The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
CITY ORDINANCES.

vent pipes See shrdlu drawing on file fin the office of the plumbing inspector certified and dated of the date of the passage of this ordinance, and open to the inspection of the public.
 Sec. 22. That urlnals shall be in stalled, constructed and maintained in struct accordance with the following rules and regulations:
 A.-Numher of Urinals; Public Build inEs and Factories-In all places of employment or occupancy. temporary or permanent. one urinal shall be pro vided for every 75 males or less mum Der
 B-Construction: Prohibited Use-The sides, backs and base of every urinal stall placed within any building shall be Of non-absorbent material Urinal stalls having troughs set in floors are proh ibited The use of galvanized. steel. cast iron. sheet metal. wood or any absorbent material for the use of urinal bowls or troughs is prohibited. No wire or metal screen shall be placed in any urinal bowl, or trough, unless every part of such screen is thoroughly wash ed by each water flush.
 C.=Urinals How Flushed Each and every urinal trough or bowl shall be intermittingly and antoma tieallY flushed with at least one gallon of water for each urinal bowl, or TWO feet of trough scape and at inter vals not to exceed twenty minutes each during period of use.
 D.-Urinals, Kind and Material Al lowed-Every urinal stall shall have an individual tipped nrinal bowl, or cast iron enameled urinal trough, or other urinal constructed of none-ab sorbent material approved by the in spector. If enameled iron urinal f...II l... ..sf,.Y not ed as to retain at least one inch of water.
 E.-Urinal Traps; Wastes, Sizes of Urinal traps for single urinals shall not be les sthan F. inches in diameter. Two feet of trough space to count as one urinal. Urinal troughs exceeding two feet in length 10 have trap not les sthan two inches in diameter. Sin gle urinals to have wastes same size as traps, where two and not more than four urinals are placed in a line two inch branch wastes must be used.
 F=Uninals: How Tented-All urlnal traps shall be revented through T Y or drainage fitting as except as hereinafter prescribed for non -syphon traps. All urinal trap reVents to be not less than 5a inches in diameter and increased a shown in table of sizes of revent pipes.
 Sec. 23. Non -Syphon Traps; Where Alolwed-That non-syphon traps which have been tested and approved by the city council of Birmingham and the plumbing inspector may be used under the following conditions and no others. Provided, however. that a statement of such traps so tested and approved, signed by the mayor and the plumbing inspector shall be at all times kept in the office of the plumbing inspector open to the inspection of the public.
 A.-Non- Syphon Traps-Non -syphon traps may be used under all fixtures except water closets and slop sinks. Where the same are located within 20 feet of the main soil stack into which they discharge, or an auxiliary vent stack connected with the branches into which they discharge. Without revent- ing the same. provided that no fixtures of any kind discharge into the soil, main soil or waste stacks to which they are connected at greater height than forty feet above them.
 R-Non- -cyphon traps may be used in buildings of greater night than pre- scribed in subsection A, under all fix lures except water closets and slop sinks if they are not located al a greater distance than 20 feet from the main soil or waste popes into which they discharge, or within 20 feet of an auxiliary vent stack connected to the waste branches into which they dis charge, provided, there is Il vented Wa ter closet or slop sink discharging into the same branch to which they are connected
 In the event that there is no vented closet or slop sink discharsing into the said branch, then the branch waste into which these fixtures discharge must be carried up full size above the flow line of said fixtures and looped back into the nearest vent, reVent, or auxiliary vent stack. See drawing Nos. 1 and 5, on file in the office of the plumbing inspector, certified and dated by the plumbing inspector as of the date of the passage of this ordinance, an dopen to the inspection of the pub lie.
 See. 24. Water Closet and Urinal Com nts-Ventilation-That water closets and urinals shall not beinstalled in un- ventilated rooms or compartments
 In every case the room or compart- ment shall be open to the outer air or be ventilated by means of an air duet, or shaft or be mechanically ventilated.
 Where a urnal, bath, or water closet compartment is mechanically ventilated the air shall be changed at least three times per hour by eXhaustnS the ar from the compartment
 See 25. Light and Nentilation-That all urinals baths or water closet compart- ments hereafter constructed in any biuld- ing shall be lighted and ventilated as hereinafter provided for,
 Every water closet or urinal compart- ment or bath room in every now existing building and every compartment in build ings hereafter erected shall be ventilated by d window opening into the external air or by proper and adequate ventilating pipes. shafts or ducts run through the roof, or to the external air. all such com partments shall be adquately lighted by either natural or artificial light
 Sec. 26 Toilet Compartments Separate That the urinal, bath water closet compartments shall he separate compart- ments and shall be entirely separate from any other room. workshop. office or hall by a tight partition extending from the floor to the ceiling, and every door of such compartment shall be provided with a door check to keep such door closed. No window or other opening shall be made from such compartment for the purpose of ventilating into any adjoining room, office. workshop, factory, hallway, or compartment of any kind
 Sec r. Window Area in Toilet Com partments-That In every building herein after constructed every such compart- ment where there is not more than one story under ground, shall have a window moi less than one foot wide and of an area of not less than four square feet for a floor area of forty-fiVe square feet or less. opening directly into the outer air. or special light or air shaft, into which no other rooms compartments other than toilet compartments are Veuti- lated. For oupward of forty-five square