Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-05-27
NO. 153
PLUMBING CODE
of the
CITY OF NORTH WILDWOOD
NEW JERSEY

CII1 VI NORIH WILDWOOD
NEW JERSEY
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 1. 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
plumbing business in the City of North
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,
shall appear in person OF 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 certifi-
cate of registry, upon presenting SAUSAGE
tory proof that he is a bona hde 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, OF 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 ousl-
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 it's name or names and business
address as herein provided. For said re-
registration he shall pay one dollar
Sec. 8. Every registered plumber shall
have a bona ide place of business and
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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
epector.
for each building, public or private. &C
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
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 W and
description to be furnished by the owner,
or his authorized agent, and prepared by
the architect, builde or plumber and sub
mitted by a registered master plumber Tor
approval. Application for a change IN
plan must be made IN Wrllng py the
owner or agent.
Blanks to Be Furnished by the Plumbing
Inspector
Sec. 6. Blanks for drawings and speci-
~ications for drainage will be furnished
on application at the office Of the Plumb
ing INSPECTOR. One vertical drawing VIII
be sufficient for a building. where 1t car
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. z. When tho plan of any plumbing
and drainage system is filed in the OFFICE
of the Plumbing Inspector a fee OF htty
cents per fixture, fifty cents for the mrs
for all additional fixtures will be charged
the word fixtures" being here meant tt
include all openings left for waste pipes
whether fixtures are set or not, to defra1
the expenses of inspection, the filing o.
plans and experimenting the testing O.
the work.
Sec. B, Plans Will De dpplONSN u ~
jected within twenty-four (24) hours whe1
practicable, and under no circumstance
will a delay beyond ten C0) days be per
mitted.
Inspection
Sec. 9. No drainage work shall be GOV
cred or concealed in any way until a1tel
it has been examined and approved by TN
Plumbing Inspector. A notice must o.
sent to the Plumbing Inspector Wnen IN
work is sufficiently advanced for suci
inspection and test Immediately on com
pletion of the work, application must d
made for final inspection.
Under no circumstances snail SANITARY
plumbing work be used until the same ma
first been tested in the presence OF IN,
Plumbing Inspector, with the water test
or, if that is not practicable, with IN
peppermint, mercury. smoke or other reha
BILE test, and if said test is satisfactory NJ
shall issue a certificate to that effect.
When defective pipes are discovers
they shall be removed and replaced b
sound pipes. Defective joints shall D.
made tight and conform with the require
ments of this ordinance. osto
The failure on the part OF a mas!e
plumber to make said application LOT IN
spection or the violation OF any OF IN
provisions of this ordinance IN Inc md c IN,
failure to correct the fault after notlnca
ton, will be deemed sufficient cause Z
place his name on the dei1nquehs t Hso III
No master plumber shall construct o
alter a system of drainage, during tn
time his name appears on the said delln
quent list.
Main Drain
Sec. 10. When there is no sewer in tn
alley adjoining the lot on which a bulld
ing is placed and it is necessary to con
struct a private sewer to connect with
sewer on an adjacent street or alley. l
must be laid along the alley to the neares
street and down the roadway OF the Stree
to the nearest branch pipe, and no
through yards or private property wlthou
a special permit from the said propert1
owner.
Material for House Drain
Sec II. All drains within the walls o
buildings shall be of cast iron, wei
caulked leaden joints or wrought Irol
screwed joints, and shall be SO Iocateu d
The house drain within buildings shall b
securely hung on the cellar wall or prop
erly laid on brick piers. eight ~ meme
thick and not more than seven q zee