HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 16-1909 ORDINANCE NO. 16
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE REGRISTRATION OF PLUMBE~
AND PIPE LAYERS, FIXING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE
FOR THOSE ENGATED IN THE PLUMBING OR PIPE LAYING BUSINESS;
REGULATING PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE WORK; FIXING THE FEES
IN PAYMF~T THEREFOR AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
The Board of Trustees of the City of South San Francisco do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. No Person shall carry on c~ transact the Business of Plumbing or
oiDe laying within the limits of the City of South San Francisco, unless he shall have
first registered his name as a Plumber or Pipe layer, together with his place of busimess,
in the office of the Board of Health, and in the event of any change in his place of
business notice thereof must be immediately given by him to said Board cf Health.
SECTION 2. Every Person, fire or corporation must, before transacting or
carrying on the business of plumbing or pipe-laying within the limits of said City, and
before registering, execute a bond in favor of tbs City of South San Francisco, with
some good and reliable Surety Company in the sum of two Hundred nd Fifty Dollars
($250.00) conditioned for his or its faithful compliance with the orovisions of this
ordinance and all other ordinances of the City of South San Francisco relating to
plumbing or olumbers, pipe laying or pipe layers which may be in force at any time
during the term for which the hereinafter mentioned license may be issued. The
sufficiency of the said Bond shall be passed upon by the Board of Trustees and if
aporoved by said Board shall be file~ with the Clerk.
SF~TION 3. No Pl,~,bers or pipe layers License ahall be granted unless he
shall have first passed a satisfactory examination by the Board of Health as to his
qualifications as a nlumber or nipe layer, or shown by proper certificate or license,
that be is a qualified nlumberor pipe layer.
SECTION 4. It shall be unlawful for -.ny person, firm or corooration to
transact and carry on the busines~ of Plumbing or pipe laying in t.be City of South
San Francisco unless he or it has complied with the nrovisions of the three preceding
sections of %his ordinance and shall have obtained from the Board of Health a
certificate and license showing that fact.
SECTION 5e Ail licenses in this ordinance provided shall expire on the
30th day of June of each .~ear and every year, unless sooner revoked, and no license
shall be granted for more than one 2ear or the unexpired portion tbs reof. Upon the
ex~. iration of tbs yearly license, every plumber and nipe layer carrying on the
~usiness of plumbing or pipe laying shall, withf~ ten days thereafter, again register
and file a new Bond as provided in the preceding sections of this ordinance and secure
tbs license in this ordinance orovided. Any viol.~%,don of this ordinance shall be
sufficient cause for the revoking or suspending of the license of the plumber or pipe
layer viol~tjrg same by. the Board of Healths No plumber or pi~e layer shall alter or
construct a system of plumbing or pine laying during the time of the suspension cf
hfs liceDse. The Secretary of the Board of Health shall Meep a record of all licenses
issued,
SECTION 6. Whenever or wherever in this ordinance, the words plumbing
inspector or inspector are used, the same shall be read and construed as ~eading
Health Officer and the Health Officer shall perfom all the duties of, and receive
all fee~s allowed to the plumbing Inspector.
SECTION 7. In all cases in which it is required b~ any ordinance of the
City of South San Francisco that t~e Health Officer make inspection, the said Health
Officer shall have the right, to, demand and shall receive from the harry requiring
such insnection, the following fees for same;
For inspecting connections with City Sewers $ .50
For inspecting Building s 3.00
For inspecting House Sewer or Alterations .50
For inspecting Alterations or repair work in connection
with house drainage or ventin~ .50
Excepting the replacing of Trap to any fixture the
Insnectton fee for which shall be .50
Ordinance No. 16 Contir d
SECTION 8. Whenever the Health Officer is recuired to inspect any plumbing~
house drainage, house sewer, or City Sewer connection, he shall be given written notice
thereof by the plumber or nipe layer doing the work, and if upon such inspection the
said work is found to be inco~-~olete or not in condition to be passed upon, the plumber
or pipe layer giving such notice shall forfeit to the City the sum of One Dollar for
each and every visit of the Health Officer made necessary by such incomplete work,
which s aid sum shall be maid to the Health Officer by the plumber or pipe layer and
by him paid over to the City Treasurer.
SECTION 9. The fees by this Ordinance provided must be paid ~_n advance, by
the person having the work inspected, to the Health Officer, at the time the plans
~nd S~ecifications are deposited with the Health Officer or filed in the office of the
Board of Health, ss hereinafter provided as the case may be.
SE~,TION 10. The cost of all Sewer connections made on the main sewer of the
C~ty of South San Francisco, which shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) must be paid by the
property owner to the Health Officer who in turn shall pay the same over to the City
Tx?asurer, and the said connection shall be made by the City.
SECTION 11. It is hereby made obligatory on the part of all property owners
where main sewers are not yet provided to forthwith construct a good md sufficient
cesspool am~ maintain the same subject to inspection.
SECTION 12. The plumbing and drainage work of all buildings, both public
and private, hereafter erected with ~he limits of the City of South San Francisco shall
shall be constr~cted in strict accordance with the following requirements and specifica-
*,ions, and it shall be unlawful to construct them, or any of them, otherwise, to wit:
SUBD~TISION A. Ail ~aterial must be of good quality and free from
defects. The work must be done in a therough and workmanlike manner,
SUBDIVISION Be The arrangments of house sewer, house drain, soil,
waste and vent Dipes must be as direct as possible. Ail changes in the direction of
house sewer, drains, soil and wastePipes must be made with Y brances 1/16 / 1/6 or
1/8 bends. Offsets may be used, provided the angle they represent is not less than
that reoresented by 1/16th bends. Ail soil waste and vent pipes and traps shall
when practicable, be ex~_ osed to view for ready inspection at all times, and for
convenience in repairing; ~hen necessarily placed within partitions, or in recesses
of walls, soil, vents, and waste pipes should be covered wiSh wood work, so fastened
with screws as to be readily removed.
SUBDIVISION Ce Every building must be seperately and independently
connected with main sewer e~cept in cases where there may be a house in the rear of a
lot. In this case, it may be connected wi+~. the sewer of the house in front provided
that the old sewer will satisfactorily stand the teste
SUBD.TVISION D. The Sewer when it lies under the building, and for
two feet beyond the front wall, or of any area wall, must be of Standard cast iron.
Soil nipe and all fittings must be of the same material. Outside of the building line,
the sewer shall be continued to the main sewer in the street, either entirely with cast
iron nipe, or e~tirely with vitrified, salt glazed sewer pipe of the best qu~.lity.
SUBDIVISION E. The interior of the sewer must be free of all cement
and superflous material of every descript~n, as the work proceeds, for which purpose
a disc or swab, filling the entire bore of pipe and attached to rod sufficiently long
to pass two joints from the end of the pipe last laid. The cement mortar must be
composed of some approved brand of Portland Cement, mixed with sand, in the proportion
of one part cement and two parts of clean sand.
SUBDIVISION F. Ail Joints in cast iron pipes and fittings must be
made with suitable packing of oak~ twisted and rammed tightly in place, and run full
with molten lead and calked. The bells and spigots must be adjusted as to give a
uniform lead space all around and the lead must completely fill the rabbitt on the
bell end of nine. Before making the Joint ~he bell and spigot must be wiped ~teaned
and dry, and the joint be run at one po~.
Ordinance No. 16 ContUsed
SUBDIVISION G. All sewer and house drain pipes, when possible, must
have uniform fall, of not less than one quarter inch to the foot, and more if possible°
When not possible to secure one quarter inch fall to the foot, provision shall be made
for regular and efficient flushingp When practicable, the house drain pipes shall be
run along the cellar wall, if laid under the cellar or lowest floor of building, to
be run with iron hangers, securely fastened to floor Joists. When not possible to
run and fasten the c~st iron se,~er nipe, as abo~ directed, it may be run in a trench,
cut to a uniform grade.
SUBDIVISION H. Alls~wers of buildings abuting the sidewalk must have
a trap ri!aced either at the line, of curb of sidewalk, or immediately outside the area
wall under sidewalk.
SUBDIVISION I. Every house sewer must have a freshair inlet of not
less than Four (4) inch ~ine, and s~id inlet must be provided with an approved cover
or grating presenting an area of not less than sixteen (16) square inches of perforation.
Said air inlet shall be connected fa the house side of the trap and lead to outer area
wall terminating at a point not less than ten (10) feet from any door or windowe
SUBDIVISION J. The main trap at sidewalk shall have its fresh air inlet
flush with the surface of the sidewalk and be so constructed as to offer protection to
fhe trap from the introduction of foreign matter therein,
SUBDIVISION K. Heavy brass made threads, air tight clean outs of at
least 1/Sth of an inch in +~ickness with 3/16tbs of an inch thickness in ~he cover,
the same to have a solid cast head one and one half (1~) inch square and one inch in
height, shall be placed at the end of each horozontal line of~ain pipe. In no case
shall the cleanout provided for the main horozontal cast iron drain pipe be of a
diameter less than four (4) inches. In all other drains the cleanouts shall be of the
same size as pipes they serve.
SUBDIVISION L. Every soil andDrain pipe shall be of dipped, cast or
wrot:ght iron pipe, unless otherwise provided in ~his ordinance. All cast iron pipe
(unless otherwise provided in this ordinance) must be that known to the trade as
"Standard cast iron soil pipe" it must be made with hub and socket Joints; must be
nearly a circle in section, with the inner ami outer surfaces concentric. Ail
wrought iron pipe must be known to the trade as "Standard wrought iron pipe" with
screw Joints. Waste ~ipe may be of cast or wrought iron dipped pipe or lead. When
lead is used as branches to connect ~ith the cast or wrought iron pipe, said branches
shall not exceed five (5) feet in length and be of standard weight pipe. Where lead
ni~e is used to connect fixtures with vertical vent pipes, it must not be lighter than
that known to the trade as "E" and all lead pipes used for supply pipes must not be
lighter than that known to the trade as "E' pipe.
SUBDIVISION M. No soil pipe of a diameter less than four (4) inches
inside, shall be used and all soil and waste ~ipes must be properly fastened, and
secured with either heavy wrought iron straps or books, if hooks are to be used, they
shall be forged out of one piece of iron no{ welded.Straps or hooks must be placed
upon every joint of pipe, and when straps are used on outside of building they must
be fastened with screws.
~JBDIVISION N. Ail cast i~on, soil, drain or ~aste pipes and fittings
used under any building, when not of easy access for repair or inspection, shall ~e
"Extra Heavy". In every building of four (4) stories, or over, what is known to the
trade as "Extra Heavy' cast iron soil pipe" must be used for the sewer soil and waste
pipes and the fittings to the same ,mtst be extra heavy. The vent pipes may be of the
star~ard weight.
SUBDIVISION O. When either an old or new building is pZaced upon a
lot ~hich has an old sewer ~J~tbin the lines of any part of the foundation of said
building, such part of said sewer must be replaced with cast iron pipe run according
to the requirements of this ordinance.
SUBDIVISION P. Ail cast and wrought iron pipes and fittings, used as
soil, drain, or waste pipes must be asphal+~um dipped. Ail v~nts and fittings to same
shall be of galvanized wrought iron or asphaltum dipped. For short venting, lead
pine may be used.
Ordinance No. 16 Conti~..d
SUBDIVISION Q. When lead waste nipe is used it must intersect at the
same angles as given by y's 1/16th, 1/6 or 1/Sth bends. Ail connections with cast
or wrought iron must be made with brass ferrules of the same size as lead pi~e and
connected to same by a joint and be properly caulk~d into the fitting or opening
with oakum and molten lead, Short brass ferrules ~my be used only where it is
impracticable to wipe a Joint. Horizontal Joints must be made with long ferrules and
wiped Joints~
SUBDIVISION R. Every water closet, urinal, sink, basin or bath or
set of wash trays must be seperately and effectively trappede The traps must be placed
as near to the fixture as possible~ When the trap of any fixture is set more than
two feet from the vertical or horizontal line of a pipe, a return connection to trap
must in all cases be provided~ In no case shall the trap of one fixture connect with the
f~xture of anothere
SUBDIVISION S. Ail air oipes shall run of ~ndimin,~shed size, seperately
or combined, throuEh the roof and for one foot above the same and be left open, or they
may be connected with the s oil pine above the floorline at a point not le ss than (3)
three feet (--6) inches. Ail horizontal air pipes must have a continuous slope to avoid
collecting water by condensation. Ventilating pioes must be ~an with as few binds as
oossible, and the branches mustbe connected to main vent at an angle not greater than
Forty Five degrees and be increased in size every thirty (30) feet~ When combined, the
vent oioe~ must be increased in size according to the following table: Four (4) water
closets may be vented into a two and o~e ball inch branch vent, Single water closets
located in the basemen~ or first floor of a building, if the soil pipe drop does not
exceed ten feet must be vented with not lees than a two inch vent pipe for a distance
of thirty feet; When the vent is longer than thirty feet then the entire vent shall
be two and one half inch oi~e. Three wash basins, bath or similar fixtures must be
vented by not smaller than a two and one half inch verticle vent pi~ee Six similar
fixtures by not smaller than a two and one half inch vertic!e ventPipe~ Single on~
and one half inch traps must be vented by a one and one half inch vent pipe, ~ben the
vent does not exceed Twenty Five (25) feet, when it is in exeess of T~nty Five' (25)
feet, the entire m~in vent shall be of two inch pipe. When one and one half inch
horizontal vents are used on fixtures the said branch vents shall not exceed Five (5)
feet. In the calculation of the relation of basins, baths and similar fixt~lres, toward
water closets it shall be reconed that two basins or baths or similar fixtures shall
ee~al one water closet and so on at that ratto~
SUBDIVISION T. Where vent pipes branch into one another, and ~here
tbe~.~' branch into the soil pine, the branch fitting must be at least Three and One
half feet from the floor lines
SUBDIVISION U. Every verticle soil, waste ar~nt pipe (unless other-
wise provided by ordinance) must extend full bore one foot abo~ the roof or coping, and
be continued to a point at least ten feet above any opening of the house or any
adjoining building. No caps or cowls shall be affixed to the top of any ventilating
oipe, though a strong wire bask~t may be used. Intersepting traps must not be used.
SUB.~DIVISION V. Ther~ .shall be no traps placed at the foot of vertical
soil or waste pipes.
SI~DI~IISION ~. Slop boDpers set upon a wooden floor must be connected
to ~aste ~i~e with lead, wiped on to a brass ferrule and the same to be caulked. Ail
slo~ boooers must be provided with a suitable trap of not less than two inches in
diameter~ !6aen hoppers are set upon an outside porch, and the drop does not exceed
ten feet, a two inch vent may be used~ Bell traps may not be used in any case, and
no hopper shall be olaced inside any building or inclosed porche
SUBDIVISION X. No fixture shall have trap of a diameter less than one
and one half inches. Urinals shall not have a trap larger than one and one half inches
in diameters
SUBDIVISION Y. Every washout water closet must be back vented from the
trao above the floor line exceot when it is in the highest fixture and located within
two feet of the verticle soil oioe~
Ordinance No. 16 Cont.~ .~d
SUBDIVISION Z. Ail house sewer, house drain, soil~ waste and vent
pines and all drain pines inside and outside of a building, before being covered,
must have all onenings stopped, to be filled with water and allowed to s~nd until
insnected, (nrovided cement Joints may be lightly covered wi~h earth to nrevent
cracking of cement) said earth to be removed on request of the Inspector~ Ail
work shall be in ~s~ected by the Health O~fieer, as nlumbing inspector, and if satis-
factory to him he shall issue a proper certificate to that effect. Notice in writing
must be given the Health Officer as such plumbing inspector when the work is sufficiently
advanced for first inspection. When the pines have been inspected and tested in sections~
they shall be another insnection and test made ~hen connections are made with, or to
house sewere Immediately upon completion of work, and before the building is occupted~
notice must be given in writing for final inspection and such inspection aball be made
within twenty four (24) hours after sncb noticee
SUBDIVISION AA~ Ail ~ater closets within a building must be supplied
from seperate tanks or cisterns, the water of which shall be used for no other Durposee
A group of water closets may be sun, lied from one tank but water closets on different
floors shall not be supnlied from same tank. Hopper closets shall not be used inside
any building or enclosed porch. They may be used in yards, provided they are supplied
with tanks when wa%er closets are so constructed that the trap is part of the closet,
they must be all earthen~mre, or enameled iron or a combination of these materials~
Ail water closet receivers must be of earthenware or enameled iron. Iron stone, stone~
cement, brick wooden or porus substance must not be used. When a water closet is
situated in a yard, ten or more feet from and not connected with the main building~
the trap to same need not be ~nted~
SUBDIVISION BB. Wooden sinks or wooden stationary wash trays on the
nremises of any residence are forbidden~
SUBDIVISION CC. Sinks in butcher shoos, hotels, .~aundries~ and
boarding houses shall be provided with a suitable grease trap of not less than fi~.e
gallons caDacity~ Ail carriage wash rooms connected with the sewer system must be
provided with proper means for intercepting mud~
SUBDIVISION DD. When a building has been inspeCted and the nlumbing
work condemned by the Health Officer, as being in an unsanitary condition, notice
must be given in writing, to that effect informing the agent or o~ner, of said building~
what character of repairs or imnrovements must be made, and that any objection to the
renairs or improvements ordered must be filed in the office of the Board of Health
within a period of five (5) days and if objections are not so made or filed the alterations
must be m~de as directede If objections are so made, the agent or owner shall be heard
by the Board of Health, and their decision shall be final and conclusive as to the
repairs and alterations to be madee
SUBDIVISION EE. No Soil, Waste, leader or ~nt pipes shall be
into brick~ stone or concrete walls. When necessary to conceal pipes of this class~
they must be run in s~itable reveals and recesses~
SU~IVISION FF. Work must be ready for inspection, when notice is
sent to the Health Officer. The failure on the part of a plumber or pipe layer to
make application for first or final inspection, or the violation of any of the
provisions of this ordinances, in the construction of any plumbing work, or
laying and the failure on his Dart to correct the fault, after notification shall be
deemed sufficient cause to have his license suspended for such length of time as the
Boa rd of Health may deem nroper.
SUBDIVISION GG. The drainage and plumbing of all buildings both
public and nrivate, hereafter erected within the City, ahall be executed in accordance
with plans previously filed in the ~ealth Office, and duly approved by the Board of
Health in writing. Every plumber must, before doing any new work in ~y building file
plans and spec~_fications of the same in the Health Office correctly describing in
detail the ~rk to be done.
SUBDIVISION HH. Ail alterations and repairs made in house drainage
system venting or sewerage, in connection with any building, shall be inspected by the
Health Officer and when necessary and practicable receive the water test.
Ordinance No. 16 Cont'~ ~ed
SUBDIVISION II. In removing the section of pipe care must be taken
not to disturb in ~ny way the adjoining sections. Ail cement m~st be removed from the
ends of the removed pipes, and all work must be done to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Streets. In back filling of trenches material must be tamped
throughly wet down. No connections shall be closed until inspected by the Health
Officer, amd a certificate issusd by him to the effect that the connection is in
accordance with the requirements of this ordinance. The Health Officer shall be paid
in advance by the person having such connection made, a fee of f~fty cents, for each
tnsnection in this section required.
SUBDIVISION JJ. Unless otherwise ordered by the Beard of Health the
house sewer ~ipe shall be four (4) inches inside diameter and weigh not less than
nine (9) pounds to the lineal foot. Ail house sewers must have the water test applied,
before being accepted by the Health Officer.
SECTION 13. The installation of, and the alteration of, or change in, the
pl,~mbing work or fixtures in any oldor new building, or buildim~s shall notre done,
until application shall have been made to the Health Officer, as plumbing inspector,
and a permit issued. Said permit shall be substantially in the following form
to wit..
Office of the Board of Health
Plumbing permit No.
Permission is hereby given Mr. to construct,
alter, repair or install a system of olumbing on the premises
of Mr. at No. Street.
Board of Health
Per
Seczetary
SECTION 14. For the purpose of revenue and re,relation, every person, firm
or corooration transacting and carrying on the business of pipe laying or plumbing
within the limits of the City of South San Francisco shall nay an annual licanse tax
of Ten (!0) Dollars oer annum, for conducting and carrying on said business; said
license tax shall be paid in advance to the City Marshal, and before the license
orovided for in this ordinance is issued by the Board of Health.
SECTION 15. Any oerson, firm or corporation, violating any of the
orovisions of ~his ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred (100)
Dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days.
SECTION 16. This ordinance shall be published once in "The Enterprise· a
w~ekly newspaper, printed and oublished in the City of South San Francisco, and shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage, Introduced the 1st day of
February 1909. Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Frmucisco,
at a regular meeting of' the Board of Trustees of the City of South San Francisco,
this 15th day of February 1909 by the following vote:
Ayes and in favor of the oassage of said ordinance Trustees Thomas
Hickey, Herman Gaerdes, and Andrew Hyr~ing
Noes, and against the passage of sa~d ordinance Trustees: Daniel
McSweeney and Harry Edwards
Absent Trustees: None
ANDREW HYNDING
President of the Board of Trustees
WILLIAM J. SMITH
Clerk of the City of South San Francisco
I hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed copy of ordinance No. 16~
Entitled "An Ordinance Requiring the Regristration of Wlumbers and pice layers; fixing
the requirements for a license for those engaged in the plumbing or pipe laying business,
regulating plumbing and Drainsge work; Providing for the inspection of plumbing and
Ordinance
Drainage work; Fixing the Fee's in p~ment therefore and oroviding a penalty for
violation is a true and correct cony of said ordinance and that the said ordinance
No. 16 was duly passed and adop%ed as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco
by the Board of Trustees of said City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of
said Board held on Monday the 15th day of February 1909, and that the same has been
published according to law and as directed and required by said ordinance to wit:
once in '~he Enterorise" a weekly ne~wspaoer printed and published in the City of South
S~u Fra~cisc o.
Witness my hand, ~nd the seal of the City of South San Francisco, this
25th day of February 1909.
~ILLIAM J. SMITH
Clerk of the City of South San Francisco
and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of
Trustees of Said City