Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-04
BY AUTHORITY.
BILL NO. 1877
ORDINANCE NO.


COUNTY OF HONOLULU, EN-
TITLED AN ORDINANCE ESTAB
LISTING RULES AND REGULA
TIONS FOR THE PLUMBING AND
DRAINAGE OF BUILDINGS AND
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSE
SEWERS IN THE CITY AMI
COUNTY OF HONOLULU, TEP
RITORY OF HAWAII; PROVID
ING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
PLUMBING INSPECTORS OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF HOMO,
LULU, AND PRESCRIBING THEIR
POWERS AND DUTIES; PROVIn
ING FOR THE EXAMINATION,
REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND
BONDING OF PLUMBERS IN THE
CITY AND COUNTY, OF HOMO.
LULU; AND PRESCRIBING PEN.
ALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDI.
NANCE" AS AMENDED BY ORDI.
NANCES NO. 49 AND NO. Sc; AND
ADDING NEW SECTIONS KNOWN
AS 26A AND 26B.
Be II Ordained by the People of the
City and County of Honolulu:
SECTION 1. Section s of said Ordi.
nance is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 8. Plans Of house plumb
inc 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 iI
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 and locations of all
drains, waste, soil and vent pipes.
traps and eIean-outs. and whether con-
neetion is to be made with the sewer
or with eesspool.
1T shall be unlawful for any person,
partnership or corporation to connect
or TO aid in, or to cause a connection
to be made, or to make use of the pub
lie sewer system of the City and
County of Honolulu without first hay
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
application shall upon such form an
swer truthfuily without concealment
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"
SECTION 2. Section 8 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 ard
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 (s1.00); pro.
yided 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 8. 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 a cesspool
and to within five (5) feet of the
building connected or to be connected
with the sewer or cesspool.
House sewers shall not be less thar
four "a inches in diameter, and shall
be of cast iron pipe or salt glazed
yitrified pipe, and shall be laid ton 6
true grade, at least one foot under.
ground. Changes in directions shah
be made by " branches and 1-6, is
or lie bends. Salt glazed vitrified
pipe will not be allowed under any
building. If salt glazed yitrified pipe
is used in the construction of any
sewer, it shall have fall of at least
one-quarter 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 concerted entirely around the
pipe to thickness of at least four (4)
inches. When cast iron pipe is used
all joints shall be packed with pickei
oakum and ruin with molten lead. and
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