The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-07-10
LEGAL
PLUMRING CODE.

rue OOuTu OF HedIth OF the Cfty OF RteGS-
dntUtIe City, by virtue Of the Provisions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State of
New Jersey, entitled IAN Act to establish In
this State Boards of Health and a Bureau of
Vital Statistics, and TO define their respect
i've powers and duties, approved March 31st,
A.. D.. 1887, the several supplements and
amendments thereto and of the other Acts,
doth ordain:
Master and Foreman Plumbers to Register
and Obtain License.
Section 1. That every person, firm or cor
poration engaged in business or doing work
as a Master or Foreman Plumber, shall be-
fore doing any plumbing work. whatever
within the City of Pleasantville City, appear
in person at the Office of the Board of Health
OF business upon Blank Forms to be furnish
ed by said Board. No person, firm or corpo-
ration shall engage in business or do work
as Master or Foreman plumber within the
said City without first having obtained a
plumbers license from the Board of Health.
Cost of License.
Section 2- The fee for every such License
Certificate herein provided for shall be Two
Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50), 10 be paid
annually, to the Chief Plumbing Inspector,
at the time of registering for the current
year. All such License Certificates shall ex-
pire on the Thirty-frst day of December fol-
lowing their issuance; and such License Ger
tificate shall not take effect until the License
Fee herein for shall be paid to the Inspector
who is authorized to collect and receive same,
and pay same over to the Treasurer of the
said Board of Health.
Plumber Coming from Other Places.
Section 3. No person, firm or corporation
engaged in the business Of Plumbing and
Drainage as Master Plumbers, desiring to do
plumbing and drainage work in the City of
Pleasantville City shall enter upon such work
until he, they or it shall have qualified as
hereinbefore provided in Sections L and 2.
Change of Address.
Section A. Every registered master plum
Der, firm or corporation shall give immediate
notice of change in his, their or its place of
l I'M and nrnAn hfa AL-s- - t. -
ment from business to the Board of Health.
Plans, Draaofngs and Written Descriptions of
Drainage of Buildings to be Filed.
section .. Ihat before any portion of the
plumbing and drainage system of any build
ing shall be constructed, altered and extend
ed there shall be filed in the office of the
Board of Health, a plan or drawing Tin ink)
and written description thereof signed by the
owner and Master Plumber showing the said
plumbing and drainage system entire, from
its connection with the sewer or cesspool
throughout the entire building. together with
the location of all fixtures, traps ventilation
pipes and other parts of system and a permit
issued therefor. No alteration or change of
the same shall be made except upon a%pplica-
ton of the owner approved by the Inspector
in writing. Plans shall be approved within
43 hours when practicable.
Cost of Permits.
Section 6. When the plan of any plumb
ing and drainage system is filed in the office
of the Board of Health, a fee of Fifty Cents
for each of the first Five fixtures and %
cents for each additional fixture will be
charged. The word fixtures being here
meant to include all openings left for waste
pipes whether fixtures are set or not to de-
fray the expenses of inspection, the filing of
plans and experimenting the testing of the
work. For every cesspool constructed in the
City of Pleasantville there shall be a charge
of Fifty Cents and a permit issued and to be
Inspected when completed. The minimum
charge for any permit will be one dollar.
Inspector to Approve Plans, Etc.
SRRtinn n Nh nnnninO shall ho Dnodn in
or connection made to, the public sewerage
system without a permit first shall be obtain
ed. and no permit shall be issued for a con-
nection to the public sewer without a certif-
cate of inspection by the Inspector of the
Board of Health of the drainage system to
be connected.
Inspection.
Section 8. No drainage work shall be
covered or concealed in any way until after
it has been examined and approved by a
Board of Health inspector, and notice must
be sent to the Board of Health in writing,
when the work is sufficiently advanced for
such inspection; and Immediately on the
completion of the work, application must be
made for final inspection and test. Any por-
tion of a drainage system put in and covered
up or concealed, without first being inspected
and approved, must be uncovered and exposed
for inspection and examination when required
by an inspector.
Section g.. Under no circumstances shall
plumbing and drainage work be used until
the same mas 0rSL Deen tested IN the presence
Of the Inspector with air at a pressure of not
less than five 80 pounds to the square inch
or water test at not less than ten (10)
pounds to the square inch, or both, and if
said test is satisfactory, he shall issue a GER
tihcate to that effect. The inspector shall
carry a properly tested gauge.
No water test shall be permitted from the
month of October, to the month of March,
All tests shall be made by the Master or
foreman plumber, under the direction of and
in the presence of the Inspector. The In
spector shall forthwith give notice of any
defects in either material or labor, unautho-
rized changes or alterations, and such defect
shall be forthwith corrected bv the Master
or foreman plumber or owner. All material
and labor must be approved by an Inspector
of the Board of Health before a final certih-
cate will be issued.
Coating OF Pipes.
Section 10. Note-After the test has been
approved by the Inspector. iron drain or soil
pipes may be tar coated. But in no case
shall any coating be applied to. cast iron soil
pipes or drain pipes until test has been ap-
piled and approved by the Inspector.
Dwellings, to be Separately Connected.
Section II. Every house or building shall
be separately and Independently connected
with the street sewer or main drain. and ev-
cry house shall be separately vented. No
cold air box for furnace shall be so placed
that it can by any possibility draw air from
the Fresh Air inlet pipe on house drain.
Main Drain.
Section IL. When there is no sewer in
the street on which the building faces, and
IL is necessary TO construct a private sewer
to connect with a sewer on an adjacent
street or avenue, must be laid outside the
property line and not through yards or I'M
der houses without a special permit from the
Board of Health. When and where public
sewers are laid in the street adjacent to the
property, the drains of all buildings on said
property must be connected with such public
sewers.
Material of House Drain.
Section Is. All horizontal drains within
the walls of buildings shall be cast iron with
caulked lead and oakum joint, for wrought
iron screw joints, shall be so located as to be
readily accessible, for inspection. The house
drain within buildings shall be securely hung
on brick piers 8 inches thick and not more
than Z feet apart, unless this is impractical
Bile, in which case it must be laid in a trench
cut at a grade. The house drain shall have
a fall Of at least one-quarter of an inch to
the foot, and more if possible.
Relieving Arch.
Section Ia. When a pipe passes under a
wall of a building there shall be a relieving
arch to prevent the pipe from being broken
by the settling of the foundation. Said drain
shall be provided with openings for cleaning
purposes, the same to be closed with a screw
plug. All traps shall be placed below FROST
line.
All drains or soil pipes connected with the
main house drain, or where the main pipe is
above the cellar floor, shall be of plain cast
iron pipe, OF Wrought iron pine with screwed