The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-03-13


closets, or other fixtures shall be by a special
pipe run to an open sink, outside the house,
or some conspicuous point, and in no case
shall any such waste pipe be connected with
a soil drain or waste pipe.
Refrigerator Waste Pipe.
Sec. SO. No waste pipe from a refrigera-
tor or other receptacle in which provisions
are stored shall be connected with any drain,
shall be so arranged as to admit of frequest
flushing, and shall be as short as possible.
Number of Water Closets.
Sec. 81. Each dwelling house shall have
at least water closet dwellings providing
for 2 or 3 families must have at least 2 wa
ter closets, and dwellings providing for 4 or
more families the number of water closets
shall be determined by the Board of Health.
Hotels, boarding houses and buildings
where operators OF both sexes are employed,
a proper number and separate water closets
shall be furnished for men and women.
Water Closets to be Supplied leith Water from
Flushing Tank.
Sec. 40. All water closets within build
ings shall be supplied with water from spec
iaI tanks or %cisterns which shall hold not less
than eight (S) gallons of water when up to
the level of the overflow pipe for each closet
supplied, excepting automatic or syphon
tanks, which shall hold not less than FIVE 10
gallons of water for each closet supplied, the
water in said tanks shall not be used for any
other purpose. The flushing pipe of all
tanks shall not be less tnan one and one
quarter of an inch in diameter.
No person shall place in any building any
/ plunBer or Wasn-Out clOSeL, ana Wnen Sucn
closets are removed for repairs they shall not
be replaced.
Sec. Al. Nc closet, except those placed in
the yard. shall be supplied directly from the
water supply pipes, unless controlled by an
authorized hushmeter system. All closets
placed outside must be equipped with a John
son hopper valve or its equal.
Closets Nay be Supplied from One Tdnk.
Sec. AZ. A group of closets may be sup
piled from one tank, but water closets on diff
ferent floors shall not be flushed from one
tank except where a. special valve device is
used on the flush pine of each water closet,
said device shall insure a sufficient water
supply and not be subject to s%yphonic action.
On high buildings a house tank shall be cree
ted of sufficient capacity to supply all fixtures
when SO required by the Board of Health.
The use of wash-out closets is prohibited.
Yard Water Closet Enclosure.
Sec. AZ. The enclosure of the yard water
closet shall be ventilated by Slated openings
and there shall be a trap door in the floor of
sufficient size for access to the hopper trap.
Water Closets Shall Not be Located.
Sec. A. 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 external air
either by a window or an air shaft having an
area to the open air of at least 4 square feet.
Water Closets Within a Building.
Sec. AS. All water closets within a build
ing, using lead connection shall have a cast
brass fange not less than three-sixteenths of
an inch in thickness Gifted with a rubber
gasket of sufficient thickness to insure a
tight joint bolted to the closet.
Rain Water Conductors.
Sec. 46. Rain conductors shall not be con-
nected to any sewer or drainage system nor
used as soil, waste or vent pipes nor shall
any soil, waste or air pipe be used as a rain
conductor and if placed within a building
shall be of cast iron pipe with loaded joints.
EThduSt or Waste.
Sec. At. No steam exhaust or waste from
steam pipes shall be connected with any
house drain, soil pipe or sewer.
Sec. 48. No privy vault or cesspool for
| sewerage shall hereafter he constructed in
any part of the city where a sewer is at all
accessible.
Sec. 40. Nc connection from any cesspool
or privy shall be made with any sewer, nor
shall any water closet or house drainage
empty into cesspool or privy well where
sewer is accessible.
Sec. so. In rural districts a permit may
be issued by Board of Health for waste pipe
from buildings to be connected with cess
pools constructed for that special purpose,
the sides and bottom of the same to be con-
structed of brick of at least 8 inches thick
laid in cement and water tight so that the
contents cannot escape therefrom and to have
tight cover vented so constructed as to be
readily and easily cleaned out, same receiv-
ing vault must have a holding capacity of at
least fifty 600 gallons for each person and
must be connected by trapped overflow pipe
to a separate eesspool constructed of loose
laid brick, grease interceptors shall be placed
in house drains between house and receiving
vault whenever required by Board of Health,
all receiving vaults or cesspools to be not
less than twenty GOO feet from building.
Sec. 81. In case plumbing or drainage
work of any kind shall be constructed or
done in violation of the provisions of this
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.
Priries, Etc.
Sec. 50. No priyy, vat or %cesspool for
sewerage shall hereafter be constructed with
in the City of Pleasantville City on any
premises situated adjacent to any street
wherein there is a sewer and wherein the
City water is laid nor shall privy pits or
cesspools for sewerage be hereafter permitted
can be connected with the public sewer in
the streets. Provided, the Board of Health
may, however. in exceptional cases. issue
written permits for a period not exceeding
twelve consecutive months.
PripieS for Workmen.
Sec. 50. During construction or building,
the contractor shall provide for workmen a
privy to be constructed in a sanitary manner
and in accordance with a permit to be issued
therefor by the Board of health.
Penalty for Violation.
Sec. 81. Any person, persons or corpora
ton violating the provisions of any section
of this ordinance shall, upon conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not less
than 10 dollars or more than $2oo.5o for
each and every offence.
Sec. So. The Board of Health may for
cause and upon a 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
person against whom complaint is made shall
have at least three (3) days notice of the
time and place of hearing and a copy of the
written charges.
Sec. Sc. All ordinances or parts of ordi-
nances, supplementary or amendatory there
of, inconsistent with this ordinance be and
the same are hereby repealed and this ordi-
nance shall take effect Immediately.
Passed at a regular meeting of Common
Council of Pleasantville. this first day of
March, A. d. 1915.
ARCHIE WILLIS,
President of Common Council.
Attest
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
City Clerk.
Approved this second day of March, A. d.
CHAS 7 ADAMS.