Evening star., 1951-05-01
OFFICIAL NOTICES

OF COLUMBIA, washington, D. G.
fective this date, the PLUMBING
CODE is hereby amended as follows !:
Delete the present Section 606 OF
Part V-Water Supply and Distri-
lieu thereof the following: Sec.
506 (a) No permit for a water supply
to any property shall be issued until
all outstanding charges for water
consumed at the premises have been
paid and the applicant shall have
the Water Division for removal from
the public main of all abandoned
taps or connections formerly supply
ing. the property or any part thereof,
including those taps or connections
becoming abandoned following the
introduction Of the new supply. The
applicant shall have the option; sub
regulations. Of % excavating and
exposing the tap or connection (for
removal by the Water Division at
no charge) and backfllling the ex-
cayation; or (2) deposing with the
of the fee fixed by the Superintend-
ent Of the Water Division from time
to time for the performance of all
work in connection with the removal
OF such tap or connection. Under
option % the applicant shall be
permits and for repairs to pave
ments. In the case. of connections
larger than two inch. removal will
be accomplished by the Water d.
vision and deposit shall be made In
the amount Of estimate to be sup
case. Cb) No permit shall be issued
for temporary or special use of
water through q tap or connection
until the applicant in addition to
complying with the requirements of
pparag,rtapph pparas,tapp ,al Sal above shall have
established fee for tap removal, or
the estimated cost OF removal of
the connection to be applied upon
termination of such use. applicant
maS appy for Tefannd n9n sRoVe NS eerm ana
for razing a building shall be issued
until the applicant shall have paid
all outstanding charges for water
consumed at the premises and shall
have deposited with the Collector
established sa IS If fee .9 Or ot t Che &, estimated
connections formerly supplying the
premises. If the service pipe is
definitely recorded as being OF a
Sbng 1ype currently dds permitted lite by the
antieipates reusing it to supply new
construction on the property. the
approval Of tthe Plumbing In
spector" and removal Of the tar
or connection deferred. until com;
which time the deposit will be re.
funded if the old service is reused
Where two or more lots are inte-
grated into one property, no .razinG
permit for any building. thereon
shall be issued until deposit is made
Of all abandoned taps or connec-
tions formerly supplying any por.
tion Of such integrated property
Id. Whenever an abandoned service
Is found to be leaking or defective
the owner Of the. property which
within fiye l5l days Of notice from
for tap, or connection removal a:
provided in paragraph (a) above
Written notice addressed to the
owner OF. record as shown in the
records Of the Assessor; D. C.. shall
bed be deemed g ed, sufficient for the pur-
authorize removal Of such tap OF
connection without notice to the
property owner when in bis judg-
ment the, condition Of the service
pipe results in a hazard to life OF
property. In the event the owner
does, not comply with the notice, OF
IL the Superintendent. Water Di-
vision. determines that such aban-
doned service constitutes q hazard
70 life or property, the tap OF
connection thereof shall be removed
by the. Water Division and the cost
Of such removal shall be charged
to, and collected from the owner
Se) The owner of property supplied
ny any service may be required BY
tae Superintendent. Water Division,
70 disconnect such service In &C
cordance with the option set forth
IN paragraph (a) above If "a the
service pipe has not been used for q
period of one year and no Imminent
use is apparent; and t2) the service
pipe was installed prior to 1880;
and (3) the service pipe Is moi
definitely recorded as being of 9
type currently permitted by the
Plumbing Code. j. r. YOUNG, F
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