
Branch
Water Closet
4
4
Slop sink with trap combined
3
3
Slop sink ordinary
2
2
Lip Urinal
11
1
12
Pedestal urinal
32
3
Floor drains
2
2
Yard drains or catch basins
3
3
Urinal troughs
2
2
Laundry tub
12
11
Kitchen sinks (residence)
11
2
11
2
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Kitchen sinks (large) hotels or public
2
2
Pantry sinks (large) hotels or public
2
2
Pantry or bar sinks
11
11
Wash basins, one only
1-
i
11
Bath tubs
la
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Shower Baths
2
2
Sitz bath
12
12
Safe
wastes and drips
1
1
Drinking fountains
11
11
Fountain Cuspidors
1-1
4
1�
4
Section LVIII. The following table gives the size of
vent pipes and the maximum number of fixtures that they shall
serves
Size of
Maximum
No. of
No. of
No. of
Maximum
Pipe
Developed
Traps
Traps
Water
Number
pounds
4
Lenth in
12 or
2 inch
Closets
Fixtures
17
pounds
Feet
less
2��
ounds
Founds
8
11f1
pipe
15
1(14}1)
1
12
pipe
25
2
1
2
211
pipe
40
8
4
3
8
2211
pipe
60
16
10
5
16
3t1
pipe
90
32
24
12
32
3,
pipe
130
64
50
20
64
411
pipe
180
130
80
30
160
511
pipe
240
210
140
70
210
6t1
pipe
330
480
240
120
480
For five (5) inch
traps and over
the vent shall
be one -
half
the diameter
of the trap.
If the
length of a
branch or main vent pipe is to exceed
the
given
maximum, above
diameter must be increased to the
tabulated
size opposite
the length
required, irrespective of
the
number
of traps vented,
but in
no case
shall the
main
vent
be less
than one -half
the diameter of
the adjoining
soil
pipe.
Section LIX. All cast iron pipe and fitting shall be
sound, cylindrical and smooth, free from cracks, sand holes
and other defects, of a uniform thickness and not lighter
than the commercial grade known as "extra heavy."
Pipe shall not weigh less than the following per lineal
foot, which weights include
the hubs:
Diameter of Pipe
Weight per ft.
2
inch
5-
pounds
3
inch
92
pounds
4
inch
13
pounds
5
inch
17
pounds
6
7
inch
inch
2��
ounds
Founds
8
inch
3,312
pounds
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All shall be coated at the factory with asphaltum or
coal tar pitch inside and outside.
Section LX. All wrought iron or mild steel pipe used
for soil, waste or vent pipes shall be thoroughly galvanized
inside and outside, and not lighter than the commercial
grade known as "Full weight."
The fittings and couplings for wrought iron or mild
steel waste, soil or refrigerator waste shall be threaded
cast iron or brass recessed drainage fitting3 with smooth
interior waterway and threads tapped out of solid metal, so
as to give a uniform grade to branches of not less that 4"
per foot.
Threaded fittings for vent pipe or revent pipes shall
be brass galvanized malleable iron or cast iron fittings
of the drainage type. All pipes used for soil or waste
pipes under basement floors must be extra heavy cast iron soil
pipe.
Section LXI. All pipe used for branch soil, waste, vent
or flush pipes shall be of the best quality of drawn lead pipe,
cast iron, copper, brass or galvanized iron and of not less
weight per lineal foot than showirg in the following table:
Lead Branch soil, waste, vent or flush pipes including
bends Endtraps.
Internal Diameter
1
inch
11
inch
12
inch
2
inch
3
inch
4
inch
Weight per
foot
1
lb. 8
oz.
2
lbs. 8
oz.
3
lbs. 8
oz.
4
lbs.
6
lbs.
8
lbs.
Section LXII. Brass pipe for soil, waste and vent pipe
shall be thoroughly annealed, seamless drawn or brazed tubing
having weight and outside diameter of not less than the
following:
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Nominal Gauge Thickness Weights
Diameter No. B &S
11°
lit? 12 -6411 1.08 lb.
211 5-6- 1.32 lb.
22n i2 5-6°�� 1.79 lb.
311 7-64 2.82 lb.
V 10 7-6411 3.41 lb.
5n 8 1-811 5.74 lb.
611 8 1-811 7.22 lb.
8 1-811 8.71 lb.
Brass fittings.shall be good quality cast brass having a
thickness given above for the corresponding brass pipe. The
thickness of the tapped ends to be one and one -half (12) times
the thickness of the corresponding pipe.
Section LXIII. Glazed tile sewer pipe may be used in
connection with repairing of any glazed tile sewer now in use
in the City of South Bend but must not be less than 6 inches
in diameter. The entire drain shall have a solid support
for the hub ends of crocks.
Section LXIV. Joints between the hub and spigot shall
be well
filled
with
mortar made
of one (1)
part clean sharp
sand to
one (1)
part
cement.
Each joint shall be carefully banked, wiped and cleaned,
Underground joints between earthenware and iron pipe shall
be made the same as above required for earthenware pipe.
All joints shall be left with a smooth interior surface.
Section LXV. Yards and areas shall be properly graded
and drained. When the drain from said yeard or area is
connected with the house drain it shall be effectually trapped.
Section LXVI. All main and branch soil, waste and vent
and revent pipes shall be of iron, lead, brass or copper.
Section LXVII. Every building in which water closets
are installed shall have at least one four (4) inch soil
Pipe stack extending through the roof, with increaser as
herein specified.
Section LXVIII. All soil and waste pipes into which the
various fixtures discharge shall be extended not less than
one foot above the roof of the building at the high side of
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the stack terminating with open end for ventilation, and at
least five feet when such roof is used for other purposes
than weather covering the building..
All such pipes shall be increased at least one inch
in size before passing through roof.
In no case shall a vent pipe passing through the roof
be less than two inches in diameter, except that.all 1 -4
and 1 -2 inch pipe shall be increased to two inches.
Change in diameter shall be made by long increaser,
at least six inches below roof. When roughing is done, the
vent pipe necessary for the fixture intended to be used must
be installed.
Section LXIX. Measurements of all sewer taps from the
main must be made and reported to the Engineer's Office by
all Master Plumberswhen connection thereto is made by them.
All sewer connections from the curb or main must not be
less than 5 inch extra heavy cast iron soil pipe, which said
connection diall run from the curb or main to the house drain
as herein defined. All cast iron sewers must be caulked
with lead.
Section LXX. The roof terminals of all vent pipes shall
be at least three feet above any door, window, scuttle or air
shaft when located at distances less than twelve feet from
such terminal.
Section LXXI. Where a single basement or first floor
closet is placed more than five feet from the point of
connection to the inside house drain or soil stack, in
addition to the 4 inch main soil stack, a vent stack not
less than 2 inches in diameter must be provided and extended
through the roof, provided, however, that not more than one
such fixture shall be so connected.
Section LXXII. Where there are a series of closets
one above the other the lower closets must be protected by
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venting.
Section LXXIII. All main vents shall be run undiminished
and connected full size at their base to the main waste or
soil pipe at or below the lowest fixture branch and shall be
extended above the roof. They may be connected with the
adjoining soil or waste vent one foot above the highest
fixture.
Section LXXIV. Every branch soil or waste pipe to which
a group of two and not more than eight water closets or
pedestal urinals only are connected, may be vented by a
circuit or loop vent, provided each horizontal branch
does not exceed twenty -five (25) feet in length. Connection
from such branch shall be taken from Y to TY branches. The
vent shall be taken off in front of the last fixture connection,
and must rise one foot above the top of the highest fixture
before offsetting horizontally or connecting to the branch,
main, waste or soil vent.
Where other fixtures discharge into said waste line,
each fixture must be separately revented.
Section LXXV. Where the vent or revent pipes are
continuous and traps are ventilated through the waste fitting,
the center of the outlet of such fitting shall not be set
below the water seal of the trap, and the traps shall not be
more than 3 feet from vent stack.
Section LXXVI. Horizontal revents below the water line
of any fixture shall be offset to vertical as near to the
fixture as possible.
Solderir4g- unions or nipples usedfor vent or waste
connections shall not be wiped direct to lead bend, drum
trap or lead waste but said vent pipe connection shall be
made of lead to a point of at least six inches above the
floor.
Section LXXVII. Every fixture trap shall be protected
from siphonage and back pressure and air circulation assured
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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
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existing building, the owner of the new building shall not
locate windows within twelve (12) feet of any existing vent
stack in the lower building, unless the owner of such new
building shall himself make such alteration to conform to
this Code.
Section LXXXII. Conductors shall be constructed of extra
heavy cast iron or galvanized wrought iron pipe when placed
within the walls of any house or building and shall be tested
by the water test, as hereinafter provided for soil stacks.
Section LXXXIII. Conductor pipes shall not be used as
soil, waste, venting, back vent pipes.
Section LXXXIV. When an existing sheet metal conductor
Pipe within the walls of any building becomes defective, such
conductor shall be replaced by one which conforms to this Code.
Section LXXXV. Each single fixture shall be separately
trapped by a water seal trap, placed as close to the fixture
as possible.
Each cellar or are drain shall be provided with a deep J
seal trap, i.e. the trap must contain at least a 4 -inch water
seal and be constructed on the continuous pipe trap principle;
the trap seal is indicated by the height of the water column
measured between the overflow and the tip separating the
inlet and outlet arms of the trap. Such drain shall in no
case be placed within five feet of the base of the soil
stack to which a rain water drain connects, unless a said
floor drain is properly revented.
A set of not more than three wash trays or washstands or
a set of one or two wash trays with sink combined, may
connect with a single trap, provided the trap is placed
central and the branches connect into the house side of the
traps.
Section LXXXVI. Every trap shall be self cleaning. No
form of trap which depends upon the action of movable parts
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for its seal shall be used. No trap which depends upon
concealed interior partition that, in case of defect, would
allow the passage of sewer air, shall be used. Each urinal
must be separately trapped immediately under the fixture
except when batteries of urinals of a type having continuous
flow of water are used, when a single trap will suffice.
Section LXXXVII. Each trap except floor drains shall
have a water seal of not less than two inches.
Traps placed between the floor shall have a brass trap
screw for cleaning in plain view or flush with the floor, or
readily accessible from or under the floor.
All traps shall be rigidly supported and set true with
respect to their water level, and shall be so located as to
Protect their seals.
Section LXXXVIII. Cleanouts shall be the same size as
the pipe up to four (4) inches in diameter and not less than
four (4) inches for larger pipe or traps.
Cleanouts shall be provided as follows; At the foot of
all vertical lines of soil pipe, and at the end of each
horizontal line. The distance between the cleanouts shall
not exceed fifty (50) feet.
All traps and cleanouts shall be located so as to be
easily accessible for cleaning.
Section LXXXIX. Each single fixture shall be separately
trapped by a 4" water seal trap, placed as close to the
fixtures as possible.
No cellar or area drain shall be placed within 5 feet
Of a house drain or soil stack to which a rainwater drain
connects unless said floor drain is properly revented.
All floor drains in toilet rooms and beneath urinals
shall be revented as herein provided for other fixtures.
A set of not more than three wash trays or wash stands
or a set of one or two wash trays with sink combined, may
connect with a single trap, provided the trap is placed
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central and the branches connect into the house side of the
traps.
Section XC. Traps for bath tubs, basins, sinks, or
other similar fixtures shall be made of lest} brass or
galvanized cast iron. Drum traps shall be used for the
foot seat or bath tubs and shall not be less than four
inches in diameter.
Galvanized or cast iron traps shall be extra heavy
full bore throughout, and have a smooth interior water way
and threads tapped out of solid metal.
Iron drum traps shall be made of extra heavy cast or
malleable iron, or galvanized, and the drum shall not exceed
four (4) inches in diameter. Drum traps shall have a water
seal of not more than seven (7) inches nor less than two
inches.
Section XCI. There shall be no trap at the foot of soil
or waste pipe stacks upon the house drain or house sewer.
Bell traps or traps having covers over handholes on the
sewer side of the trap which are held in place by bolts or
lugs, are prohibited.
In no case shall the waste from the bath tub or other
fixture be connected witha water closet trap.
In no case shall a waste pipe from any other fixture be
connected to the house side, or in the seal of the water
closet trap, or be wiped into the heel of a lead bend.
Such connections shall be made so that the discharge
of water shall not disturb the seal of the water closet trap.
Overflow pipes from fixtures shall in each case be
connected on the inlet side of the trap.
Section XCII. No steam, exhaust, blowoff, drip or
return pipe from any steam trap shall connect with the
sewer or with any house drain, soil, or waste pipe or rainwater
drain pipe, without being properly trapped. The water or steam
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of condensation from such pipes entering any sewer or drain,
shall not be over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. All steam con-
densation discharge into any sewer shall be properly trapped
with a check valve, inspected, and a permit shall be required
therefor.
Section XCIII. All direct connected hydraulic elevators,
lifts or pressure machines shall be provided with an inter-
mediate tank of sufficient capacity as to discharge its waste
without pressure into any sewer, drain, soil or waste pipe,
Such tanks shall be trapped.
Section XCIv. The waste pipe from a refrigerator, ice
box or ice tray, or any receptacle in which provisions are
stored, shall not connect directly to any drain, soil or
waste pipes, and such waste pipes shall be arranged so that
they may be properly flushed, The discharge of same shall
run into an open fixture properly trapped and with a water
supply brought to same to maintain the seal in trap when
the refrigerator is not iced or in use. Where two or more
refrigerator waste pipes lead into a common discharge pipe,
said discharge pipe shall be continued full size up through
the roof and terminate with an open end for ventilation.
Section XCV. The overflow pipe from a tank shall not
be directly connected with any drain, soil or waste pipe.
Such pipe shall discharge into an open fixture or in a roof
gutter.
Section XCVI. Waste pipes from safe wastes placed under-
neath fixtures shall not be directly connected with any drain,
soil or waste pipe. Such pipes shall discharge into an open
fixture or upon the cellar floor. All arrangements shall be
subject to the approval of the Plumbing Inspector.
Section XCVII. The waste pipes and traps for acid tanks,
sinks and other receptacles receiving the discharge of acids
in chemical laboratories, electrotyping, lithographing and
other similar establishments must be made of Duriron, extra
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heavy lead pipe, or lead -lines pipe of adequate durability.
The waste pipes may be of vitrified clay when placed outside
the building.
Section XCVIII. Waste pipes from milk vats, sterilizers,
etc., shall be of the same size and material as wastes from
sinks, etc. Such wastes may discharge on a watertight floor
having a catch basin, or they may discharge into a properly
constructed sink.
When connected to a drain, soil or waste pipe, such
waste pipes shall be separately trapped and revented.
Section XCIX. Waste pipes for wash trays, washing
machines and other like fixtures in public laundries, or dye,
houses, etc., located in rooms having watertight floors
and a properly constructed floor wash trap, may discharge
on said floor.
Section C. Kitchen or other greasy wastes from botels,
restaurants, club houses, public institutions or other
establishments in which cooking is done or greasy wastes
obtain, shall be intercepted by an approved catch basin
or a grease trap, and then cond}bted to the house sewer.
Section CI. Any change in the location of a plumbing
fixture shall be governed by the same rules as herein provided
for new work, and shall be subject to the inspection and approval
of the Plumbing Inspector.
Section CII. All receptacles used for water closets,
urinals or otherwise for the disposal of human excrets,
shall be either vitrified earthenware, hard natural stone
or cast ironwhite porcelain enameled on inside. If cast
Iron is used, it shall be enameled, or painted on the outside
with at least three (3) coats of non - absorbent and non-
corrosive paint.
Section CIII. The bowls and traps for water closets
shall be made in one piece and of such shape and form as
to hold sufficient quantity of water when filled up to the
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trap overflow so as to completely submerge any matter
deposited in them and properly flush and scout the soil
pipe when the contents of the bowl are discharged.
Section CIV. All water closets or pedestal urinals
shall be provided with flushing rims, constructed so as
to flush the entire interior surface of the bowl thereof
with water as prescribed in a subsequent section of this
Ordinance.
Section CV. Water closets with low down tanks shall
be of syphon pattern provided with refilling devices.
Section CVI. Outside water closets shall not be
connected direct to the city water but must be flushed
through an approved tank.
Section CVII. That outside closets or Frost -proof
closets may be placed in a room adjoining any dwelling
providing the door to same must not open into said dwelling
proper; but must have an entrance to it from the outside
only.
Section CVIII. In lodging houses and hotels or inns
and all places where people are employed, hereafter erected
or altered there shall be provided two water closets for
every twenty -five males or less and one additional closet
eae' a ie}rft-1 least for each additional tenmales or
fraction thereof, and two water closets for every twenty
females or less and one additional closet for each additional
ten females or fraction thereof. The number of water closets
required shall be determined by the number of lodging quarters
provided or from the number of persons employed. There shall
be at least one closet on each floor, except that no general
water closet accomodations of any lodging house shall be placed
In the basement.
Section CIX. Separate water closets shall be provided
for male and female persons in all places within the City of
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South Bend wherein food and drink, or either or both, are
served to the public generally.
Section OX. In all buildings used jointly for residence
and business purposes separate and sufficient water - closets
shall be provided for the use of families and for the use of
employees and patrons of the place. In tenement houses or
apartments a separate closet, bath tub, or shower, lavatory
and sink must be provided for each family.
Section CXI. No water closet or urinal bowl or trough,
excepting anti - freezing closets, shall be supplied directly
from the water supply pipes. Every water closet or urinal
bowl or trough shall either be flushed by an improved
flushometer valve or indirectly flushed through a flushing
tank of at least five (5) gallons capacity for each eater
closet and two (2) gallons for each urinal.
Section CXII. A group of urinals, on the same floor,
subject to constant use as in schools and factories may be
supplied from one (1) tank, if provided with an automatic
simultaneous flush provided that each individual urinal
shall receive not less than one (1) gallon of water at each
flushing and the discharge is of such force as to cleanse such
individual bowl at each flush. All public urinals in saloons,
hotels, comfort stations, and similar locations shall be
equipped with automatic flush tanks.
Section CXIII. No plumbing fixtures shall be located
in any room or apartment vaiich does not contain a window
placed in an external wall of the building or is not provided
with a system of ventilation.
Compartments containing not more than four (4) closets
or their equivalent shall be located in an apartment con-
taining windows not less than 12 sq. ft. in area and pro-
vided with a gravity or mechanical system of ventilation
which will change the air at normal temperature not less
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than six (6) times per hour, or may be placed in a compartment
without windows in the external wall of the building, providing
a mechanical system of ventilation is installed which will
change the air at normal temperature not less than six (6)
times per hour.
Section CXIV. All rooms containing a public lavatory
shall have ventilation to the outer air by an air shaft or
duct sufficient to provide the necessary ventilation of the
room.
Ventilation from toilet rooms shall be separate and
distinct and have no connection whatever with the other
ventilating ducts in the building.
When water closets or urinals are not placed in a
separate and properly ventilated room the partitions around
the same shall be extended to the ceiling or shall be ceiled
over not less than seven (7) feet above the floor, and the
space so enclosed shall be ventilated in an approved manner.
Section CXV. In all buildings the outside partitions
of any water closet or urinal apartment shall be solid and
extend to the ceiling or be independently ceiled over not less
than 7 feet above the floor. When necessary to light such
apartments the upper part of the partitions may be provided
with translucent, not clear glass. The interior partitions
of such apartments shall be dwarf partitions of not less
than 61 0" high.
Section CXVI. Where water closets or other plumbing
fixtures are placed under a sidewalk, street, alley or other
like place, adjoining and opening into the basement of any
building, each and every fixture 'so placed shall be ventilated
in the same manner as is provided for other plumbing fixtures
in this ordinance, and the water closet compartments shall be
adequately lighted and ventilated, and the bowls of such
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closets must be caulked to the soil pipe or securely bolted
to a cast iron flange, or provided with an approved screw
connection. .
Section CXVII. All joints and connections prescribed
under this ordinance shall be made gas and watertight, and
all wrought iron or mild steel waste pipes shall be properly
reamed on the inside.
Section CXVIII. Joints in cast iron pipes shall be
made with oakum and molten lead, caulked and smoothly
faced.
Joints in wrought iron pipes shall be 'made up" with
screw threads having white or red lead or mineral paint
applied to the male part of the thread, and shall be screwed
up to the shoulder of the fitting.
Lead pipes shall be jointed by wiped joints. Joints in
lead pipe or between lead pipes and pipes of brass or copper
shall have an exposed surface of the solder to each side of
the joint of at least three- quarters of an inch.
Connections of lead and iron pipes shall be made by means
of a cast lead combination or standard brass ferrule, brass,
brass soldering nipple or soldering union and wiped joint.
The use of cup or drive ferrule is hereby prohibited.
Section CXVIX. Every building used for residence,
commercial, industrial or public purposes when served with
city water must have its own distinct water service pipe
not smaller in internal diameter than shown by the schedule
or pipe sizes and all pipe used for conducting water under
pressure must be of either strong lead, galvanized wrought
iron pipe, or cast iron covered with a coating of asphaltum
varnish in accordance with the specifications of the
American water works Association.
Section CXX. Where different sizes of pipe or pipes
and fittings are to be connected, proper size increasers
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or reducers shall be used.
Section CXXI. All work as herein described shall be
performed under the entire supervision of an employing
master plumber, properly licensed as herein provided, except,
however, that no plumbing work of any kind may be done, or
any addition to any plumbing including repairs may be done
unless the original plumbing meets all the requirenents set
forth in the various sections of this ordinance. In the
event that an addition to any plumbing is required and the
original plumbing job does not conform to this ordinance,
a test of the entire plumbing job must be made by the master
plumber before making any addition thereto or alteration
thereon. If this test shows that the plumbing installed does
not meet with the requirements of this ordinance the master
plumber shall notify the plumbing inspector of this fact and
the plumbing inspector shall proceed under this ordinance.
In all cases of additional plumbing to any plumbing job that
has been installed in accordance with this ordinance a test
shall be made of the additional plumbing work only.
Section CXXII. When any building as defined in section
three of this ordinance becomes vacant where water service
is available the plumbing inspector must before the building
is occupied inspect all plumbing and any defective plumbing
or plumbing that does not conform to this ordinance shall
be reported to the Board of Public Health by said plumbing
inspector. This report shall be in writing and shall
specifically state wherein the plumbing is defective or
wherein it does not comply with this ordinance and the use
of said plumbing shall be prohibited by the Board of Health
until it is repaired or altered and meets with the re-
quirements of this ordinance.
Section CXXIII. Brass ferrules shall be best quality
brass, not less than 42 inches long and 22f 32 and 42 inches
in diameter, and not less than the standard weight.
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Section CXXIV. Soldering nipples shall be of cast
brass, or of brass pipe iron pipe size. When cast, they
shall be full bore and not less than standard weight.
Section CXXV. Screw caps for cleanouts shall be of
extra heavy brash not less than 1/8 of an inch thick. The
screw cap shall have asolid square or hexagonal nut not less
than one inch high. Cleanout is to be standard make having
full bore.
Section CXXVI. Connection or hangers, pipe supporters,
or fixtures, setting with masonry or stone backing shall
be made with expansion bolts without the use of wood plugs.
Section CXXVII. Cellars and basements shall be kept
free from ground or surface water, and where the same are
too low to be drained into the sewer, the water therefrom
shall be lifted by a cellar drainer or ejector or other
device, approved by the Plumbing Inspector, and discharged
into the sewer.
Section CXXVIII. Overflow pipes from cisterns shall
not connect directly with any house sewer, but drain pipes
from bottom of cistern may connect with the sewer if properly
valved.
Section MIX. The connection with the roof sump must
be made with brass ferrule caulked to cast iron or screwed
into wrought iron pipe and shall be connected water and air
tight to ferrule with an extension joint. Roof sumps shall
be constructed of sheet lead not less than 4 lbs. to the
square foot.
Section CXXX. Sheet lead for roof flashing shall not
weigh less than three pounds per square foot, shall be
new unused material, shall extend not less than six inches
from the pipe and the joint shall be made watertight. All
roof flashing around pipes shall be made of lead which
shall extend up and be flashed down into said vent pipe.
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Section CXXXI. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to turn on or cause to be turned on, the water
supply in and service pipe leading from the city water
system and conducting water to any premises or building
without a written order from the Plumbing Inspector approving
the plumbing and drainage of said buildings; provided,
however, that the water may be turned on for the purpose of
testing the plumbing and drainage systems, and it is hereby
made the duty of the person or persons causing said water
to be turned on to see that same is turned off immediately
after such tests have been made, provided, further, however,
that water may be turned on for use during building con-
struction if the proper permit has been obtained from the
City Water Works Department, and it shall be the duty of
the person or persons desiring use of said water to so
notify the said Department.
Section CXXXII. Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed to apply to any connections with the water system
Of this city which are made by the department for the
operation of its plant.
Section CXXXIII. No service pipe shall be installed
to or into any building or property smaller than 3/4"
internal diameter.
Section CXXXIV. No fixture shall be supplied with
water trough pipe having a smaller internal diameter than
that specified in the following table and in no case shall
more than the one fixture be supplied for the pipe of the
size specified for each fixture.
Wash basin 3/8f1 pipe
Laundry tub, for each tub 1/211 pipe
Bath tub 11 p
Sink 1/211 pipe
Urinal 1/211 pipe
Water Closet 3/8t1 pipe
Sprinkling 3/4" pipe
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Should the run of any pipe supplying any fixture exceed
twenty feet in length, a pipe of the next large size shall
be provided for such excess.
All water piping to fixture must be that specified for
service piping except that pickle plated brass piping of
equal strength may be used for fixture connections.
Section CXXXV. The plumbing inspector is further
directed and authorized to make the inspection of the water
service connections in all buildings erected after the passage
of this ordinance and in all buildings erected prior to its
passage whenever change or alterations are made and if
contrary to the provisions of this ordinance condemn and
remove or cause to be removed all such work.
Section CXXXVI. The plumbing inspector shall make a
report of each inspection of water service connection to
the City Water Department and the City Water Department must
not start service through any connection until said
inspectors approval has been filed.
Section CXXXVII. The word "Fixture or Fixtures" as
used in this ordinance shall mean and include bath tubs,
lavatories, commodes, flush tanks, kitchen sinks, hot water
tanks, water heaters, boilers and any other part Of plumbing
that is both trapped and vented,although not particularly
named or described herein.
Section CXXXVIII. It shall be unlawful for any person
to sell, exchange, keep for sale, or offer for sale, within
the City of South Bend, or the police jurisdiction thereof
any fixture .as hereinabove defined whether new or second-
hand, unless the same has securely attached thereto a label
or sticker containing thereon the name of City of South
Bend, a serial number and signature of the Plumbing Inspector
of the City of South Bend or a facsimile of such signature
engraved thereon.
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Section CXXXIX. It shall be unlawful for any person
to detach and remove any of said fixtures from any building
in which the same is installed or to install any of said
fixtures, unless such fixtures have securely attached thereto
a label or sticker as described in section one hundred thirty -
eight.
Section CXL. Any person desiring to secure labels herein-
above described shall make written application to the Plumbing
Inspector of the City of South Bend upon blanks to be furnished
by the City of South Bend, which application shall show, (a)
the rame and address of the applicant; (b) the number and kind
of new and second -hand fixtures to be labeled; (c) That the
applicant has a good title to said fixtures or a right to
remove or install the same; (d) Such other information as
the Plumbing Inspector may require. When the Plumbing
Inspector is satisfied that the applicant is entitled thereto
such label shall be attached to such fixtures of the applicant
by the Plumbing Inspector, or one of his assistants. It shall
be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector to keep a record of all
labels affixed by him or his assistants to any such fixture.
Section CXLI. It shall be unlawful for any person to
purchase or receive thru exchange or otherwise, within the
City of South Bend or the police jurisdiction thereof, any
of the above named fixtures, whether new or second -hand
except direct from the manufacturers thereof, unless such
fixtures bear a label as hereinabove described. The possession
of any detached second -hand fixture: above described not
bearing a label as hereinbefore described shall be prima -
facie evidence that such possession is unlawful and a
violation of this ordinance and the burden of proof shall
be upon the possessor to show that his or its possession
is lawful.
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Section CXLII. It shall be the duty of every person
to make a weekly written report to the Plumbing Inspector
upon the blanks furnished by the Plumbing Inspector showing
all such fixtures sold by him during the next preceeding
week; to whom such fixtures were so34 whether such fixtures
were new or second.-hand., where such fixates were installed
and the serial number of the label attached to such fixture.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, neglect or
refuse to file such report weekly with said Plumbing Inspector.
Section CXLIII. All plumbing fixtures shall be installed
or set free and open from all enclosing work.
Section CXLIV. Any change in the location of a plumbing
fixture shall be governed by the same rules as herein p?ovided
for new work, and shall be subject to the inspection and
approval of the Plumbing Inspector.
Section CXLV. The use of pan, plunger, offset, with
or without flush tank trough, Latrine or Smead system closets
are prohibited.
Section CXLVI. Long oval or straight back hoppers are
prohibited except for anti -frost closets. All such now in
use when out of repair or condemned by the Plumbing Inspect-
or shall be removed.
Section CXLVII. No urinal shall be placed over or in
close proximity to wood. Some non - absorbent material shall
be used, such as slate, hard marble, or Portland cement
smoothly troweled.
Urinal floors shall be directly connected to a drain
soil or waste pipe; a deep seal or drum trap shall be used
and arrangements for flushing the same in all cases.
The use of galvanized iron urinal trough is hereby
prohibited.
Section CXLVIII. Fixed wooden wash trays or sinks are
Prohibited in any building or part of building designed
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or used for human habitation.
Section CXLIX. Where water closets or other plumbing
fixtures are placed under a sidewalk, street, alley or
otherlike place, adjoining and opening into the basement
of any building, each and every fixture so placed shall
be ventilated in the same manner as is provided for other
plumbing fixtures in this ordinance, and the water closet
compartments shall be adequately lighted and ventilated,
and the bowls of such closets must be caulked to the soil
pipe or securely bolted to a cast iron flange, or provided
with an approved. screw connection.
Section CL. When bath room or toilet room fixtures
or sinks are replaced by modern fixtures, the waste
connections under the floor trapping and vent pipes shall
conform to these Rules and Regulations, the same as in a
new building.
Section CLI. Copper lined wooden bath tubs shall not
be installed, nor shall any old fixture of this class be
reconnected.
Section CLII. Air supply for beer pumps shall be
taken from the outside of the building.
Section CLIII. Overflow pipes from cisterns shall not
connect directly with any house sewer, but drain pipes from
bottom of cistern may connect with the sewer if properly
valved.
Section CLIV. Every dwelling house, hotel, factory,
store, or other building in which plumbing or house drainage
work or arrangements are to be placed shall be connected with
the .public sewer and with the public water mains, which are
or may become accessible, and such Connections shall be
deemed to be accessible, when such public sewer or public
water mains:�are within:. a distance of one hundred (100)
feet of any outside line of the lot upon-which said building
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may be situated.
Section CLV. When the public sewer is not accessible as
herein provided the said building or buildings may be connected
with a cesspool located not less than twenty -five (25) feet
away from any building used for human habitation, or within
50 feet of any watertight cistern or within 100 feet of any
source of any water supply, and same must be built under
permit from the Plumbing Inspector.
The cesspool shall be built to receive a cast iron or
steel cover of not less than fifteen (15) inches in
diameter. No cesspool or privy vault or similar means of
sewerage disposal shall be used in connection with any
apartment house or tenement, but every such house shall have
its plumbing system directly connected with the public sewer.
When cesspools are built they shall be constructed or
erected under a permit granted by the Plumbing Inspector, in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, and with
reference to permits issued for plumbing or house drainage
work, so far as same may be applicable.
Brick or other material equally as good, shall be used
in the construction of all cesspools; provided, such other
material shall not be used unless specially authorized by
the Inspector in a special permit therefor, issued in the
same manner as herein provided for the regular permit for
cesspools. Provided, that the person signing and filing
said statement shall deposit the sum of One ($150) Dollar
and fifty cents for each cesspool described in said statement.
Section CLVI. In any case any cesspool is allowed,
because of inability to connect with a public sewer, then,
or as soon thereafter as it becomes possible to make such
sewer connections, such cesspool shall be cleaned out, and
filled with fresh earth and the sewer connection made. All
cesspools shall be left open for inspection as herein pro-
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vided.
Within forty -eight (48) hoursafter the completion of
any cesspool, notice thereof shall be given the Plumbing
Inspector in the same manner and by the person or persons
as herein provided with reference to notices for final
inspection of plumbing and house drainage. Said inspector
shall file such notice, and make such inspection under the
same regulationsherein provided with reference to final
inspecting of plumbing and house drainage as far as same
may be applicable. If the same be approved by him, he
shall issue a certificate of approval therefor to the
proper person.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use
such cesspool until such inspector has approved same.
Section CLVII. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to turn on or cause to be turned on, the water
supply in and service pipe leading from the city water
system and conducting water to any premises or building
without a written order from the Plumbing Inspector
approving the plumbing and drainage of said buildings.;
provided, however, that the water may be turned on for the
Purpose of testing the plumbing and drainage systems, and
it is hereby made the duty of the person or persons causing
said water to be turne on to see that same is turned off
immediately after such tests have been made, provided, further,
however, that water may be turned on for use during building
construction if the proper permit has been obtained from the
City Water Works Department, and it shall be the duty of
the person or persons desiring use of said water to so notify
the said Department.
Section CLVIII. When the installation of the water
service in any building or premises is completed the plumber
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doing such work shall sign and execute a written report of such
work giving:.name, street and number of the premises where
such work was done and performed, the size and location of
the tap, location of service pipe and service box, between
the main and consumer's property, the number and kind of
fixture, if fixtures are installed for the use of more than
one family or tenant, the number of such persons. Such
Plumber shall file said written report with the inspector
of plumbing, who shall examine same, and if he finds it to
be correct, shall approve it and file the same with the
Superintendent of Water Department, and it shall be a viola-
tion of this ordinance for any person to file a false state-
ment or report as to the number and kind of fixtures or the
size and location of tap or service boxes.
Section CLIX. Nothing in this ordinance shall be con-
strued to apply to any connections with the water system
of this city which are made by the department for the opera-
tion of its plant.
Section CLX. No service pipe shall be installed to or
into any building or property smaller than 3/4" internal
diameter.
Section CLXI. That hereafter all water heaters burning
gas or other combustible material installed shall be pro-
vided with a vent pipe connected to a flue that has a
Positive updraft which will remove dangerous products of
combustion.
Section CLXII. All gas supply valved to water heaters
must be provided with a controlling device to prevent ex-
plosions of range or domestic boilers and which will prevent
a back flow of hot water through cold water supply. The
said controlling device shall be approved by the Plumbing`
Inspector.
Section CLXIII. Slip joints shall not be permitted
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on the sewer side of any trap. All other joints shall be
caulked, screwed, or wiped. Soldering nipples, brass
unions, galvanized box unions with sheet lead gaskets, made
without other gaskets or packing, or with long threaded
unions are permitted. No union shall be used under floors
on waste or vent pipes.
Section CLXIV. Slip joints shall not be permitted
within any part of the water supply system.
Section CLXV. That all persons doing any work within
the terms of this ordinance shall also abide by any rules
established by the Board of Public works regulating the
Water Department, which are not in conflict with this
ordinance.
Section CLXVI. All plumbing and house drainage shall
be inspected by said Inspector as follows:
When the soil waste pipe or vent stack are completed
throughout the building, and before any joint in such soil
waste pipe or vent stack or fittings are covered, and whin
all openings are made for the proper connection of all
fixtures all soil waste pipes or vent stacks shall be filled
with water to the highest .point or to the highest point
above the vents. This shall be the first test made by the
Plumbing Inspector and he shall be notified that the work
is ready for inspection by written notice filed with him
by the employing plumber.
Final inspecton shall be made when all fixtures are
attached and the work is completed and the water turned on
and all traps filled. If this last mentioned test meets
with the approval of the Plumbing Inspector and with the
various sections of this Ordinance,, then the Inspector
shall issue his certificate of approval to the proper per-
sons, which said certificate shall properly identify the
work and shall be issued before the water meter is set.
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If the Plumbing Inspector, for any reason, ma,, not
certify the final inspection of any plumbing or drainage
work as meeting with the requirements of this Ordinance
he shall notify the owner of the property and the Employing
plumber in writing of his decision and he shall also
notify the Board of Health and he shall specifically set
forth wherein the work or material does not conform to
this Ordinance.
Section CLXVII. Any person dissatisfied with the
decision of the Plumbing Inspector may appeal to the
Board of Health and said Board shall set a time for a
hearing. This hearing shall be conducted by the Board
of Health as other hearings are now conducted before it
and its decision shall be final except that the losing
party may appeal to the St. Joseph Circuit or Superior
Court.
Section CLXVIII. If any section or part thereof of
this Ordinance is held unconstitutional the remaining sections
or provisions shall be given full force and effect as
completely as if the part held unconstitutional had not been
included herein.
Section CLXIX. Any person who shall come under this
Ordinance refusing, failing or neglecting to comply with
any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
subject to a finefbr not less than Ten ($1000) Dollars
or more than Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars or imprisoned
for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30)
days, or both.
Section CLXX. No person shall be imprisoned under
this Ordinance for the first offense and the prosecution
shall always be as and for the first offense unless the
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affidavit upon which the prosecution is instituted contains
an allegation that the offense is a second or repeated
offense.
Section CLXXI. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, legal
publication, and approval by the Mayor.
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