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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 534-1965 ORDINANCE NO. ~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ESTAB- LISHING ~RULES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING FIXTURES AND APPLIANCES IN SAID CITY; PRO- VIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; REPEALING ORDINANCES NOS. 188, 319, 389 AND 508; 'AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE WESTERN PLUMBING OFFICIALS UNIFORM PLUMB- ING CODE - 1964 EDITION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: ADOPTION OF UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE 1964 EDITION, EX- CEFI' FOR CERTAIN SECTIONS, SUBSECTIONS, PARTS OF SECTIONS, DEFINITIONS AND APPENDICES: Ail of the provisions of the Western Plumbing Officials Uni- form Plumbing Code, 1964 Edition, including appendices thereto, adopted at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Western Plumbing Officials Association, October 1963, hereinafter called "Plumbing Code", are hereby adopted and made a part of this Ordin- ance as though fully set forth herein, except the following sec- tions or parts thereof, which are shown as amendments, providing for deletions, additions or modifications. The substance of the amendments providing for additions or modifications is set forth in SECTION II of this Ordinance. AMENDED CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS DESCRIPTION SEC. 1.1 SEC. 1.2 SEC. 1.3 SEC. 1.4 (10) . ....... Of the Plumbing Code shall not be part of this article SEC. 1,7 SEC. 1.10 (a) SEC. 1.10 (b) AMENDED CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS DESCRIPTION SEC. 1.12 SEC. 2.2 SEC. 2,3 through SEC. 2.10 . . . Of the Plumbing Code~all not be part of this article CHAPTER 1 DEFINITION Bathroom (Private use) . . . · · New definition Condensate Waste New definition ~ori~ontal ~ipe ~ertical ~i~e C~ER 2 SEC. 201 (k) ..... . . . . . Of the Plumbing Code shall not be par~ of this article s~c. 203 (c) C~PTER 3 SEC. 302 SEC. 310 (e),~, · · · · · · · · · New paragraph (h) added C~ER ~ TABLE ~'3. · · · . · · · · · · · Add[t[o~a~ Foot~ote to Table ~-3 a~d ~e~ Table ~-3 (a) added SgC. 606 C~PTER 6 SEC. 608 C~ER 7 SEC. 702 (c) :~:~-'~:~ ::'~: ::'~" ~?' '?:' ~ ~*~ ~ C~ER lO SEC. ~O03 . · · · · · · · · · · · New paragraph (p) added SEC. 1005 . . . . . . · · · · · · New paragraph (f) and (g) added sec' ~007 (b) SSC. ~OO8 (a) SSC. ~S (~) (~) e CHAPTER 11 SEC. 1103 . . . . .... . ....... New paragraph I~ added SEC. 1107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New paragraph added CHAPTER 13 SEC. 1310 .... · · . · . · ...... New paragraph (d) added (SEC. 1325) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Section 1325 (CHAPTER 14) . . . ..... . . . . . . New Chapter 14, on Rainwater Drainage (CHA~ER~'i~) Ne Ch pt .: 'Swimming Pool APPENDIX D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Of the Plumbing Code shall not. be part of this article Three certified copies of said Code shall be filed and kept in the office of the City Clerk, as required bylaw, during the time this Ordinance is in effect, except that after adoption of this' Ordinance one of said copies may be kept in the, office of the Chief Building Official instead of the City Clerk's office. SECTION II. SECTIONS, SUBSECTIONS, PARTS OF SECTIONS AND DE- ~'INITIONS ADDED: The following sections, subsections and parts of sections, which shall read as hereinafter stated, are hereby adopted, and added to the Western Plumbing Officials Uniform Plumbing Code - 1964 Edition, which was adopted by SECTION I of this Ordinance. PART ONE: SEC. 1.1 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND ASSISTANTS Whenever the term "administrative authority" is used in this code, it shall be construed to mean Chief Building Inspector or his authorized representative. SEC. 1.2 ASSISTANTS Whenever the term "assistants" is used in this code, it shall be construed to mean the Building Inspector or 3. Assistant Building I~spectors. SEC. 1.3 DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION Unless otherwise provided by law, the office of the Administrative Authority shall be part of the Building De- partment except that for the purposes of Secs. 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118 and 1119, ad- ministration shall be under the Department of Public M~alth and Welfare, as the duly authorized Health Department of the City. Secs. 15OO et ~eq. shall be under the joint administ- ration of the Building Department and the Department of Pub- lic Health and Welfare of San Mateo County, as the duly author- ized Health Department of the City. SEC. 1.7 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, install, alter, repair, equip, use, move or maintain any plumbing system and/or appliances, or drainage systems and/or appliances, or cause the same to be done, con- trary to or in violation of this Ordinance, the Code adopted thereby or any provisions thereof. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance or Code thereby adopted shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which said violation is committed, permitted or continued, and upon conviction of any such violation shall be punish- able' by a fine of not less than ~wenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) or by imprisonment for not exceedin$ six (6) months, or by both such fine and i~prisonment. The issuance or $~anting of a per~it or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent the Administrative Authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and speci- fications or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this code or of any other ordinance or from revoking any Certificate of Ap- proval when issued in error. Every permit issued by the Administrative Authority under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void, if the work authorized by such per- mit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the date of issuance of such permits or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of sixty (60) days. Before such work may be reco~=enced, a new permit shall be first obtained to do so. SEC. 1.10 TO WHOM PERMITS MAY BE ISSUED (a) No permit shall be issued to any 'person to do or cause to be done any plumbing or drainage work regulated by this Code, except to a person holding a valid unexpired and unrevoked Plumbing Contractor's License issued by the State of California, except when and as otherwise herein- after provided in this section. (b) No permit shall be issued to any person to do or cause to be done any sewer or private sewage disposal system work regulated by this code, except to a person holding a valid unexpired and unrevoked Sewer and Sewage Disposal Con- tractor's License issued by the State of California, except when and as otherwise hereinafter provided in this section. SEC. 1.12 COST OF PERMIT (a) Every.applicant for a permit tOatmstall, add to, alter, relocate or replace a plumbing or drainage system or part thereof, shall state in writing on the application form provided for that purpose the character of the work proposed to be done and the amount and kind in connection therewith, together with such information pertinent thereto as may be required. (b) Any perxon who shall commence any plumbing work for which a permit is required by this code without first having obtained a permit therefor shall, if subsequently permitted to obtain'a permit, pay double the permit fee fixed by this section for such work, provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority that such work was urgently necessary and that it was not practical to obtain a permit therefor before the commencement of the werk. In all such cases a permit must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such permit, a deuble fee as herein provided shall be charged. (c) For the purpose of this section, a sanitary plumb- ing outlet on or to which a plumbing fixture or appliance may be set or attached shall be construed to be a fixture. Fees for reconnection and retest of existing plumbing systems in relocated buildings shall-be based on the number of plumb- ing fixtures, gas systems, water heaters, etc. involved~ (d) When interceptor traps or house trailers site traps are installed at the same time as a building sewer on any lot, no sewer permit shall be required for the connection of any such trap.to an appropriate inlet fitting provided in the building sewer by the permittee constructing such sewer. (e) When a permit has been obtained to connect an existing building or existing work to the public sewer or to connect to a new private disposal facility, backfilling of private sewage disposal facilities abandoned consequent to such connection is included in the building sewer permit. (f) Such applicant shall pay the fees as hereinafter set forth: 1. At the time of the issuance of the Building Permit, the Building Inspection Department shall, in conjunction with the collection of the Building Permit, Fee, require the payment of. the Plumbing Permit Fee. 2. Should the nature of the plumbing work not be known at the time of the issuance of the Building Per- mit, the minimum permit fees may then be based on the valuatiom of the proposed construction as set forth in the following schedule entitled "PLUMBING. PERMIT FEES SCHEDULE OF FLAT RATES" SEC. 1.12 (f)~3, provided further that prior to the Building Inspector making a final inspection, the Plumbing Permit shall be revised .by computing the Permit Fees as set forth in subsection (f)4 of SEC.I.12, and any additional Plumbing Permit Fees so computed shall then be paid to the Building Inspection Department by the permittee. 3. PLUMBING PERMIT FEES SCHEDULE OF FLAT RATES. BUILDING VALUATION. For building valuation to and including $1,OOO.OO . . . $ 5.00 For additional $1,0OO.00 or fraction thereof to and including $25,000.00........... · . $ 1.OO For all valuation exceeding $25,OOD.OO . . . . .... $35.00 4. Provisions as set forth in the UNIFORM ~LUMBING C~DE, 1964 Edition SCHEDULE OF FEES *For issuing each permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2.00 In addition - For each ptumbin~ fixture or trap or set of fix- tures on one trap (including water, drainage piping and backflow protection therefor) . . . . . . 1.50 For each building sewer and each trailer park sewer . . 5.00 Rainwat 'syst per drain 200 er ems - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For each Cesspool . .... · · . . . . . .... ... 5.00 For each private sewage disposal system ..... . . . 10.~O For each water heater and/or vent . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 For each gas piping system of one (1) to five ($) outlets 1 50 For each gas pipin~ system of six (6) or more, per outlet~.. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .30 For each industrial'waste pre-treatment interceptor, including its trap and vent, excepting kitchen type grease interceptors functioning as fixture traps 1.OO For installation, alteration, or repair of water pip- ing and/or water treating equipment ......... 1.50 For repair or alteration of drainage or vent piping . . 1.50 e . For each lawn sprinkler system on any one meter including backflow protection devices therefor . . 2.00 For vacuum breakers or backflow protective devices on tanks, vats, etc. or for installation on unprotected plumbing fixtures including neces- sary water piping- one (1) to five (5) . . . . . 2.00 Over five (5) each . . . . . . . ....... . . . . .30 *For issuing each Home Owner Permit .... . . . . . . 3.00 For each swimming pool - public . . · ........ 10.00 - private ....... . . . 5.00 For each gas appliance For the first 1OO,OOO BTU . . · · . . . . . . . . 1.50 For each additional 1OO,000 BTU or fraction thereof...................... 1.OO For each extra inspection made necessary by defective workm~nship or materials . . . . . . . 5.00 For each trailer space . . . . . . ..... . . . 3.00 * Fee for issuing permit shall not be charged for 'the replacement of water heaters and gas ranges PART TWO: SEC. 2.2 GENERAL PROVISIONS It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, carry .on or engage in the business of plumbing or act in the capacity of a 'plumbing contractor without first securing a valid State of California Plumbing Contractor' s License. CHAPTER~I~ = DEFINITIONS: Bathroom (Private use): A room containing a bath ~ub, show- er, or water closet, installed individually or as a single group in residences, apartments, hotels, hospitals, or rest rooms in com- 10. mercial establishments where the fixtures are intended solely for the use of the occupants or family. Condensate Waste: Waste water caused bY the formation o£ moisture on the outside of coils or other surfaces. , First Floor: The first floor is the ground ~loor, or the slab floor above the garage, basement, or crawl space. Horizontal Pipe: A horizontal pipe is any pipe. or fitting which is installed in a horizontal POSition or which makes an angle of more than seventy-two (72) degrees with the vertical. Vertical Pipe: A vertical pipe is any pipe or fitting which is installed in a vertical position, or which makes an angle of not more than seventy-two (72) degrees with the vertical. CHAPTER 2: SEC. 203. USE OF COPPER TUBING (c) Copper tube for water piping shall have a weight of not less than that of copper water tube Type L. Type M copper tubing may be used for water piping when piping is above ground and the normal pressure does not exceed 1OO pounds and the working temper- ature does not exceed 210° F. CHAPTER 3: SEC' 302. CONNECTION TO PLUMBING SYSTEM REQUIRED All plumbing fixtures, drains, appurtenances and appliances used to receive or discharge liquid wastes or sewage shall be con- nected properly to the drainage system of the building or premises, 11. in accordance with the requirements of this code. The arrangement of all sewer, soil, waste and drainage pipe lines shall be as direct as possible and grouped at a point eot to exceed three (3) feet beyond the wall of the building or buildings nearest~he main sewer ia the street, alley or easement, and shall have a tcontinuous fall of ant less than one-quarter (%) inch per foot, except as provided in SEC. llO6(a). SEC. 310. PROHIBITED FITTINGS AND PRACTICES (e) No fitting, connection, device or method of installation which obstructs or retards the flow of water, wastes, sewage or air ia the drainage or venting systems in aa amount greater than the normal frictional resistance to flow, shall be used unless it is indicated as acceptable ia this code or is approved by the Ad- ministrative Authority as having a desirable and acceptable func- tion and as of ultimate benefit to the proper and continuing functioning of the plumbing system. The enlargement of a three (3) inch closet bead or stub for four (4) inches shall ,at be con- sidered aa obstruction. (h) Except for necessary valves where intermemberiags or mixing of dissimilar metals occur, the point of connection shall be confined to aa exposed or accessible location. CHAPTER 4: TABLE 4-3 - Footnote: All horizontal drainage piping below the first floor~ receiving the discharge of water closets, shall be not less than four (4) inches in diameter, except that additions to, or remodeling of, and existing system may be installed in accordance with Table 4-3. TABLE 4- 3 (a) GRAVITY CONDENSATION DRAINS Drain Total Gonnections Shown Below Horizontal ~'ixture Outlet Main Waste Size Main Assigned Size 3" 2%" 2" 1%" 1%" 1" 3/4" %"* Waste Unit Valve ¥' 36 25 20 9 6 4 2 0 ¥'* % 3/4" 16 11 7 4 3 1 1 0 3/4" % 1" 9 6 4 2 1 1 O 0 1" 3/4 1%" 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1%" 1 1%" 4 2 1 1 o o o o 1½" 2 2" 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2" 5 2%" 1 1 O 0 O 0 0 0 2%" 9 3" 1 0 '0 0 0 0 0 0 3" 14 Smaller drains may be added not to exceed main horizontal cross-sectional discharge area *No %" Horizontal The sum of the drain outlets, using the total fixture unit values, determines the size of the main waste. If the manufacturer gives the rate of flow per refrigerator unit, then the unit value (based on 7% gallons per m~nute) may be used in lieu of drain outlet column. 13. SEC. 406. CLEANOUTS (a) Each horizontal drainage pipe shall be provided with a cleanout at its upper terminal; and each such run of piping which is more than one hundred (1OO) feet in length shall be provided with a cleanout for each one hundred (100) feet or frac- tion thereof, in the length of such piping; provided, however, that excepting the building drain and its horizontal branches, a cleanout shall not be required on any such concealed or complete- ly enclosed pipe or piping which is above the first floor of the building. (b) Each change of direction of horizontal drainage pipe shall be served by a cleanout if such change of direction exceeds sixty (60) degrees from a straight line. CHAPTER 6: SEG. 608. APPLIANCES Appliances, devices, equipment or other apparatus not regu- larly classed as plumbing fixtures, bu~ which are equipped with pumps, drips, or drainage outlets, may be drained by indirect waste pipes discharging into an approved type open receptor. No domestic dishwashing machine shall be,,~directly connected to a drainage system. Sizing of gravity condensate lines shall be not less than permitted in Table 4-3(a) of this Code. Discharge unit valves shall be as shown in Table 4-3(a). 14. CliAPTER ?: SEC. 702. TRAPS PROTECTED BY' VENT PIPES (c) A trap arm may change direction without the use of a cleanout when such change of direction is accomplished by the use of not more than two (2) forty-five (45) degree fittings or one (1) ninety (90) degree fitting of approved radius. "Approved radius" shall mean not less than a medium-sweep elbow. ClY~PTER 10: SEC, 1003. CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL (p) Air Chambers. All faucets on the inside of the building with the exception of water ~'heaters, tub and shower valves, shall be provided with air chambers consisting of sections of pipe equal in size to the risers supplying the openings, and to be not less than sixteen (16) inches long. SEC. 1005. VALVES (f) A gate shutoff valve shall be installed on each water supply system at any accessible point where said supply enters the building, amd on each apartment or dwelling of more than one family. In lieu of a main supply shutoff in each apartment, in- dividual shutoff valves shall be provided at each fixture. (g) Wet and dry standpipes shall be constructed of wrought iron or galvanized steel in accordance with Chapter 38 of the Uniform Building Code. SEC. 1OO7. WATER PRESSURE REGULATORS (b) An approved type pressure regulator preceded by an adequate strainer shall be installed and the pressure reduced to sixty (60) pounds per square inch. Each such regulator and strain- er shall be accessibly located and shall have the strainer readily accessible for cleaning without removing the regulator or strainer body or disconnecting the supPly piping. Ail pipe size determin- ations shall be based on eighty (80) percent of the reduced pres- sure. SEC. 1OO8. INSTALLATION (a) Installation. All water piping shall be adequately supported to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority. Burred ends shall be reamed to the full bore of the pipe. Changes in direction shall be made by the appropriate use of fittings ex- cept that changes in direction in copper tubing may be made with bends having a radius of not less than six (6) diameters of the tubing, provided that such bends are made by the use of forming equipment which does not deform or create a loss in cross-section- al area of the tubing. Approved provisions shall be made for ex- pansion in hot water piping. All piping, equipment, appurtenances and devices mhall be installed in a workmanlike manner in confirm- ity with the provisions and intent of this Code. Soft-tempered copper water tubing, Type L or K, installed under concrete slabs, may be bent with no less than a six (6) inch radius by hand, or a two and one-half (2%) inch radius bend by a tool made for that purpose. ~11 such work must be tested and inspected before cover- 16. lng. In all instances where ferrous and nonferrous metals are used on water piping systems, all connections between the two metals shall he made by a brass fitting and such fitting shall be in an accessible location above grade. (c) (2). Copper tubing shall be installed without joints where possible. ~Where joints are permitted, they shall be soldered with 95.5 solder and fitting shall be wrought copper. CHAPTER 11: SEC. 1~03. BUILDING SEWER MATERIALS (c) When converting from septic tank to sanitary sewer system, cast iron pipe shall be run to a point of at least three (3) feet inside the required side yard line. The balance of the line may be of any of the approved types for sewer systems. SEC. 1107. CLEANOUTS (e) When a main sewer is located in the street, alley or easement, there must be provided a cleanout brought up flush with sidewalk level next to curb and, if no curb or sidewalk exist, then the cleanout must be located inside of the lot line. Riser shall be of cast iron, the same size as the drain it serves, brought up to the level of the ground by a wye and branch fittings, and top of same to be provided with a resulation cleanout. If the sidewalk space mentioned is entirely concrete, then a cast iron sidewalk box, with loose cover fitted with brass screws, shall be installed. The maximum size for a cleanout plug shall be four (4) inches. CHAPTER 13: SEC. 1310. PROTECTION FROH DRAINAGE (d) Water Heater Safety Pans. Water heater shall have safe- ty pans with drains when located in living area or when leakage would do damage to the building or its contents. The pans shall be of metal and be of such dimension as to provide a minimum of two (2) inch clearance between the pan and the outside diameter of the heater with a depth of three (3) inches. The drain shall not be less than three-fourths (3/4) inch. The drain may empty into the crawl space or taken to the etterior of the building. SEC. 1325. GAS APPLIANCES MISCELLANEOUS All gas appliances, including, but not limited to, boilers, ranges, ovens, clothes dryers, and burners, shall be installed in full compliance with the Building Code of the City of South San Francisco. CHAPTER 14: SEC. 1401. DISPOSAL OF RAINWATER DRAINAGE (a) Rainwater from roof or other approved areas exposed to rainwater may be drained into the storm drainage system, or the combined sanitary and storm water drainage, but shall not drain into any sewer intended for sanitary sewage only. (b) Rainwater drainage below curb, and also below main sewer level, shall be installed as per SEC. 409 of this Code. SEC. 1402. PERMIT A special permit shall be procured in all cases to connect 18. rainwater drainage to the storm water drainage system, which special permit shall bear the written approval of the City En- gineer or other public authority having jurisdiction over public sewers, SEC. 1403. PAVED GUTTER Rainwater from roofs or other approved areas exposed to rainwater may drain into a public street gutter, provided that such ~utter is paved and runs to a catch basin connected to a public sewer system and provided further that such drainage has the approVal of the City Engineer or other public authority hav- ing jurisdiction over public streets or public sewers. SEC. 1404. ABSORBED BY SOIL Rainwater from roofs or other approved areas may drain into a system of drainage piping designed to allow such drainage to be absorbed by the. soil of the premises, or may discharge upon the premises outside of the building walls. SEC. 1405. RAINWATER TO PUBLIC GUTTERS No rainwater from roofs, or other rainwater drainage of pre- mises, shall discharge upon a public sidewalk. When it is desired to conduct rainwater from a building or premises to a public street gutter, the outside underground drainage piping shall be vitrified clay pipe, galvanized wrought iron pipe, galvanized steel pipe, approved concrete pipe, asbestos cement sewer pipe or cast iron pipe. When clay pipe, asbestos cement sewer pipe or approved con- crete pipe is used, such pipe shall be two (2) feet from the build- 19. lng and one (1) foot below the official grade. Water leaders connected to such background drainage pipe which are on the out- side of the building wall that abuts on a public thoroughfare, shall be constructed of galvanized wrought iron pipe, galvanized steel pipe, or cast iron pipe for a distance of not less than five (5) feet vertically above the official grade. SEC. 1406. SHEET METAL LEADERS AND DOWNSPOUTS No sheet metal water leader shall be installed on the inside of a building, inner court or vent shaft, nor shall any sheet metal leader be directly connected to any drainage system which connects with a public sewer. SEC. 1407. DEFECTIVE SHEET METAL WATER LEADERS Whem an existing sheet metal water leader pipe within the walls of any building becomes defective, such water leader shall be replaced with one which conforms to the provisions of this chapter. SEC. 1408. RAINWATER DRAINAGE PIPING MATERIALS All underground roof and area rainwater drainage piping with- in the walls of a building shall be cast iron pipe and fittings, and all such piping above ground shall be cast iron pipe and fit- tings, galvanized wrought iron pipe with approved drainage fit- tings, galvanized steel pipe with approved drainage fittings, or copper DWV pipe with approved drainage fittings. 20. TABLE 14-1 SIZE OF PIPE (inches) SURFACE AR~A ~ SQUAR~ FEET 360 500 1000 1500 2460 5220 9430 15030 31490 55150 1% 1% 2 2½3 4 5 6 8 ' lO. CHA~rER 15: swi~sG POOLS SEC. 1501. DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER Swimming pool waste water shall be disposed of as hereinafter set forth in this chapter and the type of disposal proposed shall be approved by the Administrative Authority prior to the commence- ment of the work. SEC. 1502. DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER-DISCHARGE INTO STORM SEWER Backwash water shall not be permitted to discharge into a storm sewer unless the discharge end of the sewer ends in a water course that is flushed by tidal action or there is a continuous flow of water in the stream during all the year. Approval should be in ~riting from the local health officer if waste water is per- mitred to a storm sewer. SEC. 1503. DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER-IRRIGATION Where space and conditions are such that no hazard nuisance or unsanitary condition is evidenced, swi~mmlng pool waste water may be used for irrigation by surface or sub-surface spreading. Waste water disposal from public or semipublic pools shall be sub- j'ect to the requirements of Title 17 of the State Administrative Code. 21. SEC. 1504. DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER-DRY WELLS Waste discharge into dry wells shall be approved by the Regional Water Pollution ControlBoards of Local Health Department. SEC. 1505. DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER,NO DIRECT CONNECTION WITH POOL No direct connection shall be made between any storm drain sewer drainage system, dry well or subsoil irrigation line and any line connected to a swimming pool. SEC. 1506. FILTERS-INSTALLATION Waste water from any filter, scum gutter, overflow, pool emptying line or similar apparatus, shall discharge into an ap- proved type receptor. The flood rim of each receptor shall be at least six (6) inches above the flood level of the adjacent ground. SEC. 1507. FILTERS-CONNECTION TO DRAINAGE SYSTEM Each such receptor, when connected to any part of a drainage system, shall be properly trapped and vented as provided for in the installation requirement of this Code. SEC. 1508. DRAIN-PROTECTION FROM BACKFLOW Except as provided in SEC. 1509, the discharge outlet terminal from any pool or filter shall be protected from backflow by an air ~ap at least six (6) inches above the flood rim of the re- ceptor. SEC. 1509. DRAIN-LO~ATION No scum gutter drain, overflow drain, backwash discharge drain, or pool emptying line shall enter any receptor below the 22. rim unless the pool piping at its deepest point, the bottom of the filters, and the bottom of the scum gutter drain trough or overflow inlets are at least sic (6) inches above the overflow rim of the receptor. SEC. 1510. SWIMMING POOLS-CONSTRUCTION Swt-~-ing pools shall' have the bottom and inner sides con- structed of smooth nonabsorbent materials and shall be so con- structed as to be properly drained through one or more metal stated openinss. No plastic liners may be used in public or semipublic pools. All such drains shall have a sate valve in- stalled therein, located in an accessible place, or masonry pit outside the walls of the pool. SEC. 1511. SWIMMING POOLS-POTABLE WATER SUPPLY The potable water supply to any swimming pool shall be in- stalled as required in the installation requirements of Chapter 10 of this Code. SEC. 1512. SWIMMING POOLS-HEATING EQUIPMENT Swi--,Eng pool water heating equipment shall conform to the desisn, construction and installation requirements set forth in the installation requirements of this Code for domestic water heaters. NOTE: The foresoing applies only to outdoor swi~.lnS bath- ing or wadin§ pools. Plans and specifications for all indoor installations shall be submitted to the Administrative Authority for approval prior to the commencement of any work and all piping equipment and construction shall be equal to the types prescribed in the installation requirements of this Code for indoor work. 23. SECTION III. LEGISLATIVE AUTIiORITY NOT GHANTED The provisions of this Ordinance are not intended to and do not grant any legislative authority to the Administrative Departments and Assistants or Departments having jurisdiction, and any grant of discretion or authority to them contained here- in shall be construed as limitinghis powers to the determination of facts as to whether or not the rules laid down in this Ordin- ance have been complied with. SECTION IV. VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE I~ any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any portion which incorporates the Western Plumb- ing Officials Uniform Plumbing Code into this Ordinance, or said incorporated part of the Western Plumbing OffiCials Uniform Pl%~mb- ing Code into this Ordinance is for any reason held to be uncon- stitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any portion which incorpor- ates the Weste=n Plumbing Officials Uniform Plumbing Code into this Ordinance, or said pa~ts of the Western Plumbing Officials Uniform Plumbing Code incorporated into this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby declares it would have passed this Ordinance or any portion which incorporates the Western Plumbing Officials Uniform Plumbing Code into this Ordinance, or said parts of the Western Plumbing Officials Uniform 24. Plumbing Code incorporated into this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase' thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses or phrases are declared unconstitutional. SECTION V. REPEAL OF EXISTING ORDINANCES The following Ordinances are hereby repealed: Ordinance No.188, passed'the 25th day of May, 1936 Ordinance No.319, passed the 4th day of June, 1951 Ordinance No.389, passed the 19th day of March, 1956 Ordinance No.508, passed the 2Oth day of July, 1964 SECTION VI. EFFECTIVE DATE AND PUBLICATION This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after the date of final passage and approval. The City Clerk shall Certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause same to be published in the "Enterprise-Journal", a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of South San Francisco, as re- quired by law. * * * * Introduced this 19th day of July , 1965 . Passed and adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco this day of Seotember , 19 6~...., by the following vote: 25. AYES, COUNCILMEN Frank J. Bertucellt, Patrick E. Ahem, Emilio Cortesi Andrew Rocca and Guido J. Rozzi NOES, " None ABSENT, " None ¢i~.y uT As Mayor of the ¢it.y of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve ~he fore$oin$ OrdEnance ~his 7~h ~y of Sen~enber , 26.