Cañon City record., 1902-07-10
ORDINANCE NO. 235.
An Ordinance in Relation to Sewers.

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Be it ordained by the City Council of the City
of Canon City:
SECTION /. The sanitary sewer system of
the City of Canon City consists of main and
lateral conduits of salt glazed vitrtied earthen-
ware or brick with the necessary accessories.
They are designed to carry off all liquid house
waste and are known herein as sanitary sew
ers, The sewers in the streets and alleys pass
ing by the various lots are called main or
lateral sewers. The sewers leading from the
main or lateral sewers to the property on either
side called house sewers. Porous drains
laid for removing subsurface water are called
subsol drains.
SEC .. All connections of house, sewers,
drains or plumbing work with the sewer sys
TEN of the City of Canon City shall be made
in accordance with the provisions of this
dnanCe.
SEC. 3. No person. firm or corporation shall
carry on plumbing drain laying business
without first obtaining license from :the city
council and shall not allow his or their names
to be used BY anv person directly or indirectly
either 10 obtain permit or permit to be done
any work under his or their bond: provided,
that the license now required for plumbers
shall be sufficient license for either business.
SEC. 4 Every person applying for license
for drain laving shall give satisfactory evidence
to the mayor that he is not less than 81 years of
age and is in every way qualified to carry on
the business of drain laying. The fee for such
license shall be $1,000 per annum or traction
thereof Each application for license to be
accompanied by bond in the penal sam of
$4,000 with sufficient surety to be approved
by the city council.
SEC. >. All outside drains shall be formed
of good, hard. sound. well glazed stoneware;
whole socket pipes or cement pipe made OF
best hydraulic cement in the proportion of one
part cement to three parts of sand and gravel.
All connections of one line of drain pipe with
another shall be made with ~ branches and
+ bends. All bends shall. when practicable,
be laid at least three feet below the surface of
the ground. with fall of not less than one
fourth of an inch to the foot and as much more
as possible. The pipes to be put together with
great care: the interior of each length of pipe
and the last joint inside are to be made perfect
ly clean before the next length is laid. The
back filling 20 be first hand packed with care,
then well rammed to prevent the slightest set
tling of the drain. All joints to be set in first
class hydraulic cement. The connections be
low the outside house drain and the public
sewer. alley or highway shall be made by a
licensed drain layer only. Permits for the con-
struction or repair of private sewers or drains
by the city clerk to plumbers drain layers
licensed by the city. Plumbing in all old
buildings shall be properly trapped and ven
tilated according TO this ordinance before a
connection shall be made to the public sewer.
SEC. o. No person other than a licensed
plumber or drain layer will be allowed to do
any work in connection with any sewer soil
or waste pipe in the City of Canon City. eN-
cept the digging and back filling of the ditch
SEC. 7. The top of cesspools shall not be
less than one foot below ground with the top
securely closed with iron or stone cover and
to be provided with vent pipe of at least four
inches in diameter anu to extend not less than
ten feet above ground. such vent pipe to be of
cast iron below ground. and no cesspoUl will
be allowed inside of any sewer district or dis
trcts in this city.
SEC. g. When there are two and not more
than five houses so situated to require .
private sewer. such sewer shall be not less
than six inches in diameter.
SEC. o. Waste pipes from kitchen sinks in
any hotel or restaurant or other cooking estab-
lishment. and in every dwelling house. shall
nun separate to grease trap in yard when
practicable; and when not practicable to put
in yard. grease trap must be placed below
each sink and shall have a water jacket to keep
grease in grease trap chilled. This section ap-
plies only to that portion of the city covered
by established sewer districts. The sink waste
shall connect separately to drain in yard. and
in no case shall waste from kitchen sinks con-
meet to house drains or soil pipes, except the
same be protected by grease trap below sink
as described for sewer district.
SEC. 10. Grease traps in yards shall be con
structed of the best hydraulic cement in the
proportion of one part cement to three parts
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laid in hydraulic cement. and in case of brick
being used the walls shall be plastered on all
sides and bottom with hydraulic cement mortar
at least one part of cement to two of sand. and
with an eiRht-nch wall. Grease traps to have
stone or iron covers, the same to be not more
than six inches below the surface. Grease traps
for small buildings or ordinary dwelling houses
to be not less than twenty four inches In diane
ter by three feet in depth Hotels restaurants
or other cooking establishments to have the
size of grease traps not less than forty inches
in diameter and at least three feet deep. All
grease traps shall be cleaned out at least once
in four months or oftener. If notified to do so,
and the person doing the cleaning shall file
statement with the city clerk of when same
was done.
SEC. IL. That portion of the house drains
inside of the walls and underneath the build
ngs and three feet outside the area or founda-
tion walls. shall be constructed of what is
known to commerce as standard cast iron
soil pipe, and standard fittings. House
drains shall be securely anchored to the walls
not more than five apart, and laid in trenches
of uniform grade. or suspended to the floor
timbers by strong iron hangers. A clean out
shall be placed in every "Y" in the soil pipe.
AT the foot of each vertical line of said pipe,
and in the kitchen sink waste pipe. they shall
be not less than three inches in diameter
closed with brass screw covers, and shall be
accessible. Drain and soil pipes shall have a
uniform fall of not less than one-fourth of an
inch to the foot towards sewer or cesspool
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