1584 Plumbing(Published in the Salina Evening Journal Nove mber,19b0,)
ORDINANCE NO. '10a
An ordinance regulating the business of plumbing in the city of Salina,
Kansas, providing for an inspector of plumlaing in said city pro-
viding penalties -for violations hereof. and repealing alliordi-
nances and parts of ordinancesin coslflict with the provisions of
this ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:t.
Section. 1. There is hereby created the office of plumbing in -
Spector in sand for the city of Salina,. Kaneas.
Sec. Z. The Fire Chief of said city, from -and after the taking
effect of this ordinance, shall, in addition, to.the duties now imposed
upon him by ordinance, perform the duties.of plumbing inspector, as here-
inafter set forth, and shall be the 'inspedtor of plumbing for said city.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to inspect
all jobs of -plumbing hereafter done in the city of Salina, for the pur-
pose of seeing whether they comply in every respect with the provisions
of this ordinance, as hereinafter fully set forth, and such rules and
regulations .concerning health and sanitation as may be mads and promul-
gated from time to time .by the mayor and council of said :t city and the
State Hoard of Health of - the State of Kansas. He shall keep a record
of all inspections made by him, ,issue certificates to parties completing
jobs of plumbing, inspect all buildings being erected, altered or re-
paired, with regard to plumbing therein, and shall see that all plumbing;
drainage and sewer work is dome in.first-class, workmanlike manner, and
shall see that the rules and regulations for plumbing and. drainage set
forth in this' I ordinance are complied with and obeyed. He shall have the
power to reject
any job
of plumbing which.is
not done in
accordance with
the provisions
of this
ordinance; and, for
accomplishing
the purposes
above set forth, he shall have,the right to enter upon any premises
containing plumbing or drains to ascertain whether the provisions of this
ordinance have.been and.are being complied with:. -Provided, that any owner
of a building the plumbing of which has been rejected by said inspector
who may feel aggrrieved at the decision of such inspector may personally
aT)peal to the Mayor and council and have such order of rejection re-
viewed by said mayor and council, and the decision of said mayor and
council. shall be final in,the matter.
Sec. 4. Any person who shall in any manner interfere with or
prevent or hinder the said inspector of plumbing do the discharge of his
duties under this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction fined in any stun mot exceeding fifty dollars for each
offense.
Sec. 5. The plumbing inspector shall make two inspections of the
plumbing done in every building hereafter constructed in the city of
Salina, one.of which inspections shall be made when the roughing in work is
completed and the other when such Job of plumbing is fully completed, and
he shall. issue his certificates showing such inspections to have been
made by him. The baster plumber, or person, company or corporation having
the contract for the plumbing of any such building shall pay to such
inspector a fee of one dollar for each such insPection, for the payment of
which such inspector shall is ue his receipts; Provided, that on
u►Vna. L.c...-•--�--o w.. .
jobsAonly one inspection fee of one dollar shall be collected; and provided
further, that all orders for inspection must reach such inspector on or
before 10:30 a. m....on day inspection la to be made. later than 1OP30 will
not be inspected until following day. No inspections to be made on Sat-
urday afternoons._ All fees herein provided for shall be by such inspec-
tor paid to the city treasurer who shall receipt such inspector for the
same*
Sec. 6. Every person engaged'in or working at the buiness of plumb-
ing -in the city of Salina, either as a master plumber, employing plumber
or a journeyman plumber, shall register his name and address at the
office of the inspector of plumbing, and the master plumber and the em-
ploying plumber.shall file with the city clerk a_good and sufficient bond,
running to the city of Salina, in the sum of $500.00, to be approved by the
Mayor, conditioned that such plumber will save and hold the said city
harmless from any injury to persons or damages: to property which the said,
plumber, or his servants, agents and employes, might cause to any person
or persons, company or corporation, in the prosecution of his work in
said city, and conditioned further that all work done by such master and
employing plumber shall be done in accordance with the provisions of this
ordinance.
Sec. 7. Every person or corporation engaging in or working at the
business of plumbing in the city'of Salina, either as a master plumber,
employing plumber or journeyman plumber, shall adhere strictly to the
rules and specifications hereinafter set out; and any plumber failing,
neglecting, omitting or refusing to comply Iwith any of the conditions,
regulations or requirements of any section of this ordinance, hereinafter
set out, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a.fine of not less than five dollars, nor
more than fifty dollars for each offense, and shall. stand committed until
such fine and the costs of prosecttion are paid.
Sec. 8. The rules, requirements and specifications to be adhered to
and complied with by those hereafter engagedin the plumbing business in
the city of Salina, either as master plumbers, employing plumbers or
journeyman plumbers, are as follows, to• -wit:
No. 1. ,Pipes in buildings to the of iron or lead,of certain sike,fall
"A "epension) main, waste and soil pipe through o1oh water and sww-
cerage Is used and carried, shall be cif cast iron or load, when vrithin
buildi"* they shall be sound, free from, holes or any defeoto, and shall
be securely ironed to wall. o suspended to floor timbers by strong iron
hangers oar ,laid in trenohee of uniform grade. They shall have a regalar
faa.0 of not less than -1/4 inch per foot, tawaard the drain sower. All ver-
tical soil pipes shall be carried out through the root not more then two
feet or hese than 10 inohes open sad undiminished in -apse, Change In di rm-
eetion shall be with regala r fillings and oonneat ions with horizontal soil
waste pipe and made with. Ylet bran obee and one«elghth bends.
Va. 0. All soil pipe must be sound, free from holes and cracks, and
of a uniform thiokoess, 3mown as standard soil pipe with corresponding
fittings, except that in 'buildings three $tortes or over three stories in
height* soil pipe must be pipe knoim as extra heavy. Inside soil pipe
drains„ beginang two feet outride of fotandati+on wall mast not be lase then
four (41 inches Internal diameter for water alocate# a* two (g) inches in-
tornal diameter for stake and. tubs.
No. 30 (cast ir, taarrsd $ paohed and a'aM*d at joints). All exact
Iron pipes and fittings must be thoroughly coated, inside and out, with
anal tar or other equivalent su'bstazas # sound and free Brom hales. All
joints on east iron pipes mat bs was with suitable paoking of plohed
oa kwo rtm W1 of melted %ad and thoroughly calked to prevent the ea.
Nape of :sower gaeo
I
* do (connections; ad with lama 'by wiped Solute;) Al oonneot.*
tons of lead with Iron pipe ='at be made with a 'brnse or copper ferrule of
at least the same size► ae the ad pipe, a&*8d or screwed Into the Iron,
e'& w,th as volved joint,
►, A, (Rind and dimensions of flush pipes')* All Mob pipes for
voter oloseta shall be,,. of galvani$ed iron, braao or lead and shall not be
lees than one and one quarter (11141 lx hes its diameter.
Sao 6. 422 supply or main pipes trust be of brass. 911vaanized or
lead.) provided all do mestio service pl es oonneoting tram water malt to
oil
Curb 4 be gage .of fir, on all streets that have been, pared or in
Mich pavement bans been ordered in* AM if of leed, mast be of the qual.
ty Imown as extra strortg, and in no case smaller tbw onoobalf (1/2) inch.
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,ill main stops, or stop and wast® OOdkS, shell be of the ane 0120 ab the
pipe it writes, end none but a standard stop and vMats cook sball be used,
and #a% wg�er gpe inside of building must drain to stop and waste eook,
20. V* (min and s t pipes exposed for convenience in repalriag)#
All drain coils arcate and vent pips, and traps must, it pract icab'le $ be.
exposed to view for read' juarootiou at all times and for e02vftience In
repair* When necessary placed within recess of Wsljas sail, waste and vent
,pipes should, it praotlaa'ble, be oovered with w604*649, iso fastened with
strewn as to be readily removed. 'dent pipes Out sid er closetsshall not be lase than one and one»ca rter (l It cies is dIameter for
Fifteen feet ,or less, acid one and onsobat (11/2) Imbes for more than
fifteen feet and loss than forty (401 Feeto inches for over forty feet
and less than one hundred (100) . feat, and three (3) inches for over *ne
hundred (1001 feeto
se. e, (Tral+e, location of, grease trapst protection siphonage
accessible), XVery siak, both tribe water oloset. u:rlzal, wash trey, and
every fixture baying a waste pipe,, shall be separately and independently
trapped with a mater sealing trap, placed oa near the f 6ure as pr tO"R
able and in no naso shall the trap be more than two feet from the fixture
it serves, unless permitted by Inspector.
no. ,4 4 grease trap of an U* roved pattern must be constructed for
every hotel, eatiug house .and restMOUt•.
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All poehing houses $ butbher shops, lard rOndering estoblish'
menta, *reameries and Joe cream SOUUMMOUt8o SWI bs Praoided with
suitable greaso traps
go.'� .AXI : very otab -eg, garages and haok baras shall be provided
with a suitable oatoh ba81S. �
ko.lr. 01 traps aWj be protected from spphonage and air pressure
by.0 speoial air vent pipe of also not less than one size smaller than
the wsgte pips up to inoluding 2 iUOh;0 over 2 inch and not exceeding four f
(d) inch, not less than tardy (a) Inch Fent shall to used* Suo# connections
shall be made on *town of traps or as near as praoti6ab'la and extend at
least one (l) foot above the fixture it serves before connecting with
ste►ck or other vent pipe. Traps mot be placed stove floors or in goy
ceasible locations* ;
1Ro,d So trap shall be placed at the foot of a soil stack,
tb-
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1
err bath tub oball have
a dram. trap, not less
than four
(4) inches in
diameter and eight inches
a
long, and shall have a
four (6)
Inch brass screw for cleanout above floors
800"" 9, (stent Plpes). 1. All gent pipes shall be of east iron,
galvanized iron or lead, and in no case ehal►l be less than one and one»
quarter M 1/4) inches inside diame:ter. Every branch or horlsontel line
of soil pipe to which two or more water closets are ooaneoted, and every
branch line of horizontal 8031 pipe ten (10) fest or more in length to
which a closet is to be connected, shall be ventilated, either by extending
a two (2) Inch sots, pipe from eat of said branch to at least ten (20) inches
and no - rover two feet above roof or by extending said vent pipe and connect-
ing it to the main soil pipe above the highest fixture. All, vent couplings
mast be either brass ground 4otnt anions or soldering nipples, 10 person
or company shall 3notall, 83V horizontal vent below water line of fixture.
except on dram traps where it cannot be avoided' A lead z*st be eightp
a" (18)'inohes above the More. All closet and mink vents to be carried
with lead Pipes at least up to water line of fixture 3t serves.
po, 6. 'The use of non•$ phonlug automatic traps on old -buil,dinge
only allowed at the discretion of the plumbing Inspector.
Nos, 8. Where ,a hopper closet is used in connection with a'yank, the
hopper used must be of the pattera known as flushing rim.
$o. 4. Bar sinks are to convect directly to sewer, and properly
trapped. The refrigerators are to draft over open sinks of floor drain,
$lush boxes or bottle rake tray be 00=00ted to bar waste above the trap or
drain, the same as refrigerator®.
QTc. 6. The use Of wood laundry tubs or wash trays is prohibited.
No. 6. All basements and cellars having sewer connections, mast be
.provided with back water traps 09 standard pattern, approved by plumbing
inspectorq
Eery bath, sink and wash basin ar' eat of two or three basins, and every
wash tray or set of wash trays, must be separately and effectively trapped.
po. Single fixture on upper floor, with separate waste to.. sewer
does not require, back venting sten within three feet of main sta9k,
soo iota water leaders mast never be used as soil, waste 'or vent
pipes, nor shall any 130339 waste cr vent pipe be used as a leader. When,
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within. house or building the ;deader moot be off'cast Iron with leaded joints,
spouts to be copper or lead with i?errule„
So./®* SO stean exhaust or flow afar pipe From a steam toiler will be
41lowed to connect With any soil or waste pipe, or directly with house drain
flea sbalt discharge into a tank or condenser. us waste from Vbioh, if to
be di,sobarged into the ea r through the bauao drafts moat to couneoted on
the sewer site of the MAIng trap.
no, ifo t no I root flashing be allowed, except sheet lead or copper.
oO That two fixtures entering double fitting In soil pipe stack,
the me farthest -from at,aoh to be vented«
1io. Then replacing old fiatures, with new oneo, they need not be
vented where the trap or wasto of fixtures is not disturbed; no double hub
fttiinu allowed In ang waste pipek
soy 4 Soil pipe test-,*aertitiaate Seemed upon)* All soil, water*
air or drain pipes inside of buil,dtzge, before being covered up =at have
all openings stopped, up and tooted with air or water, In the presence of the
plumbing inspector, andalldstootive joints made tight and other openings.
made impermeable to gases« Detective pipe discovered meet be removed and
replaced Eby oo=4 pipe or f'ittSsgo as case taay be; and all lead waste pipe m
must be properly supported between joist with wood str$pef wheAever fixture
kgs on wall,, there must be grounds placed back off` lath and Master; this
= done before ordering inspector. ease work to o it not
3*WW or not approved, a fee of twenty-five (961 *onto will be made for
all additional calls for Inspootor. There Oball be a clean out plaosd at
the root of all etaohs, and eve97 MrlsoAtal two inch wolf pipe of five P)
test Or over shall have a of eanout placed In or as near as possible* d
,.#, bots: °l wail'�il�~' 3teF;
` ob&. The... -di+emetetir of soil -and waste pipe permitted;
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Stop sixhe, tarp, inch
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Mere more than one fixture enters lead waste# said waste oast be in-
oreased at least one also#
$d« , (Ventilation, Plue13 not to be used for; Height and Location
of Vent Pipes). No brick, sheet metal or earthenware MG Shah, be used as
a sewer ventilator, nor shall any ohimne7 —fl" be need for that purpose,
and the termlfiile for all vents mast be at least. five feet from all v7ater
tanks or air shafts, and It no ease shall they termlzate at lower distance
than two feet above the
gutter windows or other openingo« Whea two fixtures
conneot with one vent, such connections shall be made not less than one and
onehalf C3 1/2) inoh pipe, and for �4NOW60,0FUN makaftthree futures
not less than two (S) inch Pipe, all main gent pipes sham. be two (2) inch
for sixty (60) feet Or less: and three ($) inch pipe may be used .for any
height above sib$ feet. Vent pipes ehall. be row atralght and direct as
practicable with a grade to prevent trapping by ocMdenestion,• but in all
oases where vent pipes c6nneot with,waste pipes, such connections shall be
made one (l) foot above the highest fixtures iu the buildings but may be ran
Ott Separately through the roof, there one building is attached to or ad -
Solna another of greater height having windows or opeaings overlooking the
lower building, the terminad, of all soil or vent pipes of the lower building
must be at least ten feet distant from said windows or openings or carried
up above the eaves or fire walls of the higher buildings undimished in also*
RVe27 plumbing job sh y. have at least one vent etao)C extending at
least two (2) feet above room and shall be and mi eked in size with outlet
uzvovered; ps or cowls are prohibited, Such soil pipes shall not open
near a window or,. sn air shaft ventilating luring roome•
�o. C2ewer Connections; Pipe far, Mtended 8ey0nd 3hildiaag; pall,
and How Fastened)# Rvery house or building herea*er connected with the
sewer moat he" the house Grain � oanstruoted of cast iron;
It must extend at least two feet outside Of the foundation wall of the build
lugs and must have a fall of at least one-quarter (1f4) inch to the foot, it
should run along the cellar wall fterever practicable and should be hung by
Iron hangers# securely fastened to the joiste. It should be laid in as
straight lane as possible* All changes in direotlo31 mast be made with cur-
ved pipes and aha, connectles with OP branches and one-eighth (1/8) bends.
Outside house veins conveying Sewerage shall, not be lose than four ( d )
Inches nor more than six 16) inches !asternal diameters and shall haee a fall
of not less than one•qu4oer (1/4), inch to one foot, exOept in oases where
same is impossible.
SO -4a ,'Water Closets 'Ventilated; Water Supply Brom Tanks).
.1Water o'losete must have no place in,an Unventilated roots or compartment. in
every case the compa=rtment must be opened to the outer air to be ventilate$
by moons ofa, shaft or air duot, with at least four aqua" feet of area to
every room opening into said raft,
.All 'watet, closets in, the
house twist be supplied direct from the olty supply pipe; water closets on
different fl ora will not be psMittod to be flushed from one tares. Any
outstde vaults now wreoted and being used for water olosets in rear of
business buildings, reatau►rants or hotels, shall be supplied WithL sanitary
fixtures as described to this ardinazoe or oeased to be used for water.
closets within thrity days atter the passage of this Ordinanoe, or upon
owner, agent, or occupant being notified by sewer drainage committee,'.'.
ga. • !Safes Under
Basin
Water
Closet
How Drained). livery safe
under a basin water closet or other fixture, except urinals shall be drain -
eta by a
special pipe of lead or
Iron, not
less
than one
(1) inch in also, " .
and not
directly, oonnected .with
any soil
pipe,
drain or
sewer, and shall be
made to discharge on or over slA, All urinal safes shall be of the same
materia;, and gust be made to discharge in similar manner to above. No
waste pipe Mm refrigerator or *other receptacle In a&ich prowiai,on6 are
stored, shall be connected directly with any drain, soil or waste pipe;
snob waste pipe abet be so arranged as to admit a frequent fluallog, and
shall be as short as p000ible, and when impracticable to ran to an open
fisture it may discharge outside in eight, The overflow pipe from tanks
shall discharge Into an oppen fixture (properjj trapped) on Aw rood' or vu -
gutter.
Soo Mewer$; Permission for House Draining; Connect Drain to Be
He"fired When Out of Order). So 11erstA shall a11,3w any water from the roof
of houses or buildings to enter any piece of drain pipe or drain - oonneoted
with the public sevtejr or admit any drainage water from any shelter into such
a pipe or drains without . obtaining permission from tete Inspector of sewers,
Whenever any drain* connaoted with any public sewer or drain beoomes'
l`
obstructed, broken or out of order, or in such condition as to prevent, the
use of the sewer or brain, or unfit for the purp100e of drainage, the owner,
,f
agent or occupant, or persona having charge of any buildings yard, lot or
land or other pr+emisee, which are drained by the said drain of which, shall,
when directed by the sewer inspector, remove, ire-oonstraot, alter, clean 03q
Repair 0A,too 40440
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to. "Ak(sewer Committees= May Order sewer tionneotion;
Report Pefat3lt toa, MoN
ho 'sewer committee, upon oomP%aint,shsll have the power in all oases
where there Is a publio cower In any Street or alley to cause any owner of
land upon said Street or all®y, big agent or tenant, to be notified to make
a sufficient drain and pleoper sewer connection for his or her house, yards o
or lot, closet or premises whenever, In their opinion, the same may be neo•
essary, and they shall -thereupon give such owner, agent* tenant, or person
occupying snob premises, notice in writing apeoifyrl g the time when such
drain and Sower I connections must be completed, and if suoh owner, agent or
tenant neglects or refuses to oompdtte the sane within the specified time,
such gleot or refusal shall be reported by the sewer oommittee to the
mayor and council of the oity of Salina, and the mayor and council shall
thereby prolteed as required by law.
No*
(grohitAots, Builders and Others to Provide Adeiguate Plumb-
Ing
And Hewers), No person eball hereafter erect or cause to be erected or
converted to a new purpose by alteration, any building or structure, or
.change the construction of any building by'addition or otherwise so that it
or any Part thereof shall be inadequate or defective In respect to plumbing,
ventilation, coverage, or any other usual, proper or necessary provision or
precaution for the security of life and health, nor shall any builder, lose -
ea or tenant or wW occupant of any building or structure, cause or allow
any matters of anything to be done in or about such building or straoture
dangerous or prejudicial to life or health. tt OWE. be the duty of &3W
architect or arohitoote, builder or builders, or other person or persons
Interested in a3 projected tan t house, lodging 'house or ether place of
habitation Is the city of Sellas, to submit plane and specifications of
W etch. building or buildf►ngs to the sewer and p;L"ing inspector of said
city; that said parties. ay' examine said plans and specifications for their
approval or jeseotlon or to propose puna for ventilation, water closets
and eewere under buildings, yrainage and plumbic.
oto, Qo"521umblvg is hereby defined. to include the pipes, fixtures
and appurtonano.ee thereto whioh are used to connect the water from the main
and to distribute it In or about any premises or buildlag, for any use
whatever, said all pipes or appurtenanoea used or to be used, for conveying
liquids or water within and outside of foundation "%Is of buy building
and connedted with the public suers or private cess pools, and all
pipes and appurtenances used to ventilate the drains, fixtures and traps
in'any building so connected, so that all pipes and connections through
which gasses, vapors, or waters of any kind may discharge into cesspools
or public sewers.
Sec. 10. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
Se+e. 11�' This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its publication once in the SalinaEvening Journal.
Passed and approved November 21, 1910.
A t: /
C Clerk.
Mayo r