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Ord. 0115 1965-06-24t- 7-4 ORDINANCE NO. 115 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING WORK IN THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE: REQUIRING PERMITS AND PRESCRIBING FEES FOR PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING: PRESCRIBING SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS, GAS PIPING AND GAS APPLIANCES: PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR'VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE: PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH: AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION OR TITLE OF THIS ORDINANCE, STATING IN SUMMARY THmPURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, THAT: ARTICLE I Application of Ordinance and Definitions SECTION I. APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE This Ordinance shall be known as the Plumbing Code of the City of Pearland and shall apply to all plumbing and gas fitting work, as herein defined, installed, constructed, erected, altered, added to or built upon, within the City of Pearland. This Ordinance shall not apply to work done by employees of the City of Pearland or contractors for the City of Pearland who are supervised by the City in laying of City Water Mains and Service Lines, and City Sewer Mains and Service Lines, and shall not apply to the installation of gas distributing mains and services in the streets and alleys by employees of any gas distributing company. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS As used in this Ordinance unless the text otherwise requires: (a) '°PLUMBING" includes the installation, repair, -1- replacement and alterations of pipes, fixtures, appliances, and apparatus to conduct and receive water, soil pipes, drains, sewers, and devices to remove waste and surplus water and the necessary traps and ventilating pipes. "Plumbing" also includes the means of sewage disposal where no public sewer exists, but does not include digging of ditches, excavations, handling or distributing of materials, tools or similar work. (b) "GAS FITTING" includes the installation, repair, replacement, and relocation of pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for distributing a gas supply for illuminating or fuel purposes in any premises and shall include, but without limitation, the installation of wall heaters, floor furnaces, unit heaters, or any type of concealed gas connections. (c) "MASTER PLUMBER" is any person licensed as a master plumber by the Texas Board of Plumbing Examiners or a partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in the plumbing or gas fitting buisness, a member or officer of which is so licensed and is its supervisor of plumbing or gas fitting installation. (d) "CITY OF PEARLAND" means area within the corporate limits of the City of Pearland and with respect to plumbing includes any building outside the corporate limits which is connected to either the City water or sewerage systems, or the local gas company. ARTICLE II Enforcement, Inspector and Inspections SECTION 3. GENERAL -2- The administration and enforcement of the Plumbing Code is hereby assigned to and shall be the responsibility of the "Plumbing Inspector." SECTION 4. QUALIFICATIONS OF PLUMBING INSPECTORS The Plumbing Inspector shall have had experience as plumber and shall be a licensed plumbing inspector for the City of Pearland, Texas. SECTION 5. PLUMBING INSPECTOR REGULATED The Plumbing Inspectors shall not own, be connected with, or have any pecuniary interest whatsoever business regulated by this Ordinance; and office or official position in any organiz are required to be licensed or registered provided, however, that this shall not be in any shall not hold ation whose members under this Ordinance, construed to prevent the Plumbing Inspector from holding membership in such an organization. SECTION 6. DUTIES AND POWERS OF INSPECTORS It shall be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector, either in person or by an authorized representative, to receive all applications for permits to install gas fitting or plumbing work, and to issue permits therefor, as herein provided. The Plumbing Inspector shall inspect all plumbing or gas fitting now in use or being constructed, or which may hereafter be installed, altered, extended or repaired in the City of Pearland. The Plumbing Inspector making the inspection shall issue his approval of all such work which is found by him to comply with this Ordinance. By written order he shall direct the owner -3- or person in charge of any building or structure where imperfect plumbing or gas fitting may be located, or the agent of such owner or person, to stop and prevent the use or construction of same until such plumbing or gas fitting shall have been properly installed or repaired. The Plumbing Inspector is hereby authorized to enter any house or premises in the City of Pearland, at any time upon presenting theproper identification, to inspect any plumbing or gas fitting therein, for the purposes of this Ordinance. SECTION 7. INSPECTION REQUIRED No plumbing or gas fitting work for which a permit is herein required,shall be connected with the City water or sewer system, or to any gas distributing system, nor shall the same be used, until such work has been inspected and approved as provided in this Ordinance. Requests for in- spection must be filed at the office of the Plumbing Inspector at least twenty four (24) hours before any inspection is desired. No inspection will be made on Sundays or legal holidays except in special cases of emergency. SECTION 8. TESTING INSTALLATIONS No water, gas, soil, drain, or vent pipe shall be covered from view or concealed until after the work has been tested, inspected, and approved by the Plumbing Inspector. If any part of the work is covered before being inspected and approved, it shall be uncovered at the expense of the permittee; when roughing -in, is complete, the entire water and drainage system, including the house sewer, shall be prepared -4- for inspection, if conditions permit. Soil and waste stacks shall be plugged and filled with water to the highest point, and all joints shall be made watertight. Any defective material shall be replaced with sound material, and water tests shall be repeated until the work is found to be tight and to conform to the requirements of this Ordinance. The use of cement, sealing wax, rosin, paint, tallow or other material or agency which may prevent, or in any way tend to prevent, the detection of any cracks, sand holes, or other imperfections in any material used in plumbing is prohibited. When roughing -in is complete and before being covered up, an air pressure test of fifteen (15) pounds per square inch shall be maintained on the gas system for fifteen (15) minutes. Caulking or the use of gas fitter's cement for repairing leaks is strictly prohibited and all faulty work in piping and all imperfect fittings must be replaced. SECTION 9. FINAL INSPECTION AND TESTS (a) Final inspection shall be made on sanitary plumbing and gas when the work is fully complete and the building is ready for occupancy. (b) A final test on the gas piping shall be made after the water heaters, wall heaters, floor furnace and gas cocks have been installed and shall be made with five (5) pounds air pressure. Whenever changes or extensions are made to any gas piping from a point where no gas stop has been provided in the original gas system, the plumber or person in charge of same must prepare the entire system for inspection and -5- test same with a five (5) pound air pressure test for fifteen (15) minutes. The Permittee shall notify the Plumbing Inspector when the work is ready for final inspection and arrange for the building to be unlocked so the Inspector may enter same. The equipment and labor necessary for making the required tests and inspections shall be furnished by the Permittee. SECTION 10. REINSPECTION When a request for inspection is made, and upon such inspection, the plumbing or gas fitting work does not meet all requirements of this Ordinance, the Master Plumber or owner doing his own work shall be notified of the defects existing, which defects shall be promptly corrected and a re- quest for a re -inspection shall be made for which a reinspec- tion fee shall be paid. ARTICLE III Permits and Fees SECTION 11. PERMITS REQUIRED No plumbing or gas fitting work shall be performed in any building in the City of Pearland nor fixtures added thereto until a permit has been issued therefor by the Plumb- ing Inspector or his agent as herein provided. All applica- tions for permits for plumbing, or gas fitting, shall give the correct location of the building, and a full and complete statement of the work and fixtures to be installed. When required by the Plumbing Inspector, any such application shall be accompanied by a complete plan of the -6- work to be performed. All work described or shown on plans shall conform to the terms of this Ordinance. SECTION 12. SPECIAL PERMITS AUTHORIZED A special permit, in writing, may be issued by the Plumbing Inspector only where additional fixtures are to be installed which cannot be constructed practicably in accordance with all of the provisions of this Ordinance, if in the judgment of the Plumbing Inspector conditions require it, but such conditions or alterations shall be of a character that will make the plumbing in the building as a whole conform to the spirit of the requirements of this Ordinance. Applica- tion for the above permit shall be made in writing accompanied by a sketch showing the work to be done; said sketch must be kept on file in the City Building Inspector`s Office. In remodeling and other work pertaining to but not specifically covered by this Ordinance, the Plumbing Inspector may prescribe such specifications as may be necessary and shall be consulted before any work is started. SECTION 13. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO OBTAIN PERMITS Permits for all plumbing and gas fitting work shall be issued only in the name of a person, firm or corporation, who is authorized or permitted by the State Plumbing License Law to do such work, or a Master Plumber, as herein defined. No person shall wilfully make any false statement to the Plumbing Inspector or his authorized representative in order to obtain a permit. SECTION 14. OWNER MAY DO WORK -7- The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to a person performing plumbing or gas fitting -work with his own hands on premises owned or occupied by him as his home. Such person must first obtain from the Plumbing Inspector a permit to do such work and shall pay the inspection fee provided by this Ordinance; provided that said work shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Plumbing Inspector and shall strictly conform to the requirements of this Ordinance. SECTION 15. BOND REQUIRED (a) No person,firm or corporation or other entity engaged in the Plumbing appliance installation or gas fitting business shall be issued a permit under this ordinance until such person, firm, corporation or other entity has made, executed and delivered to the City Secretary a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $1,000.00 payable to the City of Pearland, with corporate surety authorized to do business in the State of Texas, and conditioned for the faithful per- formance of all work entered upon or contracted for, and in strict accordance and compliance with the terms, requirements and provisions of this Ordinance; and conditioned further, that such person, firm or corporation shall without additional cost to the person for whom the work is done, remedy any defects therein due to faulty workmanship or material, and that such person, firm or corporation shall reconstruct or repair such work to the satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector within 72 hours after notice of such inspection and findings by him. -8- (b) Upon five (5) days' written notice to the principal of said bond and to the City Secretary of the City of Pear - land, the surety on said bond shall have the privilege of cancelling any such bond. Cancellation of any such bond shall not cancel or reduce the surety's liability on any transaction begun before 12 o'clock noon on the effective date of a cancellation. Said bond shall contain a provision stating the substance of this requirement of notice of cancellation. (c) The City of Pearland may for itself, or for the use and benefit of any person injured or damaged by reason of failure to repair any defective plumbing or gas fitting, or defective installation, or construction in connection there- with, or for failure or refusal to pay any of the fees re- quired by this Ordinance, maintain suit on said bond, or suit may be maintained thereon by any person so injured. All bonds shall be for a period ending next ensuing December 31st, and should the coverage of any such bond be reduced by recovery, or for any other reason, the surety on said bond shall immediately notify the City Secretary of the City of Pearland and thereafter, the principal will not be issued any permit provided for herein until the coverage of the bond is fully restored. SECTION 16. FEES The permit and inspection fees herein provided shall be paid to the City of Pearland before the issuance of a permit and before any work is started. The fees shall be as follows: -9- Permit and Type of Work Inspection Fee Tub Commode Lavatory Gas Opening Sewer Inspection Hot Water Heater Sink Utility Sink Washer Connection Ground Inspection Cover Up Inspection Re -Inspection Average $ .50 $ 1.00 .50 1.00 .50 1.00 .25 1.50 2.00 2.00 .50 .50 .50 .50 .25 .50 2.50 2.50 2.50 .50 2.50 2.50 2.50 Minutes of Special Council Meeting December 2, 1965. A motion was made by Councilman Calvin, seconded by Councilman Cogbill that a reduction of 50% be extended to churches and public schools for electrical permits. ARTICLE IV Specifications for Plumbing Installations SECTION 18. All plumbing work performed in the City of Pearland shall conform to the specifications herein provided: (1) The drainage system of every house or building shall be separately and independently connected with the City sewer, except fixtures in outhouses and auxiliary buildings on the same lot may be connected to the main building sewer. This provision shall also apply when two dwellings are erected on the same lot, one behind the other. -10- (2) When there is no City sewer available, an approved septic tank shall be used with the approval of the City Health Department. Application for the use of a septic tank must be made to the City Secretary and the installation of said septic tank shall be under the supervision of the City Plumbing Inspector. Plans and specifications for septic tank shall be obtained from the City Secretary. (3) No person shall tap into or connect with any public sanitary sewer, or connect or cause to be connected any plumbing to such public sewer, or to any house drain or house sewer leading to such public sewer, without first obtaining the proper permits for such purpose and having the work approved by the Plumbing Inspector. (4) It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person in control, of any premises to discharge, or permit to be discharged, into the City sanitary sewer system or into any private sewer leading to such system, directly or indirectly, any gasoline, benzine, naptha, or volatile liquids which are likely to produce an explosive gas when exposed to the air; or any strong acid, alkali, oil, tar, or other substance or compound, the action of which will be detrimental to the proper purifying action in any sewage treatment plant established or operated by the City of Pearland, or that will be injurious to the sewer system or such plant itself, or any vapors, gases or fumes from any commercial or industrial water or refuse. (5) Water from any car washing rack must not enter the sanitary sewer or storm sewer unless approved sand trap is -11- used. Specifications of same may be provided by the Plumbing Inspector, and appear in detail section of this Ordinance. (6) House sewers shall be run in practical alignment and grade of not less than one-fourth inch (1/4") fall per foot, and shall have a cover of not less than six inches (6") at the building and at least twelve (12") below the established gutter grade of any street or alley at the point where such sewer line crosses the property line to connect with the sewer main. (7) Durion pipe and fittings or other approved acid - resisting material may be used where required to resist acids. (8) All soil pipes receiving discharges from fixtures and all vent lines must be of standard cast iron, brass pipe (iron pipe sizes and weights) with standard pipe thread with recessed drainage fittings, hard tempered copper tubing with cast brass recessed drainage fittings or lead pipe not lighter than seven (7) pounds fourteen (14) ounces per foot for 4", four (4) pounds twelve (12) ounces per foot for 2". All copper under slab must be Type "L". (9) Cast iron soil or vent pipes shall be of the bell and spigot type and the joints shall be firmly packed with oakum and secured with molten lead not less than one (1) inch deep, and caulked until perfectly tight joints are secured. All joints on lead pipe, or between lead and brass pipe can be wiped joints, known to the plumbing trade as round or branch pipe joints, or drive ferrells and lead pipe may be used. -12- The drilling and tapping of house drains, waster or vent pipes and the use of saddle hubs and bends are prohibited. (10) All changes in direction shall be made by the use of wyes, combination wye and eighth bends, long sweep quarter bends, sixth, eighth, or sixteenth bends; sanitary tees and crosses may be used only in vertical lines. Quarter bends may be used in soil and waste lines where the change in the direction of flow is from horizontal to the vertical. The foot of all stacks shall have a wye and bend, long sweep quarter bends, or two eighth eighth bends combination wye and eighth bends where the change is from vertical to horizontal. (11) Tapped tees may be used in vertical stacks for lavatories or sinks or tapped cross from two fixtures of the same trap level. All arms must be of L Weight copper, brass, lead or galvanized pipe. Where copper is used, all fittings must be sweated. When lead is used, if solder nipple is used, it must be wiped to lead and flange wipe joint where trap is wiped in. No tubular traps are to be used unless flange wiped or sweated. If galvanized pipe is used, slip joints are to be used outside finished walls. one lavatory or one sink may enter a four inch vent stack by means of a tapped tee, or two of t±ese fixtures by means of tapped cross. All sink arms shall be of 14 inch pipe, only one fixture allowed on each arm. Lavatory arm may be 14 inch pipe0 No arm shall be longer than 30". Single lavatory may be vented with 14" copper pipe where waste is of 12" copper. (12) All horizontal soil and waste pipes must be graded and given uniform fall, and if located above the ground -13- must be supported by piers built of masonry or suspended from beans or joists every five feet (51) in back of hubs by iron hangers of not less than eighteen (18) gauge metal. (13) Every building in which a water closet is installed shall have at least one four inch (4") soil pipe waste and vent stack and shall continue its full size to at least twelve inches above the roof and not less than ten feet above the ground except an all copper plumbing system which may be one size smaller and according to the National Plumbing Code. (14) Ferrules shall be of a good quality of brass composed of a mixture that will fuse readily with plumbers2 solders free from sand holes,, flaws or other defects, uniform in thickness„ and at least four and one-half inches (41") long, and of the following sizes and weights: Inside Diameter Weight 2 inches 3 inches 4 inches 1 lb. 4 oz. 1 lb. 14 oz. 2 lb. 8 oz. (15) The lead traps, bends and stubs shall be six (6) pounds per square foot and there shall be not less than four inches (4") of lead between the wiped joint and the finished floor. All lead bends under closet bowls shall be of not less than four inch (4") pipe. (16) A 4" clean out plug fitting must be on house drain two feet outside building brought up flush with top of ground and visible. Sink clean outs must be exposed on the outside wall. No tapped tees to be used as clean out fitting. -14- (17) All revents may be of 11/2" galvanize for minor fixtures from waste tee through roof or tied into vent stack. All washing machines connected to sanitary sewer must do so by means of proper P trap and vented except where a P trap may be installed in a sink line by means of a Y or TY when the inlet opening of said trap is not over thirty inches off sink line. Drain line from trap to machine must not be less than 11/2" copper or cast iron pipe and not over 16 feet long. (18) Each and every fixture having a waste pipe shall be separately and independently trapped with a water sealing trap placed as near the fixture as practical and not more than thirty-six inches (36") from the fixture, except that a set of not more than three (3) laundry trays or lavatories may connect with a single trap. No fixture shall be double trapped. (19) Each and every trap shall be protected from siphonage or air pressure and if over thirty-six (36) inches from a continuous vent shall be separately vented, except that each battery of two (2) to eight (8) fixtures connected in series consisting of water closets or urinals in toilet rooms on the same floor may be installed with a system of loop venting by bringing a vent the same size as the waste line up between the last two fixtures and returning full size to main vent stack not less than forty-two inches (42") above the floor, or continuing separately through roof full size, thus forming a circuit vent system. where fixtures discharge above such branch each branch shall be provided with a relief vent -15- at least one-half the diameter of the soil or waste branch, taken off in front of the first fixture connection. (20) When an additional closet is set on a four (4") inch branch waste line thirty feet (302) or less in length from a main house drain or soil line within the same building, it may be vented with a two inch (2") vent. One minor fixture, except kitchen sink waste will be permitted to enter this vent line. (21) Two fixtures of the same type whose wastes enter the stack by means of a sanitary cross may have a common waste and vent and each fixture shall be individually trapped. (22) Crown venting shall be avoided. A hell -inlet quarter bend may be used when venting a closet if used in a vertical position. When it becomes necessary to flat vent a trapa as under floors, this flat vent shall be carried to the nearest partition or wall and changed to the vertical. All horizontal vents below the floor shall be constructed of copper or cast iron pipe. When a vent pipe from a trap is connected into another vent, the connection shall be made at least one foot (12) above the highest fixture. (23) Stacks and vents shall not terminate under- neath cornices or in chimney flues, but shall extend through the roof and terminate not less than twelve inches (12") above the roof and be properly flashed, or when the roof is used for other purposes than weather protection, then such vent shall be not less than five feet (52) above said roof. Vent pipes shall be run as directly as possible, and the proper fittings must be used at all changes of direction. (24) All pipes or stacks passing through the roof _16- shall be flashed with sheet lead of not less than two and one-half (21/2) pounds to the square foot and turned into top of pipe or into bell and caulked or 10 oz. copper, properly fitted and counterflashed. Where copper pipe is used and it terminates more than one foot (1') above the roof, the flash- ing must be strapped at top with metal strap and bolted, or counterflashed. (25) Approved 4" x 10" drum traps may be used on tubs. Tub and shower traps may be used on tubs. Tub and shower traps may be cast iron P traps properly installed and vented. This type trap may be wet vented through a lavatory. (26) Drinking fountains shall be constructed of impervious material such as vitreous china, porcelain, enameled cast iron, other non corrosive metals, or stoneware. The jet of the fountain shall issue from a nozzle of nonoxidi- zing, impervious material set in the jet to the orfices from whence the jet issued. The nozzle and every other opening in the water pipe or conductor leading to the nozzle shall be above the edge of the bowl, so that such nozzle or opening shall not be flooded in case a drain from the bowl of the fountain becomes clogged. The end of the nozzle shall be pro- tected by non-oxiding guards to prevent the mouth and nose of persons using the fountain from coming into contact with the nozzle. The waste opening and pipe shall be of sufficient size to carry off the water promptly and the opening shall be provided with a strainer. (27) All lavatories shall be provided with traps of not less than one and one -quarter inch (14") in diameter. -17- Only one lavatory shall be permitted on a one and one -quarter (14") inch arm. A battery of lavatories up to three, will be allowed on one trap not less than one and one-half inches (12") in diameter. All water services (spigots) must discharge at least three-quarter (3/4") inches above the rim of the fixture. (28) All receptacles used for water closets, urinals or otherwise, for the disposal of human excretas shall be constructed of materials impervious to moisture and that will not corrode, such as vitreous china, porcelain (all clay), or cast iron enameled on the inside. All water closets or urinals shall be provided with a flushing rim, constructed so as to flush the entire interior surface of the bowl thereof with water from an approved tank or flush valve. A compression stop shall be placed in each water closet water supply, placed between the tank and the floor. (29) No device or fixture of any type of con- struction shall be installed which will provide a cross connection between the water supply of a building and the sanitary sewers or any other impure condition. (30) Slip joints may be used on all traps outside of finished walls. (31) Hopper closets, with cast iron enameled in- side traps attached, may be used in temporary construction toilets when installed in compartments which have no direct connection with a building used for human habitation or occupancy and the water supply shall have a stop and waste -18- cock placed outside the building in an easily accessible place. (32) All closet bowls, except on wood floors, shall be set on a heavy brass closet ring or flange, weighing not less than one (1) pound, soldered to the lead bend or stub and screwed to the floor. All screws for water closet setting shall be of brass. Joint shall be made gas -tight with an approved gasket setting compound, white lead putty or perfect screw joint. (33) The base of shower stalls installed in residences of wood construction shall be lined with sheet lead of not less than two and one-half (21/2) pounds to the square foot, or and turned up on the sides to a height of not less than four inches (4") and made leak -proof. The requirement for lead pans shall not apply to factory made shower stalls provided such shower stalls are leak proof and watertight after installation. All lead pans shall have one coat of asphalt paint, inside and outside, and shall be securely clamped to the drain with a drain clamp. In shower baths where installed in manufacturing establishments, shops, engine or boiler rooms, in basements or on any ground floor where the floors are concrete, the above double draining fitting and lead pan need not apply. (34) Waste pipe from kitchen sinks in any hotel, restaurant, clubhouses, boarding houses, public institutions, hospitals or other similar places; shall be run into an approved type grease trap, adequate in size and constructed in such a manner as to remove all grease before it reaches the sanitary -19- sewer and properly vented on the sewer side. This grease trap shall be properly maintained in good working order and all collected grease shall be removed at regular intervals. Plans for a concrete grease trap may be obtained from the Plumbing Inspector. If the grease trap is set more than thirty inches (30") from the sink or sinks which it serves, the sink and sinks shall be locally vented and run independently through the roof. (35) The waste from any refrigerator, either ice or mechanical, or other receptacle in which food is stored, shall discharge into an open fixture. Such open fixture may be connected directly to the drainage system when prop- erly trapped and vented. (36) Sinks in bars, soda fountains, etc. shall be drained to a common open fixture properly trapped and vented, located on the same floor and as near as possible to the bar or fountain in such a manner that it may be readily inspected and cleaned. The top of such fixture shall be set 1" or more above the floor. (37) Floor drains shall be of sufficient size and design to, serve the purpose for which they are.. intended or used, and shall be not less than two inches (2") in diameter. All floor drains except as noted below shall enter the sanitary sewer or septic tank through an adequate catch -basin. The catch basins shall be not less than 18 x 18 inches and 24 inches deep inside measurements, with a seal of not less than ten inches (10") properly vented on the sewer side and fitted with a tight fitting cast iron frame and cover. Floor drains -20- shall be provided with a deep seal "P" trap with perforated metal strainer. Where the waste line from a floor drain to the catch -basin is over fifty (503) feet long, the last floor drain shall be locally vented and a cleanout placed on the end of main line. Floor drains for private residences or private residence laundry rooms may enter the sanitary sewer, or septic tank directly, provided that they are properly trapped and vented. (38) All commercial water from commercial laundries, all waste water from poultry dressing establishments and from fish and sea food markets, when such water is used in connection with the dressing, killing, cleaning, washing or handling of such poultry, fish or sea food shall discharge into a trough not less than four inches (4") deep and six inches (6") wide. This trough shall discharge into a catch - basin not less than 24 x 24 x 30 inches properly trapped and vented on the sewer side and having tight fitting solid cover and frame. In fish and sea food markets, this catch -basin shall also be vented with a two inch (2") vent: such local vent to extend through the roof independent of any other vent. (39) No steam exhaust or blowoff pipe from a steam boiler shall be connected to any sanitary sewer. It shall discharge into a tank or condenser, the waste from which after being condensed may enter the sanitary sewers. This tank or condenser shall be properly trapped and vented on the sewer side of the tank or condenser. This tank or condenser shall be locally vented with a two inch (2") vent, and this vent shall extend above the roof independently of any other -21- vent. (40) Solid and waste pipes placed in any building for future use shall be ventilated, tested, and subjected to the same rules in every respect as if intended for immediate use, and all openings plugged and caulked or soldered. (41) wheri`ri9ak-img„^a'dditions or exteisr"tsris„ tev,,old bu4idings...wberewthe-hous,e-sewer 4 w,rander>suel extensions thereby -...makes ng-the-bon a. part of t"fiaw honse ,t1rain sueh--portiflrrr-i f._.o2--an-y-ma-ter' ether .ttra-n.",,east' °' `Ydn—, shall be•-r•emeved- and-replatSd",tii thwwreast" rzrn^ ^soy pipe .to a,.,..poi r-:..twO-fa t: ,(rkt—dtts`' id o f.,th 'art, oing : *thass (42) A sub -house drain is that portion of the drainage system of a building which cannot drain by gravity into the City sewer. Sub -house drains shall discharge into an airtight sump or receiving tank located to receive the sewerage by gravity. From the sump or receiving tank, the sewerage shall be lifted and discharged by pumps, pneumatic ejectors or equally efficient methods automatically operated. When lifting device forms a trap an additional trap on the drain may be omitted, but all fixtures and equivalent devices shall be trapped and vented. Receiving tanks (except in pneumatic system) shall be provided with vent pipe at least three inches (3") in diameter which may be connected to the -22- gravity vent system; Pneumatic receiving tanks shall be provided with relief pipes at least two inches (2") in size, the relief pipe extended independently to the roof and terminated as required for vent pipes in this Ordinance. (43) In all cases and conditions not covered by this Ordinance, the City Plumbing Inspector, together with the duly appointed representative of the City Health Depart- ment, shall determine whether a condition is insanitary, a source of contamination or a hazard to the public health and safety. (44) There shall be a wheel handle stop and waste six inches above ground at the house to control all water in building. The plumber shall furnish coupling at meter side of stop. The service shall be 3/4" galvanized or copper pipe to the bath room and not more than three (3) fixtures shall be supplied off a half inch pipe. All hot water pipe shall be of 1/2" galvanized or copper from heater to bath. Water service and other underground pipe shall be buried at least twelve inches (12") to a point just under building then may rise and be strapped to sills or floor joist securely at proper inter- vals. Each commode shall be controlled with a stop above floor. (45) All fittings used in the water supply system shall be galvanized malleable iron fittings, galvanized cast iron fittings, brass fittings, copper or cast brass sweat fittings. All connections and branches on lead services must be made by means of plumbers' wiped joints. No pipes or fit- tings that have been used for other purposes shall be used t.23- for distributing water. (46) All water pipe shall be -well reamed. The Plumbing Inspector or his assistants may require a section of pipe or fittings to be removed so that he may see if same is properly reamed. I£ such a section of pipe is found improperly reamed then the Inspector may require the whole system of piping to be removed until same has been properly reamed. This work shall be done at the expense of the person or persons installing such pipes. (47) Water service lines for residence and apartment houses shall be not less than the following table. Sizes set forth in this table do not apply where flush valves are used. Number Length of Run from Fixtures Main to Bld. Size 1-7 3/4" 8-10 Up to 50 Ft. 3/4" 11-14 Up to 100 Ft. 1" 15-24 Up to 50 Ft. 1" 15-24 From 50 Ft. to 100 Ft. 1-1/4" For installations notcovered by above table, sizes required will be specified by the Plumbing Inspector with the approval of the Superintendent of the Water Department. (48) When it is impossible to drain all cold water lines to the cut-off near meter, then another compression stop and drain shall be placed in some accessible place on the low point of said line. All hot water lines in residences shall be provided with a drain cock located at some point outside of the foundation walls and installed so that all water will drain out of the hot water lines. -24- (49) The service to each apartment house hav- ing more than one water meter shall hays stop and drain as described above spaced eight inches (8") apart parallel to each other to receive meters. Meter tags shall be securely fastened to valves and drain cocks, lettered Apt. "A", etc., or some other lettering so that valves for each tenement may be easily found. (50) All plumbing fixtures shall be provided with a sufficient supply of water for flushing to keep them in a sanitary condition. Every water closet or urinal shall be flushed by means of an approved tank or flush valve of at least four (4) gallons flushing capacity for water closets, and at least one (1) gallon for urinals, and shall be adjusted to prevent the waste of water. The flush pipe for water closet flush tanks, shall not be less than one and one -quarter inches (14") in diameter, and the water from flush tanks shall not be used for other purposes. (51) To prevent the possibility of back siphonage every outlet, opening, orifice or termination of any hot or cold water piping (including every faucet, stop cock, ball - cock, valve or similar appliance through which water is discharged) shall be not less than three-quarter inch (3/4) above the level at which the fixture would overflow on the floor unless the supply pipe thereto be provided with an approved flush valve, together with an approved air inlet or vacuum breaker, or an approved check valve and vacuum breaker. -25- (52) Globe valve in cold water and lever handle gas stop shall be accessible at the water heater. Approved temperature and pressure relief valve in hot water line shall be within six inches of heater with outlet to be piped to outside of building and turned down within one foot of ground or to open fixture. Water heater to be vented with approved single walled pipe. Water heater shall not be installed in bedrooms bathroom or attic, or in closets opening into same. If set in closet same shall be vented at bottom of door or wall with either holes or grill to give thirty square inches of ventilation. Heater or furnace vent shall not enter stove hood or connect to any other vent supplied by any other fuel. (53) No hot or cold water piping or portion thereof shall be directly connected to, nor any hose, tube or pipet connected to any hot or cold water piping, shall be inserted int placed in or connected tot any trap tail piece, drain piping, waste pipings soil piping, house draining system, sewer, or any portion thereof. (54) No cement pipe will be approved, ARTICLE V: Specifications for Gas Piping and Gas Appliances SECTION 19. (1) In every gas installation all piping and ro attachments shall be at least of such capacity as will supply gas up to the full maximum requirements of all appliances contemplated to be connected thereon according to the re- quirements of this Ordinance, -26- (2) No gas piping, appliances, fixtures or apparatus, or the installation, construction, reconstruction or repair thereof, for which a permit is issued shall be put to use in connection with any supply of gas until inspected and accepted by the City Plumbing Inspector. (3) Any plumber, before installing a house service line or meter loop for gas shall consult the local Gas Company for the proper location of said meter and type of meter loop required. (4) All House service lines shall be run in as direct a line as possible from the building to the curb line, and no gas line shall run within thirty-six (36) inches of a sewer trench. (5) only elbows shall be used in all meter con- nections except for testing purposes. (6) Meters shall not be set inside the building or any place that is not easily accessible for reading and adjustment. The meter is the property of the Gas Company and must not be disconnected or tampered with for any cause by any one other than those specifically authorized to do so. (7) Application shall be made to the gas company for gas to be turned on, and when said application has been made and all requirements set out in this Ordinance and all reasonable rules and regulations of the Gas Company have been complied with, it shall be unlawful for said Company to refuse to turn on the gas. (8) In the event any meter location is found to be unsafe or inaccessible by reason of repairs, changes, en- _27- largements, or otherwise, the company supplying gas may request the Plumbing Inspector of the City of Pearland to have said meter location changed to an accessible point. The Plumbing Inspector shall make an inspection and, if in his opinion, meter location is unsafe and inaccessible due to the above reason, he shall notify the person, firm, or corporation, agent or owner responsible for the property to rearrange and relocate the piping so as to provide a safe and accessible location for said meter as designated by him. (9) It shall be unlawful for the Gas Company to set a meter and connect same with. the house piping until the installation has been inspected and approved by the City Plumbing Inspector. Temporary connections for emergency gas service may be made with the responsibility of the owner and/or Gas Company, and the City Plumbing Inspector shall be notified within 48 hours of the temporary connection. (10) No yard or service line hereinafter installed shall be less than three-quarter inches (3/4"), and the take -off on the house side of the meter may be not less than one (1) inch to heating unit. Branch lines for ranges or cook stoves shall be not less than three-quarter (3/4") inch and shall be furnished with a master lever handle stop. Risers or branch lines of one-half (1/2) inch pipe shall not be more than ten (10) feet in length. Lead piping must not be used under any circumstances. No bushings shall be in- stalled in gas fittings. Unions except for connecting cook stoves or other appliances shall be avoided and no gasket -28- unions will be allowed on gas connections of any kind. All gas pipe must be properly reamed and the inside free from obstruction before being put in use. All house lines must be strapped securely to joists every eight (8) feet and at the end of each branch. Gas pipe shall not be installed in or under a concrete floor slab. (11) Any gas installation not specifically covered by Paragraph (10) above shall be approved by the City Plumbing Inspector. (12) The Gas Company shall install, maintain and be responsible for all gas services from their main up to the meter regardless of location of meter. In case the meter sets at the curb, the pluber shall run the service to the property line. This line shall not be covered until in- spected by the City Plumbing Inspector and be final tested at the same time as the building. Where the gas meter sets at the house, the contract for the unmetered service may be between the plumber and gas company or the owner and gas company. And this contract should be understood by all parties concerned. (13) All gas pipes must be graded to the meter, when practical, free from traps or sags and properly sup- ported. When it is impossible to grade lines to meter or to prevent a trapped gas pipe, a suitable drip shall be provided and located in an accessible place. (14) In remodeling or extending old gas piping, connections may be made, where sizes can be maintained; if this cannot be done, a new line shall be run to the meter. -29- (15) All gas piping shall be tested in accord- ance with Article II of this Code, (16) All floor furnaces shall have a master lever handle stop in rigid pipe to run to within three (3) feet of controls. All horizontal vent pipes shall be strapped properly and rise at nearest point to vertical. All these vents shall be approved double wall pipe. (17) Vents and flue pipes shall be not less than the flue opening on the appliance. (18) No heating unit to be installed in bedroom or attic or closet opening into same. No forced air unit shall draw its cold air return or cold air make up from the same closet as the heating unit. Ample combustion air must be brought into the room by means of holes or grill in door or wall close to burner as possible from room other than bedrooms bathroom or attic. Heater must be equipped with lever handle stop at unit. All breather tubes from regulator must run into fire box. All units must be vented with approved double wall pipe. All vents to extend to one foot above roof. All hot air ducts to be insulated with approved fire proof insulation. (19) All vented wall furnaces shall have master lever handle stop above floor in burner compartment. Rigid pipe shall extend through floor. Three -eighths (3/8) inch copper tubing may be used from stop to unit and unit shall be vented through roof with approved double vent pipe. All out- side wall of said pipe shall be slitted at bottom to allow room air to enter lining of pipe. Adapter vent shall be on -30- L each wall furnace. (20) Height. The gravity flue or vent shall rise above the roof of an extend at least two feet (22) above the highest elevation of any part of the building within fifteen feet (152) terminating in a hood or cap having a venting capacity of not less than that of the flue or vent. The minimum height of a flue or vent above the point of attachment on the appliance shall be four feet (4°). A vent which is equipped with a cowl approved for use at a lower elevation shall terminate not less than: (a) One foot (la) from any portion of a building: and (b) Four feet (42) horizontally from any vertical portion of a building: and (c) Four feet (42) horizontally from any roof or portion of a building which extends at an angle of more than forty-five degrees from the horizontal. (21) Every vent -pipe which does not run in a vertical direction shall have a grade of at least one-half (1/2") inch to each linear foot of length rising toward the flue. (22) Horizontal runs shall not be greater than 75% of the vertical stack to which they are attached: and in no case shall a horizontal run exceed 20 feet. (23) Where two or more inlets are provided in any vent or flue: such inlets shall be offset in such a manner that no section of any outlet shall be opposite other inlets in such flue. (24) Bends or offsets in gas vents or flues shall -31- be avoided where possible: and where necessary shall be made at widest angles possible in order to prevent consequent retarding influence of the flow of the burnt gases. (25) No stove: range, cooking -stove, or other appliances: nor any portion of same, which comes in direct contact with the hot gasses, shall be placed less than six (6) inches from any woodwork unless amply insulated to give protection against fire to such woodwork. (26) A riser must be used in yard line at the point where the service enters the building from the outside and a heavy brass or iron body with a brass core stop cock must be installed in this riser not less than four (4) inches above the ground, when an underground meter is installed. The service to buildings having floors close to the ground must have riser and stop cock installed as specified above and the piping backed down and provided with a drop on the house side before entering the building. (27) The Plumbing Inspector shall have the power and duty to condemn all gas piping, appliances: fixtures, apparatus and material, which at any time may become defective and likely to cause leaks, fire or accident, or to endanger persons or property; and he is hereby authorized and em- powered to disconnect any such gas piping, appliances, fix- tures or apparatus, or to cause the service of the consumer who owns or uses such piping, appliances, fixtures, apparatus or material to be discontinued until same shall have been put in safe condition and tested and approved by him. -32- (28) When any gas pipings appliances fixture, apparatus or material of any nature whatsoever have been in any manner disconnected as set forth in the foregoing provisionss it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to, in any manners reconnect the same or cause the same to be reconnected to any supply of gas, or to use the same as a part of any gas piping system until they have been put in a safe condition and a certificate of acceptance has been issued by the City Plumbing Inspector. ARTICLE VI. Penalty and Closing Provisions SECTION 20: PROHIBITING WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. No persons firm or corporation or other entity shall install or perform any plumbing or gas fitting work without first having secured a permit for each plumbing or gas installation as provided in this Ordinance. SECTION 21: PROHIBITING USE OF UNTESTED INSTALLATIONS. No persons firm, corporation or other entity shall cause or permit any plumbing or gas fitting work to be connected with the City water or sewer system or to any gas distributing system. No such persons firm, corporation or other entity shall use or permit the use of such plumbing or gas fitting work, or cause or permit any waters sewer or gas to flow through the same before it has been inspected and approved as herein provided. SECTION 22: PENALTIES. Any persons either by himself or agent, and any firm, corporation or other entity who violates any of the -33- provisions of the Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, of any such violation shall be fined in any sum over Five ($5.00) Dollars, not to exceed Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars; and each day during which such violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. In any case of a violation of any of the terms or provisions of this Ordinance by any corporation, the officers and agents actively in charge of the business of such corporation shall be subject to the penalty herein provided. Any offense defined herein which has been defined by laws of the State of Texas as an offense and for which penalty has been prescribed shall be punished as provided in said State Law, and nothing herein shall be held as fixing any penalty contrary to a penalty provided by the laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 23: FORM OF COMPLAINTS. In any prosecution hereunder it shall not be necessary for the complaint to negate any exceptions con- tained in this Ordinance concerning any prohibited act, but any such exception may be urged as a defense by any person charged by such complaint° SECTION 24: RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFECTS UNCHANGED. This ordinance does not relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person owning, operating, controlling, or installing any plumbing, gas piping or gas fired appliances, for damages to person or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the City of Pearland be regarded as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspection -34- authorized herein or certificate or approval issued as herein provided. SECTION 25: SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any provision of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. SECTION 26: REPEALING CLAUSE. All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 27: PUBLICATION In view of the length of this Ordinance, the City Council of the City of Pearland in its discretion hereby provides that the publication of this ordinance shall be by and in the form of a publication of a descriptive caption or title, stating in summary the purpose of the Ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof, such publication to be in lieu of the publication of the entire Ordinance, and such publication shall be made in one issue of(The Alvin Sun, a weekly newspaper published in Alvin, Texas. The fact that there is not now in effect within the City of Pearland, proper supervision and control over the installation, repair and maintenance of plumbing and plumbing equipment and the necessity and public welfare of the people of said City creates an imperative public necessity, the parlimentary rule requiring that Ordinances be read at three separate meetings be, and the -35- same is hereby suspended and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its approval, passage and publication. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 24th day of JUNE , A.D. 1965. CITY OF' PEARLAND, ,TEXAS ATTEST: By: ,lt (1 d1/417 City Secretary M'a(yor THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZORIA CITY OF PEARLAND BE IT REMEMBERED on this the 24th day of June , A.D. 1965 , the City Council of the City of Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas, convened in its regular session at the City Hall in the City of Pearland, Texas, with the following members present: KEGLEY NOLEN SHUKANES COGBILL CALVIN SANDERS with the following members absent: NONE constituting a quorum, at which meeting the following proceedings were had and held; Councilman SHUKANES introduced an Ordinance and moved the Chairman that it be passed. The Motion was seconded by Councilman CALVIN The said Ordinance was read in full and the motion was carried by the following vote: AYES 3 passed. NOES 2 The Mayor announced that the Ordinance was The ORDINANCE passed is as follows: