The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-06


or cause TO be deposited upon the
ground or in any hole or vault in the
ground. within a sewer district, where
the PREMISES have been ordered con-
nected with the sewer any wash or
waste water, liquid or solid filth, eX-
cept what is necessary to properly
manure the soil and and all vaults or
cesspools within the said district shall
he cleaned out and refilled with new
earth by the owner or occupant OF the
premises upon 80 days notice by the
plumbing inspector or chief Of police
to connect the premises with the pub
lie sewer.
Permits.
Section 10. Every plumber before
laying any drain or doing any plumb
ing work on any building within the
limits of Twin Falls, except repairing
land repairs are limited to mending
leaks in said drain or vent pipes and
forcing out instructions in said pipes)
shall submit a description of the work
to be done on blanks furnished by the
plumbing inspector and no work shall
be done until such description has
been approved and written permit to
do the work has been issued by the
said plumbing inspector. No changes
to be made in such description after
approval and issuance of permit by
the plumbing inspector All permits
shall be void after thirty days from
the date Of issue If the work has not
been commenced for which the permit
was issued.
The permit must be kept upon the
premises during the entire progress OF
the work, and must be shown to any
person asking to see 1t. Permits may
be revoked by the plumbing inspector
at any time he may deem sufficient
cause exists; and all parties in inter
est shall be held to have waived all
rights of damages on account of such
revocation.
Duties of Merchant Plumbers.
Setcion II. The merchant plumber
shall notify the plumbing inspector OF
the time all work will be commenced
recurring a permit He shall also ar
range times with the said plumbing in
spector for inspection of sewer and
cesspool connections and plumbing
tests, and all such connections and
tests shall be performed by the mer-
chant plumber or his representative
in the presence of the plumbing in
spectOr
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menced it shall be prosecuted with
due diligence until completed; but it
shall not be considered completed un-
til approved by the plumbing inspec-
tor. Public travel must be impeded as
little as possible Sufficient barri-
cades against accidents shall be placed
around excavations at all times, and
at night red lights shall be displayed
in addition. No excavation in any
street or alley shall remain open over
forty-eight hours, and when said ex-
cavation is refilled it shall be done
in nine-inch layers and shall be thor
oughly tramped or puddled as may be
directed by the plumbing inspector
Any defects in plumbing settlement OF
the ground or damage that may arise
through fault of the merchant plumber
within six months from the date OF IN
spection shall be repaired at the eX-
pense of said merchant plumber as
provided in Section 6, of this Ordin-
ance.
Inspection Tests and Approval.
Section r. All work and material
must be of good quality, free from de-
fects and subject to the approval OF
the plumbing inspector, and no drain
or fixtures shall be used until so APP
proved. Before the fixtures are placed
the whole system of pipes shall be
Theoretically sealed and filled with
water to the top, and any imperfec-
lions disclosed shall be repaired be-
fore his approval. Old plumbing or
extension of the same may be tested
by the mont or smoke test on permits
sion of the plumbing inspector.
Upon the completion of any work
or drainage system done under the
authority of this ordinance, and that
complies with all the regulation Of
the common council, the plumbing in
spector shall issue a certificate of APP
proval to the plumber to whom the
permit authorizing the work was is
sued, provided all lawful fees or said
plumbing inspector or resulting from
said work sahll have been paid.
Material.
Section 10 All plumbing fixtures,
traps and catch basins shall be of non
absorbant materials; that part Of the
drain or sewer pipes from the cess
pool or city sewer to a point two feet
outside of the building line of any
building said drain may pass under
or connect with, must be constructed
of cast iron pipe caulked with oakum
and lead or of salt glazed vitrified
sewer pipe with cement joint, all other
pipes shall be of lead or cast iron pro-
perly coated with tar or asphaltum,
except vent pipes, with properly wiped
joints or galvanized iron with screw
threads and brass or galvanized fit
tings. Where vent pipes pass through
the roof they shall be flashed with
either galvanized sheet iron, sheet
lead or sheet copper; joints to be
made to prevent leakage.
Grades.
Section a. All drains shall be of
such size and laid on such grades as
will give effective flow for sewerage,
but in no case shall any drain be laid
on less grade than one-eighth inch
per foot.
Pipes.
Section Is. All pipes and fixtures
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