The Delta independent., 1907-11-08
AN ORDNANCE.


AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SEWERS
AND THE USE AND CARE THEREOF AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLA
TION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE Town OF DELTA, COLORADO.
SECTION ONE. No open gutter. cess pool or
priyy vault shall be connected with any sewer
or drain within the corporate limits of the Town
may he connected with the sewer or drain only
when they have been attached In such manner
that no dirt or obstruction can pass into such
sewer.
SECTION Two. No person. firm or corporation
shall injure, break or remove any portion OF any
man-hoe, lamp-hole, fush-tank, catch-basin or
posit, or cause to be thrown or deposited in any
| sewer opening or receptacle connecting with the
sewer system. any garbage, oiial. dead animals,
other matter OF thing whatsoever, except fneces
urine: the necessary, water closet tissue paper,
special permit
SECTION THREE. Amy person, firm or corpora
ton desiring to lay pipes for water. gas. steam,
sewers s arc arc laid. shall give at least twenty went -FOUR
Works Of said town before opening the street,
back-tlling over such pipe shall be subject TO
the approval Of the Superintendent. All such
injury shall occur to any public sewer r. OF drain
with.
SECTION Four. The house sewer trench shall
be dug SO us to meet the public sewer at the posi-
tion OF the ''Y branch as located by the Super
intendent The material thrown from the
so as to cause the least Inconvenience to the pub
lic Proper barriers and lights must be main
tanned on the banks Of the trench to guard the
public against accidents during the progress of
the work. In back-filing the earth shall be
carefully rammed or flooded 70 us to keep the
no stone shall be used in hiiing until there has
been depth of two feet of line earth gravel
placed over the pipe.
SECTION, FIVE. Every water-closet. ,urinal,
of tubs must be separately and eiiectualiy
trapped. Traps must be placed near the tix-
lures as practicable. In no case shall water from
bath tub or other fixture be connected with the
water-clOset trap.
Sinks in all packing hoases, butcher-shops,
ants. boarding -houses and laundries shall be
provided with II suitable grease trap. Wash
rooms for carriages must be provided with
proper means for intercepting mud.
SECTION SIX. Traps must be protected from
syphonage or the waste pipe leading from them
ventilated by u special air pipe. taken out OF the
diameter for water-closet traps. and one inch
and quarter for other traps, except when more
than fifteen feet In length wh n it shall not he
The vertical vent. pipes for tray OF water-cloeets
in buildings more than four stories i'll height,
two-inch branches to each trap. and for traps Of
other fixtures not less than two inches in diam
eer. unless the trap is smaller. in which the
diameter of branch vent pipe must be at least
| equal to the diameter OF the trap. In all cases
yent-pipes must be OF cast or wrought iron and
connected to traps with brass or lead ferule.
| vent.pipes must extend two feet above the
roof or coping. The extension to be not less
than three inches in diameter TO avoid obstruc-
| tion from frost. or they may be branched INTO a
soil-pipe above the inlet from the highest fixture.
They may be combined by branching together
those which serve several traps. These air pipes
must always have n continuous slope to avoid
col ectng water by condensation.
| No trap ven ntpipe shall be used ~ a waste or
soil-pipe.
No brick. sheet metal. earthenware or chimney
| hue shall be used n sewer ycntiator, nor to
ventilate any trap. drain, soil or watcr-pipe.
| SECTION SEVEN. No person shall place. or
suffer to be placed, any bulky substance in any
sewer openii z, or in the house connections. or
private drains connecting with any public. main
or lateral ,ewer, or any substance having tend
| or to damage them in any way.
SECTION EIoHT. Any person violating any. Of
| the provisions Of the foregoing sections of this
ordinance shall he deemed guilty OF misde
meanor, and upon conviction thereof. mny bc
| fined any sum not less than Ten Dollars nor
more than Three Hundred Dollars, with costs of
suit.
Passed, approved and ordered published this
7th day Of November. A. d. 1907.
l.. d. HAUSER,
Attest: Mayor.
LILLE f WILSON.
Town Clerk and Recorder.
(SEAL,)