The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-16
Be It Ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
 Waterbury:

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 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, inflam- mable or explosive liquid gas, va. DOT, substance or material of any kind liable to explosion. The pro- vision of this 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 l (or) other auto vehicles and every | filling station, service station or covered 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 1 ed drains to drain pits, floors and surfaces in such manner that no drainage therefrom shall flow over any walk, way. street, alley or paved approach.
 | c. A display room with wood, | marble, tile or other ungraded floor surface used solely for the display of dead cars far sale, shall be ex- empted from the requirements of this regulation.
 D. A private garage on the rear | of a lot and used in connection
 with a dwelling on the front there
 of or adjacent thereto shall be
 exempted from the requirements of
 this regulation provided no water,
 supply, either temporary or per-
 manent, is introduced into the
 structure, and provided that auto-
 mobiles or other auto vehicles are
 neither serviced, 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 four months from
 the passage of this Ordinance, for the purpose of intercepting such
 inhammable fluids, and preventing the same from passing into the
 sanitary and storm water sewers
 of the City of Waterbury.
 SECTION 3.
 These SEPARATIONS shall not receive the discharge of any wa ter-closet, rain leader, yard, court
 or area drain. They must be con- nected by a 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 a pipe at least 3 inches in diameter properly connected to
 a vent stack in the building or
 carried independently above the
 roof.
 SECTION 4.
 Drains to the SEPARATOR shall be so arranged as to intercept all
 oil, gasoline or other inflammable
 fluids for the purpose of excluding
 same from the sewerage system.
 Such accumulated oils and other IlHuhIIlkIIdUl6 uQAO6 6lldA DS PuhkPOo or otherwise removed from the and drains and SEPARATIONS must at all times be, so maintained
 as to insure the exclusion of in- Iflammable fluids from the sewerage
 system. They shall also be kept free of sand, silt and other solids
 and shall be subject to periodi-
 cal inspection.
 SECTION 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 OH and gasoline from
 drainage water of at least 95 %. | c. The SEPARATOR shall be so designed as to segregate the oil and | gasoline in the SEPARATOR in a manner to prevent disturbance of the incoming flow of drainage. | D. SEPARATIONS are to be | designed so as 10 prevent self | tSIDuOHdSG OI OAA eA0 gasoline into the sewerage system. | so constructed as to be accessible for easy and regular cleaning. F. SEPARATOR must be so de- signed as to absolutely prevent sewer air, oil or gasoline fumes from leaving the SEPARATOR through the inlet pipe. c. SEPARATOR must demon strate by test the impossibility of l infiammable liquids or vapor ig- hitting at drain basin. SECTION 6.
 Any person installing said SEP ARATOR shall apply to the l Plumbing 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 fee of two dollars (s2.0O) shall | be charged and collected by said plumber making the installation of said SEPARATOR.
 SECTION 2.
 | Annually, the Plumbing Inspec- | tor of the City of Waterbury shall inspect said garages, filling sta tions, dry cleaning, or other build ing where kerosene, gasoline, and infiammable 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 a fee of one dollar ($1.00) from the user or occupant where said SEP ARATOR is installed. SECTION 8.
 All fees collected by said Plumb | ing Inspector shall be turned over | to the Tax Collector who shall de- posit the same with the City Treas urer.
 SECTION 0.
 Every day after the time limited | by this Ordinance for installing said SEPARATOR. shall be