The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-10
T RI e p L U M G C o D E
Of the City of Somers Point. NJ. j

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Somers Point, by virtue of the provisions
of the act of the Legislature of the State
Of New Jersey, entitled A Act to es-
and a Bureau of Vital Statistics, and to
define their respective powers and du-
ties approved March 81, 1887, the sew
eral supplements and amendments there
to and of the other acts, doth ordain.
Master and Foreman Plumber to Register
and Obtain License.
Section l. That every person, firm or
corporation engaged in business or doing
work as a master and foreman plumber
shall before doing any plumbing work
whatsoever within the City of Somers
Point appear in person at the office of
the Board of Health and register his,
their or it's name and place OF business
upon blank forms to be furnished by said
Board, make and execute unto the City
of Somers Point a bond in the sum of
Two Hundred Dollars 5000 with sufii-
Gent security to be approved by said
Board of Health conditioned for the prop
er observance and faithful performance,
in accordance with the ordinances, rules
and regulations of said Board of Health,
by said plumber of all the plumbing work
done by him, them or it within the said
City of Somers Point, and obtain from
said Board a plumbers license. No per-
son, firm or corporation shall engage in
business or do work as a master and
foreman plumber within the said city
without having first obtained q plumbers
license from the Board of Health,
For the better protection and preserva-
ton of health and property in Somers
GOlnI against directive plumD1ng; that
no person, firm or corporation not now
registered or licensed, shall hereafter en-
gage in any work as a Master Plumber
within Somers Point unless he or they
shall first obtain a master plumbers Ii
cense and be registered; that for the pur-
pose OF determining the qualifications of
an applicant for a master plumbers Ii
cense and for the issuing thereof, there
is hereby created an examining board
which shall consist of the Plumbing In
speetor of Somers Point. one Master
P11nhpr and N Tntrrpn pur,or Dltt,,ha
to be elected by the Board of Health, and
who shall hold their office for the term
OF the calendar year. Applications for a
license shall be made upon blanks pro-
vided for that purpose and be accompa-
MED by a fee of five $500 Dollars to
cover the cost of examination; the exam
and certify all who shall qualify to the
Board of Health, which may thereupon,
on the payment of a license fee of ten
$50. 00) dollars, and the filing of the bond
required by the City of Somers Point
Plumbing Code, issue a license and reg
istration certification good for the then
calendar year. Hereafter all licenses and
registration of Master Plumbers shall eX-
pire January LIST. Licenses may, at the
discretion of the Board of Health, be re-
newed upon the payment of two $4,000
dollars for the calendar year.
All firms or corporations applying for
registration and license shall present
their manager or foreman plumber to
take the examination above required.
Plan, Drawings and Written Description
of Drainage of Building to be Filed.
Section 2. That before any portion of
the plumbing and drainage system of any
building shall be constructed, altered or
extended there shall be filed in the office
of the Board of Health on material fur
nished by the Board, a plan in drawing
Gin ink and written description thereof,
signed by the owner, showing the said
plumbing and drainage system entire,
from it's connection with the sewer or
cesspool throughout the entire building,
together with the location of all fixtures,
traps, ventilation pipes and other parts
of system and a permit issued therefor.
Inspector to Approve Plans, Etc.
Section 3. That no portion of plumbing
or drainage work shall be executed until
plans and drawings and written descrip-
ton thereof shall have been approved in
writing by the Inspector of Plumbing and
a permit issued, and before approval said
plans, drawings and descriptions shall be
signed by the plumber. The work must
be executed strictly in accordance with
the approved plans and drawings and de-
scriptions and after a plan has been APP
proved, no alteration or change of the
same shall be made except upon the
written application of the owner, approx
ed by the Inspector in writing.
Section 4. No opening shall be made
in, or connection made to the public sew
erage system, without a permit first had
and obtained, and no permit shall be is
sued for a connection to the public sewer
without a certificate of inspection by an
Inspector OF the Board of Heaitn Of the
drainage system to be connected.
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Section ., When the plan of any plum
bling and drainage system is filed in the
office of the Board of Health, a fee of
fifty cents for each of the first ten fix
lures and twenty-five cents for each ad-
ditional fixture 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 ex-
penses of inspection, the filing of plans
and experimenting the testing of the
work
INSPECTION,
Section 6. No drainage work shall be
covered or concealed in any way until
after it has been and approved
by a Board OF Health Inspector, and no.
tice must be sent to the Board of Health
in writing, when the work is sufficiently
advanced for such inspection: and imme-
diately on the completion of the. work,
application must be made for final in
spection and test.
Any portion of a drainage system put
in and covered up or concealed, without
first being inspected and approved, must
be uncovered and exposed for inspection
and examination when required by an
inspector.
Testing.
Section 4. Under no circumstance
shall sanitary plumbing work be used
until the same has first been tested in
the presence of the inspector with air at
a pressure of not less than five 90 pounds
to the SQUARE inch, and if said test is
satisfactory he shall issue a certificate to
that effect. The inspector shall carry a
properly tested gauge.
me water department Tor the purpose
OF testing shall temporarily turn on the
water when the certificate of the inspec-
tor is presented.
When defective pipes are discovered
they shall be removed and replaced by
sound pipes; defective joints shall be
made tight, and every part of the work
in which defects are found shall be made
to conform to the requirements of this
ordinance.
All tests shall be made by the Master
or foreman plumber, under the direction
nj nnd in tho nnaoaan Af fhA a,AA%
The inspector shall forthwith give notice
of any defects in either material or labor,
unauthorized changes or alterations. and
such defects shall be forthwith corrected
by the Master or foreman plumber or
owner. All materials and labor must be
approved by an Inspector of the Board of
Health before a final certificate will be
issued.
No drainage system shall be used until
after an Inspector of the Board of Health
shall nave made a final inspection and
issued a certificate of approval.
Coating of Pipes.
Section s. NOTE-After the test has
been approved by the Inspector, iron
drain or soil pipes may be tar coated.
ed to cast iron soil or drain pipes until
test has been applied and approved by
the Inspector.
DWELLINGS to be Separately Connected.
Section o. Every house or building
shall be separately and independently
connected with the street sewer or main
drain on a private alley, and every house
shall be separately vented.
No cold air bos for a furnace shat! be
so placed that it can by any possibility
draw air from this inlet pipe.
Main Drain.
Section 10. Where there is no sewer
in the street on which the building faces,
and it is necessary to construct a private
sewer to connect with a sewer on an adj
jacent street or avenue, it must be laid
outside of property line and not through
yards or under houses. without a special