The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17


 TTrN TNEI,AHEAzABEE LIQUID.
 GAS OR VAPOR, IN ANH or
 THE SEWERS IN THE. CITY
 or WATERBURY. Be It Ordained by the Board of
 Aldermen of the City of
 Waterbury:
 SECTION 1.
 A. No person shall make or maintain any connection with, or shall cause to enter or flow into, any sanitary or storm water sewer or appurtenances thereof whereby there may be conveyed into the same any hot, suffocating, infiam- mable or explosive liquid gas, va DOT, substance or material of any kind liable to explosion. The pro- vision of thiss paragraph shall not apply to water from ordinary hot water boilers of residences or other buildings.
 B. Every garage and (or) other structure for the housing, sale and (or) repair of automobiles and (or) other auto vehicles and every filling station, service station or or uncovered space or lot on which automobiles or other auto vehicles are serviced or washed unless specifically exemp. herein shall be provided with suf- ficient and suitable sewer connect ed drains to drain pits, floors and surfaces in such manner that no drainage therefrom shall How over any walk, way, street, alley or paved approach.
 c. A display room with a wood, tile or other ungraded floor surface used solely for the display of dead cars far sales shall be ex- empted from the requirements of this regulation.
 D. A private garage on the rear of lot and used in connection with dwelling on the front tiiere- of or adjacent thereto shall be exempted from the requirements Of this regulation provided no water, either temporary or per- is introduced into the structure, and provided that auto- or other auto vehicles are neither service9, repaired nor washed therein or adjacent there- to.
 SECTION ?.
 Tn all garages, filling stations, or other buildings, except residences and stores, wherein kerosene, gas- oline and infiammable oils are used or sold, a SEPARATOR must be installed within Tour months from the passage of this Ordinance, for the purpose of intercepting such infiammable fluids, and preventing the same from passing into the and storm water sewers of the City of Waterbury. 3.
 These SEPARATIONS shall not receive the discharge of any wa rain leader. yard, court or area drain. They must be con- nected by Y branch in the house drain or behind the house trap in such a manner that they will not interfere with the house drain and the rest of the plumbing and drainage system; and shall be vented by 0 pipe at least 2 inches in diameter properly connected to a vent stack in the building or carried independently above the roof. 4.
 Drains to the SEPARATOR shall be so arranged as to intercept all oil, gasoline or other infiammable fluids for the purpose of excluding same from the sewerage system Such accumulated oils and other fluids shall be pumped or otherwise removed from the at regular intervals and drains and SEPARATIONS must at all times be so mai4tained as to insure the exclusion Of in- fluids from the sewerage system. They shall also be kept free of sand. silt and other solids and shall be subject to a periods cal inspection. < 5.
 Approval of SEPARATIONS to be installed is based on the follow ing standards:
 A. The usage of SEPARATIONS built of brick, cement or other por- ous materials is prohibited.
 B. SEPARATIONS shall be in- stalled which demonstrate by ac- tual test an efficiency in the separ- ation of oil and gasoline from drainage water of at least 95%.
 c. The SEPARATOR shall be SC designed as to segregate the oil and gasoline in the SEPARATOR in a manner to prevent disturbance of the incoming flow of. drainage.
 D. SEPARATORS arc to bs designed so as to prevent self of accumulated oil and gasoline into the sewerage system.
 E. The SEPARATOR must be so constructed as to be accessible for easy and regular cleaning.
 F. SEPARATOR must be so do. signed as to absolutely prevent sewer air, oil or gasoline fumes from leaving the SEPARATOR through the inlet pipe.
 e. SEPARATOR must demon strate by test the ii1possibiiity of liquids or vapor ig- hitting at drain basin.
 SECTION 6.
 Any person installing said SEP shall apply to the Inspector of the City of Waterbury, for permission to in stall said SEPARATOR, and all work done. in relation thereto. shall be under the control. supervision and approval of the Plumbing In spector.
 A fec Of two dollars ($2.00) shall be charged and collected by said Plum ping Inspector from the plumber making the installation of said SEPARATOR.
 T.
 Annually, the Plumbing Inspec- tor of the City of Waterbury shall inspect said garages. filling sta- tions, dry cleaning, or other huild- ing where kerosene. gasoline and oils are used and sold to determine that this Ordinance IS not being violated, and after such inspection said Plumbing In- spector shall charge and collect q fee of one dollar ($f.00) from the user or occupant where said SEP ARATOR is installed.
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