The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-04-02

De 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
required for both. No waste pipe shall be
branched into the heel of the lead bend under
closet.
Refrigerator Waste Pipe.
Sec. 35. No waste pipe from a refrigerator
or other receptacle in which provisions are
stored shall be connected with any drain, soil
or other waste pipe. Such waste pipes shall
be so arranged as to admit of frequent flush
ing, and shall be as short as possible.
Number of Water Closets.
Sec. SO. Each dwelling house shall have
at least l water closet dwellings providing
for 2 or 3 families must have at least 2 water
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.
shall be furnished for men and women.
Voter Closets to be Supplied Nth Water from
Flushing Tank.
Sec. 81. All water closets within build
ings shall be supplied with water from spec
ial tanks or ~cisterns which shall hold not less
than eight go gallons of water when up to
supplied, excepting utomati or syphon
tanks, which shall hold not less than five (5)
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 than one and one
quarter of an inch in diameter.
nv peTSOu snail pldCe III any building any
plunger or wash-out closet, and when such
closets are removed for repairs they shall not
be replaced. Z
Sec. 3s. No closet, except those placed in
the yard, shall be supplied directly from the
water supply pipes, unless controlled by an
authorized fushmeter system. All closets
placed outside must be equipped with a john
son hopper valve or its equal.
Closets May be Supplied from One Tank.
Sec, 80. 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 pipe of each water closet,
supply and not be subject to syphonic action.
On high buildings a house tank shall be erec-
ted of sufficient capacity to supply all fixtures
The use of wash-out closets is prohibited.
Yard Water Closet Enclosure.
Sec. 40. The enclosure Of the yard water
and there shall be a trap door in the floor of
sufficient size for access to the hopper trap.
Voter Closets Shall Not be Located.
Sec. Al. 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
area to the open air of at least 4 square feet.
Water Closets Within a Building.
Sec. AZ. All water closets within a build
ing, using lead connections 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
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Rain Water Conductors.
Sec. 43. 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.
Exhaust or Waste.
Sec. a. No steam exhaust or waste from
steam pipes shall be connected with any
house drain, soil pipe or sewer.
Sec. DO. No privy vault or cesspool for
sewerage shall hereafter be constructed in
amy part of the city where a sewer is at all
accessible.
Sec. 46. No connection from any cesspool
or privy shall be made with any sewer, nor
shall any water closet or house drainage
empty into c%esspool or privy we'll where
sewer Is accessible.
Sec. At. In rural districts a permit may
be issued by Board of Health for waste pipe
from buildings to be connected with c~esspools
constructed for that special purpose, the sides
and bottom of the same to be constructed of
brick of at least 8 inches thick laid in ce-
ment and water tight so that the contents
cannot escape therefrom and to have tight
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arate resspcol. constructed of looseslaid brick,
drains between house and receiving vault
whenever required by Board of Health, all
receiving vaults or c%esspools to be not less
than twenty 900 feet from building.
Sec. 4S. In case plumbing or drainage
work of any kind shall be constructed or done
in violation of the provisions of this ordi-
nance. the same shall be removed or perfect
ed in accordance with this ordinance within
five 90 days after notice in writing to that
effect to the owner or plumber.
PriDies, Etc.
Sec. 40. No privy, vat or %cesspool for
sewerage shall hereafter be constructed with
in the City of Pleasantville 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 of any part
of the City where water closets can be con-
nected 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.
PriUies for Workmen.
Sec. 90. 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 Two ($2) Dollars or more than One
Hundred ($10o) Dollars for each and every
~offense hereunder.
Sec. 81. The Board of Health may for
cause and upon a written complaint and after
a pubic nearing revoke, suspend or cancel
any plumbers license or permit issued by
the Board of Health provided, however, the
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have at least three CD days notice of the
time and place of hearing and a copy of the
written charges.
Sec. SO. 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.
Sec. 81. The Board of Health of the City
of Pleasantville shall elect al suitable person,
resident of the City of Pleasantville, to do
plumbing Inspecting in said City, who shall
hold his office until January LIST, and at the
first stated meeting in January each year.
there shall be elected a suitable person, resi-
dent OF the City of Pleasantville, to be in
spector. of said City for the term of one year
and until his successor shall be elected and
qualified. In case of vacancy by death, res
i%gnation, disqualification, removal, or other
wise, said Board of Health shall elect anoth-
er person who shall be subject to all the pen
alties and provisions hereof for the remain
der of the term so vacated.
Such Plumbing Inspector shall not be en-
gagged in the plumbing business and shall
abide by the rules of said Board of Health.