Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-24

there Is only one water closet on four Rnch stack, the stack will vent said closet; if there is more than one closet on stack, each and every closet must be back vented with two inch vent three feet and six inches (3' SD above the floor on which said top fixture is located
 A top fixture that is on vertical stack or soil pipe not more than two feet from the inlet to the stack need not have its trap revented, providing that it does not discharge into the stack below the level of it's seal, except water closet traps, when the trap is in the bowl. All traps shall be set true to their water seals IS" traps and Bell traps are prohibited in all cases. Pot traps may be used only by permission from the Health Officer when it is found impractical to vent in accordance with these specifications. The waste pipe from any refrigerator or other receptacle in which provisions are stored shall not be connected with a drain, soil pipe, or other waste pipe unless such waste pipe is provided with trap suitably vented and in every case there shall be an open tray between the trap and the re- frigerator
 All water closets must be flushed from a tank of not less than four gallons ca pacity. The use of all pan and plunger closets is hereby prohibited.
 No crown vented closet bowls shall be used. nor closet bowls with back vents whose connection is made with union couplings. No wastes from basins, bath, sink water closet or other fixture shall connect with any soil pipe, but 1bo1l nIor into water supply sink or hopper or outside of building, except in cases of urinals, which shall be trapped and vent ed.
 It shall be the duty of the plumbers to report to the Health Officer the re- placing of all ola closets with new closets, or old bath tubs with Nsew bath tubs, or any other old fixture with new fixture, in order that the work of re- placing the old material with the new material may be inspected. Wherever a water closet is placed m lot not less than fifty feet distant from any other building and there is no exposure, the height of the stack shall not be less than fifteen feet.
 Section 6. All repair work or changes in any old work or additions thereto, shall
  new work.
 Section z. No vault or cesspool shall be built nearer than four feet to any boundary line of the lot upon which it is located or closer than fifteen feet to any building used as a dwelling. No cesspool having brick lining shall be lar ger than five feet six inches (5' 6') in diameter or less than eight feet deep, interior measurements No cesspool lined with wood, except by a special per init, as a temporary arrangement. fl brick is used for lining a cess pool, all brick used therein shall be well formed, well burned brick, laid up dry from the bottom to a convenient point from the top; all brick work above that point shall he laid in cement mortar; the top must be urawn in, jug shape, leaving a man hole two feet in diameter, which must be at least two feet below the surface of the ground and covered with a metal or cement cap capable of sustaining a load of one hundred and fifty pounds lo the square foot. No vent pipe shall be connected directly with any cess pool but every cess pool shall be vented through the waste pipe leading thereto
 Any rule or regulation adopted by the
 
 ordinance of the Board of Trustees shall duly and regularly adopted by the Board of Trustees of said City and are now in force therein.
 Rain water leaders must never be used as soil waste or vent pipes nor shall any soil waste or vent pipes be used rain water leaders.
 \ mi fnl tc hna atIin meat markets creameries laundries, and bakerys must provide a grease trap which shall be placed in the open where 1t can be cleaned at any time.
 Section 12. Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be pun ished by Imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed ninety (9O) Oays, or by fine of not more than Three Hun dred Dollars ($300), or by both fine and imprisonment.
 Section 13, The City Clerk shall cer- tify to the passage of this Ordinance by d vote of two thirds of all of the mem- bers of the Board of Trustees of said City. and it's approval by the President of the said Board, and shall cause said Ordinance to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the Inn perial Valley Press, newspaper of gem eral circulation, printed and published in said City and thereupon and thereaf- ter it shall take effect and be in full force.
 Adopted and approved this 21st day of July, 1909
 H. B. PEARSON.
 President of the Board of Trustees of the City of El Centro, California. Attest:
 F. C. RAVENS
 City Clerk.
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