Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-05-20
NO. 152
PLUMBING CODE
of the
CITY OF NORTH WILDWOOD
NEW JERSEY
PLUMBING CODE


An Ordinance Regulating and Governing
House Drainage, Ventilation and Cess
pools in the City of North Wildwood. in
the County of Cape May. New Jersey.
Master Plumbers to Register in Plumbing
Inspectors Office
Section l. Be it ordained by the Com
mon Council ofthe City of North wildwood
in the County of Cape May, that every
person or corporation engaged in the
wildwood in the County of Cape May as
a master plumber, and every person, firm
or corporation coming from other places
for the purpose of doing plumbing work
in the City of North wildwood in the
County Of Cape May as a master plumber,
h appear in person or by representative
at the office of the Plumbing Inspector and
register his or their name and business
address upon the forms prescribed by the
Plumbing Inspector, and receive a certih-
cate of registry, upon presenting s~atisfac-
tory proof that he is a bona fde master
plumber for registration, and the payment
of five dollars, and no person other than
a registered plumber shall be allowed to
carry on or engage in the plumbing bust
ness, or make any connections with any
sewer, drain, soil or waste pipe connected
Herewith.
Sec. 2. At the expiration of each calen-
dar year said certificate of registry shall
be null and void. A registered master
plumber desiring to continue in the bust
ness of plumbing and drainage for the
ensuing year, shall between the first and
twenty-fourth days of December, of each
year, surrender the said certificate of reg
istry for the then current year to the
Plumbing Inspector and re-register his,
their or its name or names and business
address as herein provided. For said re-
registration he shall pay one dollar
($1.00).
Sec. 8. Every registered plumber shall
have a bona hde place of business and
shall give immediate notice of any change
in his place of business, and upon his
retirement from business shall surrender
his certificate of registry to the Plumbing
Inspector.
Plans and Specifications for Drainage and
Alterations to be Filed for Approval
Sec. 4. The drainage of all buildings,
public or private, and the alterations of
the same, shall be executed in accordance
with plans and specifications previously
approved in writing by the Plumbing In
spector.
Sec. 5. There shall be a separate plan
for each building, public or private, ac-
companied by specifications describing the
drainage of such buildings on blanks, pre-
scribed and furnished for this purpose,
showing the size and kind of pipes, the
traps, closet and fixtures, etc, to be used,
the same to be placed on file in the office
of the Plumbing Inspector. Plans must be
drawn legibly, in ink, and old work shall
be shown in red ink. No change shall be
permitted in plans and specifications after
they have been approved, unless applica-
ton is first made in writing by the owner
or a duly authorized agent or attorney,
and the proposed change or amended plans
have been submitted and approved by the
Plumbing Inspector. Said drawings and
description to be furnished by the owner,
or his authorized agent. and prepared by
the architect, builder or plumber and sub
mitted by a registered master plumber for
approval. Application for a change in
plan must be made in writing by the
owner or agent.
Blanks to Be Furnished by the Plumbing
Inspector
Sec. 6. Blanks for drawings and speci-
hp9tinnS for DRAINAGE will he furnished
on application at the office of the Plumb
ing Inspector. One vertical drawing will
be sufficient for a building. where it can
be made to show all the work if the work
is intricate and cannot be shown by one
drawing, two or more shall be made. A
ground floor plan of the building showing
the position of the main house and branch
drains shall in all cases be submitted.
Cost of Permit
Sec. 7. When the plan of any plumbing
and drainage system is filed in the office
of the Plumbing Inspector a fee of fifty
cents per fixture, fifty cents for the first
five fixtures and twenty-five cents each
for all additional fixtures will be charged,
the word fixtures being here meant to
include all openings left for waste pipes
whether fixtures are set or not, to defray
the expenses of inspection, the filing of
plans and experimenting the testing of
the work.
Sec. s. Plans will be approved or re-
jected within twenty-four (24) hours when
practicable, and under no circumstances
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mitted.
Inspection
Sec. 9. No drainage work shall be COW
cred or concealed in any way until after
it has been examined and approved by the
Plumbing Inspector. A notice must be
sent to the Plumbing Inspector when the
work is sufficiently advanced for such
inspection and test Immediately on com
pletion of the work, application must be
made for final inspection.
Under no circumstances shall sanitary
plumbing work be used until the same has
first been tested in the presence of the
Plumbing Inspector, with the water test,
or, if that is not practicable, with the
peppermint, mercury, smoke or other relia-
Bile test, and if said test is satisfactory he
shall issue a certificate to that effect.
When defective pipes are discovered
sound pipes. Defective joints shall be
made tight and conform with the require
ments of this ordinance.
plumber to make said application for in
spection or the violation of any of the
provisions of this ordinance in the con-
struction of any drainage work, ana me
ton. will be deemed sufficient cause to
place his name on the delinquent list untI
he has complied with said regulations:
No master plumber shall construct or
alter a system of drainage, during the
time his name appears on the SAID deln-
quent list.
Main Drain
Sec. 10. When there is no sewer in the
alley adjoining the lot on which a build
ing is placed and it is necessary to con-
struct a private sewer to connect with "a
sewer on an adjacent street or aIleys II
must be laid along the alley to the nearest
street and down the roadway of the street
to the nearest branch pipe, and not
through yards or private property wlthout
a special permit from the said property
owner.
Material for House Drain
Sec. IL. All drains within the walls OF
buildings shall be of cast iron, Wen
caulked leaden joints or wrought IRON
screwed joints, and shall be so located as
to be readily accessible for Inspection.
The house drain within buildings snail pc
securely hung on the cellar wall or prop
erly laid on brick piers, eight 90 inches
thick and not more than seven G2 1eet