Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-27


ADDING NEW SECTIONS KNOWN
AS 26A AND 26B.
Be II Ordained by the People Of thl,
City and County of Honolulu:
SECTION /. Section s Of said Ordi-
nance is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section s. Plans of house plumb
ing and house sewers and application
for connections to be filed. 1t shall
be unlawful for any person or persons.
partnership or corporation to do any
plumbing work of any description IT.
any building or upon any property or
to do any sewer work in the City and
County of Honolulu, except in case
Of stoppage in pipes or repair Of leaks
in drains, vent pipes, waste pipes,
faucets, valves and water supply pipes,
without first having filed with the
plumbing inspector plans and specifi-
cations which shall clearly show and
indicate the entire work to be done,
the number and character of all fix
lures, the size aid locations of all
drains, waste, soil and vent pipes,
traps and ciean-outs, and whether con-
nection is to be made with the sewer
or with cesspool.
at shall be unlawful for any person,
partnership or corporation to connect
or to aid in, or to cause connection
to be made, or to make use of the pub
lie sewer system of the City and
County of Honolulu without first hav-
ing filed an application, written in ink,
and obtained the written approval OF
the plumbing inspector.
Application shall be signed by the
owner or by some one on his behalf.
thereunto duly authorized, and the
applicant shall upon such form ar
swer truthfully without concealmcnt
all pertinent questions put to him by
authority of this or any other ordi-
nance of the City and County of Homo
lulu, or the sanitary code of the ter
ritorial board of health, or general
orders, governing the use of the sewer
system of the City and County of
Honolulu" Pr .:..:..
SECTION 2. Section of said Ordi.
nance is hereby amended to read as
follows: >.~
Section 9. Fees for permits. No
permits shall be issued to any per-
son or persons, partnership or corpora
ton for doing plumbing work in the
City and County of Honolulu until
the fees therefor have been paid to
the general manager Of the water and
sewer works department, or his duly
authorized agents or representatives,
according to the following schedule;
The fee for the installation of fixtures
shall be fifty (50) cents for each fix
ture; and for the inspection of any
house sewer one dollar (S100); pro-
vided that this section shall not apply
to the repair of leaks in drains, vent
pipes, waste pipes, faucets, valves or
water supply pipes or to the removal
of distractions In pipes"
SECTION 3. Section IL of said
Ordinance is hereby amended to read
as follows: .......=.
Section IL. House sewer. The
term house sewer as used in this
Ordinance designates that part of the
drain between the 'clean-out' at or
near the property lines, or cesspool,
and to within five 90 feet of the
bnilding connected or to be connected
with the sewer or cesspool.
House sewers shall not be less thar |
four (4) Iinches in diameter, and shall |
be OF cast iron pipe or salt glazed |
vitrified pipe, and shall be laid to q |
true grade, at least one foot under. !
ground. fChanges in directions shall |
be madeE by 'Y' branches and 1-6, Is |
or lie bends. Salt glazed yitrified |
pipe will not be allowed under any
building. If salt glazed vitrified pipe |
is used in the construction of any
sewer, it shall have a fall of at least
of an inch to the foot, |
the joints shall be made of mortar, |
composed Of equal parts of Portland |
or other good standard cement and |
clean-screencd sand, and said joints |
shall be covered with cloth in laying |
A disc entirely filing the house sewer
pipe shall be kept in the pipe and |
drawn forward as each length is laid. |
When salt glazed vitrified pipe is used |
In tide or surface water, the same |
shall be conereted entirely around the