The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-07-03


not less than one-eighth of an inch in thick
caulked in with lead. The lead pipe shall be
attached to the ferrule by a wiped solder
joint.
Section 80. All connections of lead pipe
shall be wiped solder joints, and in no case
will bit or cup joints be permitted. Every
fixture shall be separated aud effectually
trapped. Where a series of two or three
wash basins shall come together in a range
but one trap shall be required for the three.
All sheet iron vent pipes now in use must
be removed and replaced with iron soil pipe,
upon notification from the Board of Health.
No basin waste shall be connected in a bath
waste, separate connections either to the lead
bend under closet or in soil pipe will be re-
quired for both. No waste pine shall be
branehed into the heel of the lead bend under
closet.
Drips or orerfloo Pipes.
Section 40. All drip or overflow pipes
from safes under wash basins, baths. urinals,
water closets, or other fixtures shall be BY a
special pipe run to an open sink, outside of
house, or some conspicuous point, and in no
with a soil drain or waste pipe.
Refrigerator Waste Pipe.
Section Al. No waste pipe from a refrig-
orator or other receptacle in which provis-
ions are stored shall be connected with any
drain soil or other waste pipe. Such waste
pipes shall be so arranged as to admit of fire.
quent flushing, and shall be short as possible,
and shall run into an open sink properly
trapped.
Number of Water Closets.
section AZ. Each dwelling house shall
have at least l water closet dwellings pro-
viding for 2 or 8 families must have at least
2 water closets. Hotels. Boarding Houses
and buildings where operation of both sexes
are employed, separate water closets shall be
furnished for men and women.
Water Closets to be Supplied 1cith Water
from Flushing Tanks.
Section 43. All water closets within bull
dings shall be supplied with water from
special tanks or cisterns which shall hold not
less than eight 80 gallons of water when
up to level of the overflow pine for each
closet supplied. A group of closets may be
supplied from one tank, but water closets on
different floors shall not be flushed from one
! tank, except where a special valve device is
used on flush pipe of each water closet, said
device shall insure a sufficient water supply
and not subject to syphonic action. On high
buildings a house tank shall be erected of
sufficient capacity to supply all fixtures when
so required by the Board of Health. The
use of wash out closets is prohibited.
Section "A. No closet, except those placed
in the yard, shall be supplied directly from
the water supply pipes, unless controlled by
an authorized flush meter system. All clos
cts placed outside must be equipped with a
Johnson valve or its equal.
Yard Water Closets Enclosure.
Section 40. The enclosure of the yard wa
ter closet shall be ventilated by Slated open
ings and there shall be a trap door in the
floor of sufficient size for access to the hop
per trap.
Water Closets Shall Not be Located.
Section 46. Water closets must not be
located in the sleeping apartments of any
building nor in any room or apartment which
has not direct communication with the exter-
nal air either by window or by air shaft
having an area to the open air of at least
4 square feet.
Water closet Within a Building.
Section At. All water closets within a
building, using lead connection, shall have a
cast brass fange not less than three six
teenths of an inch in thickness, solder to the
lead bend, Gifted with a rubber gasket of
| sufficient thickness to insure a tight iOiutl
bolted to the closet.
t Rain Water Conductors.
Section 4S. Rain conductors shall not be
connected to any sewer or drainage system
nor used as soil, waste or vent pipe nor
t shall any soil, waste or air pipe be used as
r a rain conductor and If placed within a bull
! ding, shall be cast iron pipe with loaded
Joints.
Section 40. No steam exhaust or waste
from steam pipes shall be connected with any
house drain, soil pipe or sewer. No sedi-
ment pipes from kitchen boilers shall be con-
Section so. No privy vault or cesspool for
sewerage shall hereafter be constructed in any
part of the city where a sewer is at all ac-
cessible.
t Section 81. No connection from any cess
pool or privy shall be made with any sewer.
nor shall any water closet or house drainage
empty into cesspool or privy well where sew
er is accessible.
Section So. In rural districts a permit
may be issued by the Board of Health for
waste pipes from buildings to be connected
with e~esspools constructed for that special
purpose, the sides and bottom of the same
to be constructed of brick of at least s inches
thick laid in cement and water tight so that
the contents cannot escape therefrom and to
have tight covers vented and so constructed
as to be readily and easily cleaned out. same
receiving vault must have a holding capacity
Of at least fifty (50) gallons for each person
and must be connected to a separate cesspool
constructed of loose laid bricks, grease in
terceptors shall be placed in house drains
between house and receiving vault whenever
required by the Board of Health all receiv-
ing vaults or c~esspools to be not less than
twenty GOD feet from building.
Section So. When privy well, vault or
cesspool is to be abandoned it must be clean
thoroughly disinfeeted. and it shall be filled
in with fresh earth, and in no case shall a
privy, we'll or cesspool be filled in until it's
l contents have been entirely removed and have
5 Section "a. In case plumbing or drainage
work of any kind shall be constructed or
ordinance, the same shall be removed or per-
fected in accordance with this ordinance
within five 90 days after notice in writing
to that effect to the owner or plumber.
5 PriUies for Workmen.
Section So. During construction or build
5 ing, the contractor shall provide for work.
men a priyy to be constructed in a sanitary
manner and in accordance with a permit to
be issued therefor by the Board of Health.
Section 56. In case where a building is
found to be in an unsanitary condition
through defective plumbing or otherwise, the
direction of the Board of Health concerning
: changes and repairs shall be complied with
within a reasonable time as may be desig-
mated.
Section 81. If any section of the above
ordinance shall be declared illegal, it shall
not affect any other section thereof.
| Penalty for Violation.
Section So. Any person, persons or corpo-
ration violating the provisions of any Sec
ton or sections of this ordinance, shall upon
l conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty
of not less than Ten (S10.o0) Dollars nor
more than One Hundred (~$100.00) Dollars
1 for each and every offense.
2 Section SO. The Board of Health may for
r cause and upon written complaint and after
a public hearing revoke, suspend or cancel
any plumbers license or permit issued by
| the Board of Health provided however, the
A person or persons, against whom complaint
A is made shall have at least three Is days
t notice of the time and place of hearing and
r a copy of the written charges.
4 Section so. All ordinances or parts of or
g dinances. supplementary or amendatory
therenf inconsistent with this Ordinance be