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Page 4- THE BATTALION Legal Notices PLUMBING ORDINANCE NO. 51 Article 1. General Section 1. No person, firm, or corpora tion shall engage in the business of in stalling or repairing the plumbing systems of buildings within the city limits of College Station, or in buildings served by the water or sewer systems of College Station, unless such person, firm or cor poration shall have obtained a license from the city. Section 2. Examining Board. No license shall be issued until the applicant shall receive approval from an Examining Board. Said Board shall consist of the city engi neer as chairman, city sanitary engineer, and a representative of the city-county health unit. Should vacancies exist in the official personnel mentioned, the Board may be completed to a membership of three by appointment of the mayor, such appointees to hold office for one year or until the vacancies in official personnel are filled. The Board may conduct such examinations or tests as it may see fit and if it ap proves the application, shall report same to the City Secretary. Section 3. Issuance of License and fees. Upon receipt of approval from the Exam- ing Board the city secretary shall be authorized to issue a license, provided that a fee of $15.00 shall be paid to the city. Said license shall be in force for one year from date of issue, but may be re newed annually by payment of $5.00. Section 4. Plumbing Inspection. The city council shall appoint a plumbing inspector or assign the duties of plumbing inspect ion to some city employee. It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to issue all permits for plumbing work, to inspect and pass upon all such plumbing, to in spect any such plumbing already in use or being constructed which he may have reason to believe is imperfect or out of repair, and by written order to the owner or agent in charge of any building or premises where any such imperfect plumb ing work may be located, or to the plumb er in charge of the construction of same, stop the construction or use of same until same shall have been properly constructed or repaired; and he shall have the power to enter any house or premises in said city at any time between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. to inspect any such plumbing. He shall investigate all alleged violations of this ordinance, or any plumb ing ordinance of this city, reported to him, and file complaints against all whom he may have reason to believe are guilty of such violations, and perform such other services as may be required of him by the City Council. It shall also be the duty of said city plumbing inspector to collect for the city all inspection, installation, and service fees required by this ordinance. Section 5. Inspection Fees. The following inspection fees shall be collected: For inspection of any one single fixture issued under any one permit, one dollar, for each additional fixture, fifty cents, with a maximum charge for any single building and single inspection visit of two dollars. Said fees shall be collected at the time the permit is issued. Should more than the two inspections required under Section 10 be necessary, such additional inspections shall be paid for at the rates specified in this section, before certificate of acceptance will be granted. Section 6. Permits. No person shall do any plumbing of any character, or re pair any plumbing work, or make an ex tensions to plumbing, or change the loca tion of any plumbing fixture, except as hereinafter prescribed, in said city, until pr he has received a permit to do same from the city plumbing inspector. Application for such permit shall describe by means of a sketch and other description the character of the plumbing work or re pairing proposed to be done, together with the exact location of same, the number and location of street openings, if any and the number, name and chacracter of the plumbing fixtures to be repaired or put in, provided that no such application need be made and no permit issued for repairs or leaks in pipes, traps or cocks, opening up waste for supply pipes, traps or drains, in replacing any broken fixture or water pipes, nor for installations made for exhibit purposes and not used in the usual manner. Section 7. Notice of Defects. The city plumbing inspector shall give the owner or agent in charge of any building, prem ises, or plumber in charge of any work, written notice of any defects of said plumbing or changes or repairs necessary, and such owner, agent or plumber, shall, within five days from receiving such notice, make the necessary changes or re pairs. Section 8. Plumber’s Responsibility. The plumber in charge of the work shall be responsible for the construction and com pletion, according to the ordinance and reg ulations governini work in this city, according to the ordinance and reg- governing plumbing and drainage this city, of all the interior drain age and supply pipes within the buildings and their proper connections to the main house drain leading to the public sewer and connection to sewer. Section 9. Application for Inspection. Application for inspection must be made to the city plumbing inspector when work is ready for inspection at least eight hours before such inspection is desired. Section 10. Tests and Inspections. All new plumbing work shall be inspected by the city plumbing inspector as follows: (1) . When the main house drains are laid and before they are covered, the sewer pipes shall be examined and in spected as often as necessary to see that they conform with the requirements of this ordinance, but such inspections shall be made at the same time as tests and inspections required in (2) and (3) of this section. (2) . When the soil, waste and vent-pipes within the building are in place, connected to the traps, when such traps are below floor level and before being covered or concealed, they shall be filled with water to top of stack above the roof. If leaks are indicated, they shall be corrected by the plumber in charge of the work by removing all defective material and re placing same with sound material, and new water test shall be applied, until the work is found to be tight and to con form with the requirements of this ordinance. (3) . When the work is fullv completed, notice thereof shall be given the city plumbing inspector. Immediately after the completion of the work, the inspector may, if he thinks necessary, subject the work to a smoke or peppermint test. When the work has been properly inspected, tested and approved by the inspector, he shall issue a certificate of acceptance to the plumber, and no plumbing fixture shall be used until the plumber or owner has ob tained this certificate from the city plumb ing inspector. Section 11. Extensions. All extensions to work in buildings shall be done, tested, and inspected as required for new work by the terms of this ordinance. Section 12. Work by Owner. If work of coming inanee, is done by the owner of the building, then all requirements as to permits, fees, appli cations, and certificates of acceptance as applicable to the plumber shall be appli cable to the owner. Section 13. Plumbing System. The plumb ing system of a building includes the water supply distributing pipes ; the fixtures and fixture traps; the soil, waste, and vent pipes; the house drain and house sewer; the storm-water drainage; with their de vices, appurtenances and connections all within or adjacent to the building. Section 14. Water-Service Pipe. The water-service pipe is the pipe, from the water main to the building served. Section 15. Water-Distribution Pipes. 'The water distribution pipes are those which convey water from the service pipe to the plumbing fixtures. Section 16. Plumbing Fixtures- Plumb ing fixtures are receptacles intended to receive and discharge water, liquid, or water-carried wastes into a drainage sys tem with which they are connected. Section 17. Trap. A trap is a fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air or gas through a pipe without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water through it. Section 18. Trap Seal. The trap seal is the vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip of the trap. Section 19. Vent Pipe. A vent pipe is any pipe provided to ventilate a house drainage system and to prevent trap siphonage and back pressure. Section 20. Local Ventilating Pipe. A lo cal ventilating pipe is a pipe through which foul air is removed from a room or fixture. Section 21. Soil Pipe. A soil pipe is any pipe which conveys the dischage of water- closets, with or without the discharges from other fixtures, to the house drain. Section 22. Waste Pipe and Special Waste. A waste pipe is any pipe which receives the discharge of any fixture, except water- closets, and conveys the same to the house drain, soil, or waste stacks. When such pipe does not connect directly with a se drain or soil stack, it is termed a special waste. plumbing installation and repair, cc within the jurisdiction of this ordir house drain or soil stack, iecial waste. Section 23. Main. The main of any sys- titions shall be used lor fixtures. The use of S traps is prohibited. Section 53. Traps, Where Required.- Each fixture shall be separately trapped by a water-seal trap placed as near to the fixture as possible, except that a set of not tem of horizontal, vertical, or continuous piping is that part of such system which receives the wastes, vent or back vents, from fixture outlets or traps, direct or through branch pipes. Section 24. Branch. The branch of any system of piping is that part of the sys tem which extends horizontally at a slight grade, with or without lateral or vertical extensions or vertical arms, from the main to receive fixture outlets not directly connected to the main. Section 25. Stack. Stack is a general term for any vertical line of soil, waste, or vent piping. HURRY AGGIES! Don’t wait until the last minute to have your clothes cleaned and pressed for the Waco trip. 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Jonathan Apples, large, 1 dozen California Celery, large, each California Lemons, 1 dozen Cabbage, hard heads, 1 lb. _ .06 _ .16 _ .08 .. .12 .. .02 We will have a full line of Vegetables and Fruits There will be a Cake Sale at Luke’s Saturday morning —benefit A. & M. Consolidated School Athletic Funds. LUKE’S Phones: 4-1140 and 4-1141 We Deliver Section 26. House Drain. The house drain is that part of the lowest horizontal pip ing of a house drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys the same to the house sewer. Section 27. House Sewer. The house sewer is that part of the horizontal piping of a house draining system extending from the house drain to its connection with the main sewer or septic tank and conveying the drainage of but one building site. Section 28. Size and Length. The given caliber or size of a pipe is for a nominal internal diameter. The developed length of a pipe is its length 'along the center line of pipe and fittings. Section 29. Dead End. A dead end is a branch leading from a soil, waste, vent, house drain, or house sewer, which is terminated at a developed distance of 2 feet or more by means of a cap, plug, or other fitting not used for admitting water to the pipe. Section 30. Grades of Horizontal Piping. All horizontal piping shall be run in practical alignment and at a uniform grade of not less than one-eighth of an inch per foot, and shall be supported or anchored at intervals not to exceed 10 feet. All stacks shall be supported at their bases, and all pipes shall be rigidly secured. Section 31. Change in Direction. All changes in direction shall be made by the appropriate use of 45° wyes, half wyes, long sweep quarter bends, sixth, eighth, or sixteenth bends, except that single san itary tees may be used on vertical stacks, and short quarter bends may be used in soil and waste lines where the change in direction of flow is from the horizontal to the vertical. Tees and crosses may be used in vent pipes. Section 32. Prohibited Fittings. No dou ble hub, double T, or double sanitary T branch shall be used on soil or waste lines. The drilling and tapping of house drains, soil waste, or vent pipes, and the use of saddle hubs and bands are prohibited. Section 33. Protection of Material. All pipes passing under or through walls shall tected against external corrosion. Section 34. Materials, Quality of. All ma terials used in any drainage or plumbing system, or part thereof, shall be free from defects. Section 35. Label, Cast or Stamped. Each length of pipe, fitting, trap, fixture, and device used in a plumbing or drainage system shall be stamped or indelibly marked with the weight or quality there of and the maker’s mark or name. Section 36. Certain Pipe Materials, (a) All vitrified clay pipe, cast-iron soil pipe, wrought-iron pipe, steel pipe, brass pipe, and copper pipe, and fittings for same shall conform to the standard specifica tions of American Society for Testing Materials, (b) All cast-iron pipe and fit tings for underground use shall be coated with asphaltum or coal tar pitch. Section 37. Lead Pipe, Diameter, Weights. All lead pipe shall be of best quality of drawn pipe, of not less weight per linear foot than shown below. (a) Lead soil, waste, vent, or flush pipes, including bends and traps: Internal diameter Inches 1 li li 2 3 4 Weights per foot Lbs. Ozs. 2 2 8 3 8 4 — 4 12 6 — (b Lead water-supply pipe above ground (strong) : Internal diameter Inches 4 5/8 3 1 U U if 2 Weights per foot Lbs. Ozs. 2 — 2 8 3 — (c) Lead water-supply pipe under ground (extra strong) : Internal diameter Inches 4 6/8 f 1 14 14 if 2 Weights per foot Lbs. Ozs. 2 8 3 — 3 8 4 12 6 — 7 8 8 — 9 — Section 38. Threaded Fittings, (a) Plain screwed fittings shall be of cast iron, malleable iron, or brass of standard weight and dimensions, (b) Drainage fittings shall be of cast iron, malleable iron, or brass, with smooth interior waterway, with threads tapped out of solid metal, (c) All cast-iron fittings used for water-supply distribution shall be galvanized. Section 39. Floor Flanges for Water Closets. Floor flanges for water closets shall be not less than three-sixteenths of an inch thick, and of brass or cast iron. Section 40. Water and Air Tight Joints. All joints and connections mentioned in this ordinance shall be made permanently gas and water tight. Section 41. Joints in House Sewers. Joints in vitrified clay pipe and concrete pipe shall be yarned with a gasket of oakum or hemp around the spigot of the pipe accurately to center spigot in the bell and the remaining space shall be filled with a mortar consisting of 1 part Port land cement and 2 parts clean sand. Joints between vitrified clay or concrete and metals shall be yarned and filled with a hot jointing material. Section 42. Calked Joints. All calked joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp, and shall be secured only with pure lead, not less than 1 inch deep, well calked, and no paint, varnish, or putty will be permitted until after the joint is tested. Section 43. Screw Joints. All screw joints shall be American standard screw joints, and all burrs or cuttings shall be removed. Section 44. Cast Iron. Cast-iron joints may be either calked or screw joints made in the approved manner. Section 45. Wrought Iron, Steel, or Brass to Cast Iron. The joints may be either screwed or calked joints made in the ap proved manner. Section 46. Lead Pipe. Joints in lead pipe or between lead pipe and brass or copper pipes, ferrules, soldering nipples, bushings, or traps, in all cases on the sewer side of the trap and in concealed joints on the inlet side of the trap, shall be full-wiped joints, with an exposed sur face of the solder to each side of the joint of not less than three-quarters of an inch and a minimum thickness at the thickest part of the joint of not less than three- eighths of an inch. Section 47. Lead to Cast Iron, Steel, or Wrought Iron. The joints shall be made by means of a brass calking ferrule, brass soldering nipple, or brass bushing. Section 48. Slip Joints and Unions. Slip joints will be permitted only in trap seals or on the inlet side of the trap. Unions on the sewer side of the trap shall be ground faced, and shall not be concealed or en closed. Section 49. Roof Joints. The joint at the roof shall be made water-tight by use of copper, lead or iron plates or flashings. If the stack projects not more than 1 foot above the roof the flashing shall be crimp ed to the edge of the stack. Section 50. Closet, Pedestal Urinal and Trap, Standard Slop Sink, Floor Connect ions. A brass floor connection shall be wiped or soldered to lead pipe, an iron floor connection shall be calked to cast- iron pipe, or an iron floor connection calk ed or screwed to wrought-iron pipe, and the floor connection bolted to an earthenware trap flange. A metal to earthenware, a metal to metal union, or a lead or asbestos gasket or washer shall be used to make a tight joint. Section 51. New Materials. Any other material than that specified in this code, which the proper administrative authority approves as being equally efficient, may be permitted. Section 52. Traps, Kind. Every trap shall be self-cleaning. Traps for bathtubs, lav atories, sinks, and other similar fixtures shall be of lead, brass, cast iron, or of malleable iron, galvanized or procelain enameled inside. Galvanized or porcelain enameled traps shall be extra heavy, and shall have a full bore smooth interior waterway, with threads tapped out of solid metal. No form of trap which de pends for its seal upon the action of movable parts or concealed interior par- more than 3 laundry trays or lavatories I or a set of 2 laundry trays and 1 sink j may connect with a single trap, provided ] the trap is placed centrally and the braich- j es connect into the trap seal at an agle j of not more than 60° to the vertical arm. ' In no case shall the waste from a bath tub or other fixture discharge into a water closet trap. No fixture shall be double trapped. Section 54. Water Seal. Each fixture trap shall have a water seal of not less than 2 inches and not more than 4 inches. Section 55. Trap Clean Outs. Each trap except those in combination with fixtures in which the trap seal is plainly visible and accessible, shall be provided with an accessible brass trap screw of ample size, protected by the water seal. Section 56. Trap Levels and Protection. All traps shall be set true with respect to their water seals and protected from frost and evaporation. Section 57. Pipe Clean Outs—Where Re quired. A clean out easily accessible shall be provided at the foot of each vertical waste or soil stack. There shall be at least two clean outs in the house' drain- one at or near the base of the stack and other, with full-size Y branch, inside the wall near the connection between the house drain and house sewer. Except for the latter, clean outs shall be of the same nominal size as the pipes up to 4 inches and not less than 4 inches for larger pipes. The distance between clean outs in hori zontal soil lines shall not exceed 50 feet. Section 58. Clean Outs—Equivalents. Any floor or wall connection or fixture traps when bolted or screwed to the floor or wall shall be regarded as a clean out. Section 59. Basement Floor Drains. Cel lar or basement floor drains shall connect into a trap so constructed that it can be readily cleaned and of a size to serve ef ficiently the purpose for which it is intended. The drain inlet shall be so located that it is at all times in full view. When subject to back flow or back pressure, such drains shall be equipped with an adequate back-water valve. Section 60. Back-Water Valves. Back water valves shall have all bearing pars or balls of noncorrodible metal and so constructed as to insure a positive me chanical seal and remain closed except when discharging wastes. Section 61. Distribution. The water supply shall be distributed through a piping sys tem entirely independent of any piping system conveying another water supply. Section 62. Water Supply to Fixtures. All plumbing fixtures shall be provided with a sufficient supply of water for flushing to keep them in a sanitary condition. Every water-closet or pedestal urinal shall be flushed by means of an approved tank or flush valve of at least 4 gallons flush ing capacity for water-closets and at least 2 gallons for urinals, and shall be ad justed to prevent the waste of water. The flush pipe for water-closet flush tanks shall be not less than If inches in diam eter, and the water from flush tanks shall be used for no other purpose. No water-closet or urinal bowl shall be supplied directly from a water-supply sys tem through a flushometer or other valve unless such valve is set above the water- closet or urinal and a vacuum breaker of design approved by the inspector is in stalled. Section 63. Size of Water-Supply Pipes. The minimum size of water-service pipes from the curb to the dwelling shall be three-fourths inch, and to fixtures as follows: Inch Hot water boilers 4 Laundry trays 4 Sinks 4 Lavatories 3/8 Bathtubs 4 Water-closet tanks 3/8 Section 64. Water-Supply Control. A main shut-off with waste on the water supply line shall be provided near the curb. Ac cessible shut-offs with wastes shall be provided on the main supply line just inside the foundation wall for each flat or apartment of a building, for each lawn sprinkler, for supply to each hot water tank, and for each water tank, and for each water-closet. Section 65. Water-Supply Pipes and Fit tings—Material. All water-supply pipes for a plumbing system shall be of lead, gal vanized wrought-iron, or steel, brass, or cast iron, with brass or galvanized cast iron or galvanized malleable iron fit tings. No pipe or fittings that have been used for other purposes shall be used for distributing water. Section 66. Water Supply, Protection. All concealed water pipes, storage tanks, flush ing cisterns, and all exposed pipes or tanks subject to freezing temperatures shall be efficiently protected against freez ing. Section 67. Materials. All receptacles us ed as water-closets, urinals, or otherwise for the disposal of human excreta, shall be vitrified earthenware, hard natural stone, or cast iron, white enameled on the inside. Section 68. How Installed. All plumbing fixtures shall be installed free and open in a manner to afford access for cleansing. Where practical all pipes from fixtures shall be run to the wall, and no lead trap or pipe shall extend nearer to the floor than 14 inches unless protected by casing. Section 69. Fixtures Prohibited. Fixed wooden wash trays or sinks shall not be installed in any building designed or used for human habitation. No new copper lined wooden bathtubs shall be installed. Pan and valve plunger, offset washout and other water-closets having invisible seals or unventilated space, or walls not thoroughly washed at each flush shall not be used. Long hopper closets or similar appliances shall not hereafter be installed. No dry closet or chemical closet shall be installed in a dwelling. No fixtures shall be installed with water inlets terminating within three- fourths inch of the maximum water level, disregarding the fixture overflow pipe, except that flushometer toilets may be installed as prescribed in Section 62. Sectiwi 70. Floor Drains and Shower Drains. A floor drain or a shower drain shall be considered a fixture and provided with a strainer. Section 71. Fixture Strainers. All fix tures other than water-closets and pedestal urinals shall be provided with fixed strong metallic strainers with outlet areas not less than that of the interior of the trap and waste pipe. Section 72. Fixture Overflow. The over flow pipe from a fixture shall be connected on the house or inlet side of the trap and be so arranged that it may be readily and effectively cleaned. Section 73. Material. All main or branch soil, waste, and vent pipes within the building shall be of cast iron, galvanized steel or wrought iron, lead, brass, or cop per, except that no black or galvanized steel or wrought iron pipe shall be used for underground soil or waste pipes. Section 74. Fixture Unit. The following table based on the rate of discharge from a lavatory as the unit shall be employed to determine fixture equivalents: Fixture Units One lavatory or wash basin 1 One kitchen sink 14 One bathtub 2 One laundry tray 3 One combination fixture 3 One urinal 3 One shower bath 3 One floor drain 3 One slop sink 4 One water-closet 6 Section 75. Soil and Waste Pipes and Stacks. Every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed shall have a soil or waste stack, or stacks, extending full size through the roof. Soil and waste stacks shall be as direct as possible and free from sharp angles and turns. The required size of a soil or waste stack shall be independently determined by the total fixture units of all fixtures connected to the stack in accordance with the following tables: WASTE STACKS AND PIPES Diameter Number of fixture units of stack Inches 1 If 14 to 4 14 5 to 18 J2 19 to 36 ..... 3 SOIL AND WASTE STACKS AND PIPES Number of Diameter Number of fixture water-closets of stack units or equivalent Inches ■4 5 6 37 to 60 1 to 10 61 to 210 11 to 35 211 to 300 36 to 60 Restrictions. No water-closet shall dis charge into a stack less than 4 inches in diameter. Not more than three water- closets or their equivalent in fixture units shall discharge into a 4-inch stack from one 4-inch branch, and not more than two such branches may connect to a 4-inch stack at the same point or level. liin. 14in. 2 in. 3 in. 4 in. 5 in. 6 in. Water-closets 1-4 5-10 11-20 21-35 36-50 Kitchen sinks 1-2 3-8 9-20 21-40 41-70 71-100 Slop sinks 1 2-4 5-10 11-20 21-35 36-50 Bath tubs 1-2 3-8 9-20 21-40 41-70 71-100 Laundry trays 1-3 4-8 9-20 21-40 41-70 71-100 Urinals 1-2 3-8 9-20 21-40 41-70 71-100 Shower baths 1-2 3-8 9-20 21-40 41-70 71—00 Lavatories or 1 2-4 6-8 wash basins 9-20 21-40 41-70 71-100 Combination fixtures 1-3 5-8 9-20 21-40 41-70 71-100 Floor drains 1-2 5-8 9-20 21-40 41-70 71-100 Section 76. Soil and Waste Stacks, Fix ture Connections. All soil and waste stacks and branches shall be provided with cor rectly faced inlets for fixture connections. Section 77. Changing Soil and Vent Pipes. In existing buildings where the soil or waste vent pipe is not extended un- diminshed through or above the roof, or where there is a sheet metail soil or waste vent pipe, and the fixture is changed in style or location or is replaced, a soil or waste vent pipe of the size and material prescribed for new work shall be installed. Section 78. Prohibited Connections. No fixture connection shall be made to a lead bend or branch of a water-closet or similar fixture. No soil or waste vent, circuit or loop vent above the highest installed fix ture on the branch or main shall there after be used as a soil or waste pipe. Section 79. Roof Extensions. All roof extensions of soil and waste stack shall be run full size at least 1 foot above the roof, and when the roof is used for other purposes than weather protection such extension shall not be less than 5 feet above the roof. Section 80. Terminals. The roof terminal of any stack or vent, if within 12 feet of any door, window, scuttle, or air shaft, shall extend at least 3 feet above the Section 81. Traps Protected, Vents. Every fixture trap shall be protected against siphonage and back pressure, and air cir culation assured by means of a soil or waste stack vent, a continuous waste soil vent, or a loop or circuit vent. No crown vent shall be installed. Section 82. Distance of Vent from Trap Seal. No trap shall be placed more than 5 feet, horizontal developed length, from its vent. The distance shall be measured along the central line pf the waste or soil pipe from the vertical inlet of the trap to the vent openings. The vent open ing from the soil or waste pipe, except for water-closets and similar fixtures, shall not be below the dip of the trap. Section 83. Main Vents to Connect at Base. All main vents or vent stacks shall connect full size at their base to the main soil waste pipe at or below the lowest fixture branch and shall extend undimin ished in size above the roof or shall be reconnected with the main soil or waste vent at least 3 feet above the highest fixture branch. Section 84. Vents, Required Sizes. The following are permissible sizes of vents: Section 85. Vent-Pipe Grades and Con nections. All vent and branch vent pipes shall be free from drops or sags and be so graded and connected as to drip back to the soil or waste pipe by gravity. Where vent pipes connect to a horizontal soil or waste pipe the vent branch shall be taken off above the center line of the pipe, and the vent pipe must rise ver tically or at an angle of 45° to the ver tical to a point 6 inches above the fixture it is venting before offsetting horizontally or connecting to the branch, main waste, or soil vent. Section 86. Circuit and Loop Vents. A circuit or loop vent will be permitted as follows: A branch soil or waste pipe to which two or not more than eight water- closets, pedestal urinals, trap standard slop sinks, or shower stall are connected in the series may be vented by a circuit or loop vent, which shall be taken off in front of the last fixture connection. Where fixtures discharge above such branch, each branch shall be provided with a relief vent one-half the diameter of the soil or waste stack, taken off in front of the first fix ture connection. Section 87. Common Vent and Waste. Where bathrooms or water-closets or other fixtures are located on opposite sides of :tly adjacent to each other within the prescribed distance, a wall or partition or direct!: such fixtures may have a common soil or waste pipe and common vent. Section 88. Independent System. The drainage and plumbing system of each new building and of new work installed in an existing building shall be separate from and independent of that of any other building, except as provided below, and every building shall have an independent connection with a public or private sewer when available. Exception. Where one building stands in the rear of another building on an inter ior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the house drain from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole will be considered as one house drain. Section 89. Old House Sewers and Drain. Old house sewers and drains may be used in connection with new buildings or new plumbing only when they are found, on examination and test, to conform in all respects to the requirements governing new sewers or drains, as prescribed in this code. If the old work is found de fective, the plumbing inspector shall noti fy the owner to make the necessary changes to conform with this code. Section 90. Connections with Septic Tank. When a sewer is not available, drain pipes from buildings shall be connected with ap proved private sewage disposal works. Section 91. Material, (a) The house sew er beginning 3 feet outside the building shall be of cast iron, vitrified clay pipe, or concrete pipe; (b) the house drain when underground shall be of lead, brass, or cast iron; (c) the house drain when above ground shall be of cast iron, gal vanized wrought iron or steel, lead or brass of approved standards. Section 92. Depth of Drains and Sewers. No house sewer or underground house drain shall be laid parallel to or within 3 feet of any bearing wall, which might be thereby weakened. The house sewer and drains shall be laid at sufficient depth to protect them from frost. Section 93. Size of Drains and Sewers. The required size of sanitary house drains and sanitary house sewers shall be deter mined on the basis of the total number of fixture units drained by them in ac cordance with the following table: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940 3 Short Courses To Be Given Here During Next 2 Weeks Slope Fixture units Number W ater- 1 /8 in. 4 in. 4 in. Closets or to 1’ to 1' to 1' equivalent 6 to 12 diam. in in. 4 3 — 1-2 13 to 24....do.... 4 4 3 3-4 25 to 72....do.... 6 5 4 5-12 73 to 300....do.... 8 6 5 13-50 301 to 720....do.... 8 8 6 51-120 721 to l,080....do.... 10 10 8 121-180 1,081 to 1,920....do.... 12 12 10 181-320 Section 94. Fixtures Permitted to Con nect. No waste pipe from a refrigerator or ice box floor drain, or any other recep tacle where food is stored shall connect di rectly with any house drain, soil, or waste pipe. Such waste pipes shall in all cases emptey into an open sink that is properly supplied with water, connected, trapped, and venter, the same as other fixtures or they may discharge into a down spout or rainleader trap located inside the building or into a cellar floor drain, but their ends must be left open. Such waste connections shall not be located in inaccessible or un ventilated cellars. Section 95. Overflow Pipes and Motor Exhausts. Pipes from a water-supply tank or exhaust from a water lift shall not be directly connected with any house drain, soil, or waste pipe. Such pir“ shall dis charge upon the roof or be trapped into an open fixture. Section 96. Vents for Hot Water Heat ers. All hot water heaters shall be vented so that products of combustion will be con veyed outside the building by means of a appi 24 inches in diameter. Section 97. Grease, Sand and Oil Traps. Wash lines from sinks of restaurants and other public eating establishments shall be provided with grease traps of approved design. Floor drains and wash racks of ng pipe of approved material not less than other pi provided with grease traps of approved Irains and wash racks public garages and automobile service sta tions that discharge into the sewers must be provided with sand and oil traps of approved design. Said grease, sand and oil traps must be kept clean and in good condition by the occupants of the building. Section 98. Defective Fixtures. All in stalled fixtures found defective or in any insanitary condition shall be repaired, ren ovated, replaced or removed within 30 days upon written notice from the proper administrative authorities. Section 99. Temporary Toilet Facilities. Suitable toilet facilities shall be provided for the use of workmen during the con struction of any building. These toilet fa cilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition. Section 100. Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall fail to comply with, or shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there of, shall be fined in any sum not ex ceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for each of fense, and each day that any person, firm, or corporation shall maintain upon prem ises owned, occupied, or controlled by them, a condition that is in violation of any pro vision of this ordinance shall be deemed a separate offense. The library at the University of Texas now houses 639,732 volumes, an increase of 26,117 over last year. Dr. H. C. Gossard, dean in charge of curricula at Eastern New Mex ico college, has just finished a study on what professors do in their spare time. A. L. Darnell, professor of dairy husbandry at the college, has per fected plans for the Sixth Annual Dairymen’s Short Course which will be held Dec. 2-4. Noted men in the dairy field will serve as discussion leaders and staff members of the college will serve as instructors for the three-day course. Approximate ly 150 dairymen will attend. Short courses to be held at Tex as A. & M. College within the next few weeks have been announced by Col. Ike Ashburn, executive assist ant to the president, and the an nouncement reveals two new ones being held at the college for the first time. The Texas Nurserymen’s Short Course will be one of the new courses and will held on the cam pus, Oct. 30-No. 2. It will be under the direction of J. F. 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