Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-10
PROPOSED ORDINANCE MO-
An Ordinance Creating the Office of Health Officer and Regulating the rturnong ln the City of Ei centro.

The Board of Trustees of the City of Ei Centro do ordain as follows;
 section l. The office of Health Officer in the City of Bl Centro is hereby cree ated.
 section 9. 1t shall be the duty uf the Health Officer to grant permits for plumb ing in said city, to inspect the same, and to require that all plumbing conform to the laws and regulations of the State oI california and of the City of El Cen tro relative thereto. and also to care for the sewer system of the City of El Cen tro. and to do and perform such other acts as may from time to time be re- required of him by the Board of Trus- tees of said City.
 Section 8. The salary of the Health Officer shali be --per month.
 section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on the business of plumb ins or labor as master plumber or joUueyman plumber in said city until he has fully complied with the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled "An Act to Grant to Boards of Health or Health Officers in cities, the power to regulate the plumb ing and draining of buildings ana to pro- vide for the registration of plumbers approved March g. 1885. and all amend ments thereof.
 Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any plumbing work in or about any public or private building in said City, or in or about any sewer or cesspool without first obtaining a per init so to do from the Health Officer of said City; provided, that 1t shall not be necessary to obtain such permit in case of the following repairs: leaks in drain, soil, waste or vent pipes, but should it become necessary to remove and replace in whole or in part any trap, drain, soil pipe. waste or vent pipe, such permit must be obtained.
 Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of said City upon appica- tion, to issue a permit to do any plumb ing or house draining work in said City to any person carrying on the business of plumbing or laboring as a master or journeyman plumber who shall have com- piled with the provisions of said Act of the Legislature above referred to, and with the provisions of this article
 Section [ All plumbing or house drain age work hereafter done in said City shall be done in accordance with plans previously approved in writing by the Health Officer of said City, and according to general specifications for plumbing work herein contained
 Section 9. All work under a permit granted as aforesaid shall be done under the supervision of the Health Officer. The Health Officer shall be notified when any such work is ready for inspection, and a tn animation until inspected and approved by him. He may apply the water test or any test he may deem necessary, and the plumber who has done the work shall furnish tools. labor and assistants necessary to such test; ana he shall re- move or repair any defective material or work when so required by such Health Officer
 Section 9 The Health Officer shall charge and collect twenty-five cents for each permit issued by him; and in ad- dition thereto the sum or sevenry-nve cents per hour for each hour or fraction thereof necessarily spent in inspecting any plumbing work under this Article He shall give a receipt for all money paid for inspection work and shall pay same into the Treasury.
 Section 10. The City Clerk shall fur nish to the Health Officer appropriate blank permits and blank receipts for use hereunder, and shall charge him with the same.
 Section Il. The following general speci- fications for plumbing work in the City of Fl Centro are hereby adopted:
 Section l. Every soil pipe and private drain within any house or building in cludng three (3J feet outside the build ing line of any and all buildings con nected with the sewer. or connected with any pipe or private sewer that is con nected with the public sewer or cesspool, shall be of cast iron, lead or brass, and must be sound and impervious in all its parts and joined in the best man ner. All lead pipe connections must be made with a wiped joint. No solder or hange joint will be allowed. All cast iron pipe and fittings for waste, vent or soil pipe must be coated both inside and outside with q coal tar pitch or as- phaltum dip, applied hot All connec- tions of lead with iron pipe must be made with a brass ferrule of same size as the lead pipe and caulked into the iron pipe and connected with the lead pipe by wiped joint. Reduced ferrules are strictly prohibited. Every line of vent and soil pipe must extend full bore to four inches below the highest ridge of the roof, as herein provided, except in buildings having a flat roof and fire walls, in which case said vent. and soil pipe shali extend two feet above the fire walls. In all new buildings (except build ings having a fiat roof and fire walls, and buildings built of one thickness of one inch Iumberl avery line of vent and soil pipe must run to the roof thence con- tinue under the roof with the same de- gree of elevation as the roof to point 20 inches from the highest point of the rooi and thence run through the roof perpendicularly and terminate at an ele- walton equal to a point four (4) inches below the highest point of the roof. If the roof is so flat that at least a sixth