ORDINANCE 26I
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION ,1D INSTALLATION OF
PLUMBING AND HOUSE DRAINAGE AND THE INSTALLATION
OF GAS PIPING AND FITTING WITHIN SAID CITY, AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUING OF PER11ITS THEREFOR.
The Board of Trustees of the City of El Segundo
do ordain as follows;
SECTION 1. PERMIT. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to do or cause to be
done, or to construct or cause to be constructed, any
plumbing or house drainage affecting the sanitary con-
dition of any house or building in the City of E1 Segundo,
unless a permit has first been obtained from the Plumbing
Inspector of the City of El Segundo so to do.
SECTION 2. APPLICATION FOR PER11IT. Any person,
firm or corporation desiring a permit to do any plumbing,
or to construct any house drainage affecting the sani-
tary condition of any house or building in the City of
E1 Segundo shall make application in writing to the
Plumbing Inspector for a permit so to do; such applica-
tion shall set forth the number of outlets and fixtures
to be installed, and the amount and character of the
work to be done, and such other information as said
Plumbing Inspector may require; and if it appears there-
from that the work proposed to be done is to be done in
accordance with the rules and regulations contained in
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this Ordinance governing the construction of such Yvork,
and that the Plumbing Inspector has issued, for the
building where such work is ?proposed to be done, a
permit (when such permit is required by the Ordinances
of said city), then, and not otherwise, the Plumbing
Inspector must issue a permit for such work, upon
the payment of the following fees, to wit;
A fee of fifty (50) cents for such permit; and
in addition ther;, t o, tv; enty -five ( 25 ) cents for each
outlet, not exceeding twenty -five outlets, proposed to
be roughed in or provided for in the work to be done
under said permit; and ten (10) cents additional for
each outlet in excess of twenty -five outlets. No per-
mit will be deemed to be necessary in the case of any
repair defined as follows;
The stopping of leaks in drains, soil, waste, or
vent pipes; provided, however, should any trap, drain
pipe, soil, waste or vent pi -pe be or become defective
and it be necessary to remove and replace the same with
new material in any part or marts, the same shall be con-
sidered as new work, and a permit must be procured, as
above re(,uired, and inspection made, as hereinafter pro-
vided.
SECTION 3. INSPECTION. All work- done under permit
shall be subject to inspection and notice must be given
in writing to the Plumbing Inspector by the person, firm
or corpor:.tion doing said work, or causing the same to
be done, immediately after said vuosk is ready for in-
spection. Up to the time of the inspection all v�ork
must be uncovered and convenient for the Inspector's
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examination, and every facility must be given the Inspect-
or to make a thorough examination; that is, if any pipes
are enclosed, or covered with flooring, siding, lath, dirt
or other material, or covered in any way whatsoever so as
to tend to obstruct a thorough inspection of the drainage
system, said obstruction must be removed, upon notice so
to do from the Plumbing Inspector before he shall be re-
quired to inspect the work. In inspecting such %ork the
Inspector shall apply the water test; all the necessary
tools, labor and assistance for such test shall be furnish-
ed by the person, firm or corporation having control of,
or in charge of such work. When upon examination by the
Inspector, if it appears that any such work is defective,
either in the construction or material, the same shall be
removed or repaired to conform to the regulations set
forth in this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION. When it
appears to the satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector
that any work mentioned in this Ordinance has been con-
structed according to, and meets the requirements of all
provisions of this Ordinance, and that all the fees for
inspection thereof have been paid, the Plumbing Inspector
shall cause to be issued to the person, firm or corporation
constructing such work a certificate of final inspection,
which certificate shall recite that such work as the
permit was issued for has been constructed according to
the Ordinances of said city, and that said work is in a
sanitary condition. The Plumbing Inspector shall not
issue such certificate of inspection unless the require-
ments of this Ordinance have been adhered to.
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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to use or occupy or inhabit, or to let or
lease for the purpose of occupancy or inhabitation,
any building in which any plumbing or house drainage
work has been constructed or installed that affects
the sanitary condition of such building, unless such
plumbing or house drainage work has been constructed
or installed according to the terms of this Ordinance,
and a certificate of final inspection issued, as here-
in provided.
SECTION 5. CERTIFICATE OF FINAL INSPECTION.
The rules and regulations set forth in this Ordinance
are hereby adopted as the standard for the construction
and installation of plumbing and house drainage work
affecting the sanitary condition of all buildings in
the City of E1 Segundo, and all such work must be con-
structed or installed in accordance therewith before a
certificate of final inspection will be granted by said
Plumbing Inspector.
SECTION 6. KIND OF MATERIAL FOR DRAINS. Every
soil pipe or waste pipe under or inside of any building
shall be of cast iron, lead or brass, All joints in
cast iron pipe, whether inside of the building line or
otherwise, shall be made with molten lead and thoroughly
calked. When cast iron, lead or brass pipe is used for
soil or waste, no grade lighter than standard shall be
used. All changes in direction shall be made as re-
quired in Section 7 of this ordinance and all fittings
used in the several angles shall be standard drainage
fittings; ordinary malleable or cast iron fittings are
prohibited and all fittings used in such work must be
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of same internal diameter as pipe line upon which it is
used.
SECTION 7. CI,EANOUTS. Every vertical stack
of soil pipe or waste pipe shall be provided with a
brass trap screw ferrule at the foot or lower terminal
of the stack, and in horizontal lines where easy of
access, and not concealed, or in any angle where the
Inspector shall deem it necessary. Trap screw fer-
rules shall be of the same diameter as waste stacks
or lateral pipe lines. All cleanouts shall be ac-
cessible and when the same are situated within one
foot of the outside surface of an outside well of any
building, the same must be extended through said
outside wall if practicable. All cleanout plugs
shall be of brass. Where a waste pipe line intercepts
or is branched into another waste pipe line, whether it
is perpendicular to a horizontal pipe line, or both are
lying in a horizontal position, the point of intersection
shall be at an angle of forty -five degrees, thus forming
a "Y" branch. Combination "Ye" and 1 -8 bends are per-
missible for these angles, but "Ts" or sanitary "Ts"
are prohibited, except in vertical stacks.
SECTION 8. SEINER PIPE. Every drain pipe
outside of any building and running as far as the
property line or cess -pool, shall be of first grade,
vitrified iron stone pipe, or ofeast iron, and where
a water closet is installed or roughed in, the intern-
al diameter of such house drain shall not be less than
four inches; stoneware piping shall riot be placed
within live feet of the exterior wall of any building
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or within three inches of the surface of the ground
at any part of its course. Each joint between sections
of vitrified piping must be completely and uniformly
filled with Portland cement, and every joint must be
thoroughly cleaned from the inside so as not to form
any obstruction. Every outside drain must be water
tight, and have a fall of not less than one - quarter
of an inch to the foot towards the street server or
cesspool. All angles or branch connections in out-
side drains must be governed by Section 7 of this
Ordinance. Outside drains shall not be covered or
concealed in any way until they have been inspected
and approved by the Plumbing Inspector. It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to con-
nect any pipe or private property with any pipe in the
street connected with the public sewer of said city,
or to construct any sewer, or connect with any private
sewer, or connect any plumbing or house drain with any
sewer, drain, or cesspool without first obtaining a
permit so to do from the Plumbing Inspector.
SECTION 9. TRAPS. Every water closet, sink,
slop hopper, bath tub, wash tray or set of wash trays,
and every other vessel or vessels connected directly or
indirectly to the street sewer or cese-000l, must be sep-
arately, independently and effectively trapped. Every
fixture shall be separately trapped, and no trap shall
drain more than one fixture. The trap must be placed
as near the fixture as possible and in no case further
than one foot therefrom.
All hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, houses
where boarders are kept for profit, meat markets and
bakeries shall have a grease trap which shall be placed
in the open or at such place as the Plumbing Inspector
may direct, where it can be cleaned at any time.
SECTION 10. PROHIBITED FIXTURES. All plunger
water closets, Philadelphia hopper closets, or any
other closet where the supply to the bowl or container
is direct from the street service, are prohibited from
installation or use in all instances, except as provided
for in Section 25 of this Ordinance. No wooden wash
tray or trays, sink or sinks, shall be maintained, used
or constructed inside of any building or porch. All
wash trays and sinks maintained, used or constructed
in any building or porch shall be of non - absorbent
material.
SECTION 11. VENTS. Every trap shall be effect-
ively vented with an air pipe of diameter not less than
that of such trap, except in case of a trap larger than
two inches in diameter, in which case the air pipe shall
not be less than two inches in diameter, provided that
a single pipe may be used to vent two traps through the
same fitting when such fitting has effective means to
prevent the drainage from one trap entering the other
trap and is made of one piece of metal without loose or
attached parts.
All separate vent pipes within a radius of
twenty feet may converge into one pipe, the size of
which shall be governed by the provisions of Sections
14 and 15 of this Ordinance. These vent pipes shall
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be extended up to and through the roof and no vent
pipe shall be allowed to open less than ten feet from
a window or opening of any house or adjoining building
unless it extends for at least one foot above such
opening. Horizontal vent pipes above the waste level
shall not exceed twenty feet in length and shall have a
fall of not less than one - eighth inch per foot toward
the fixtures they serve.
SECTION 12. PREVENTING .TASTE WATER FROM ENTERING
VENTS. In order to prevent waste water entering vent
pipe, every branch or branch fitting, for a vent pipe
shall, when leaving a horizontal or vertical line of
waste pipe be taken from a "Y" branch lying in the
direction from which the waste water flows in such
waste pipe, thus forming an angle of forty -five degrees
with the waste pipe; or may leave such horizontal waste
pipe at right angles, provided that such vent pipe shall
have a rise of at least forty -five degrees, thus per-
mitting the use of a "T ". All vent pipes, whether
horizontal or vertical, when converged into a main ex-
tension, shall rise vertically to a .point six inches in
height above the top of fixture before a right angle is
made to the branch fitting to which line of vent pipe
of one or more fixtures is made. 19here vent pipes are
exposed, "T's" or "Y's" or crosses must be placed so
that vertical waste pipes can be cleaned through such
"Y's; "T's" or crosses.
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RE WATER
CLOSETS. Every building or structure where a water closet
or'ot her fixture is installed or used, or an outlet left
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so that the vertical stack or line of pipe is carried
to the first floor level, this vertical stack or line
of pipe shall be carried undiminished in size up to
the roof, as governed in Section 11 of this Ordinance;
and every building having a water- closet shall have at
least one main vent pipe not less than four inches,
internal diameter.
When two or more buildings or structures are
connected with the house drain or sewer, the drain
system in each and every building or structure shall
conform to the rules and regulations prescribed by
this Ordinance; provided, however, that when a water
closet is installed or used, or an outlet left for
a yard closet exclusively, and there is a vent pipe
of no less than four inches in diameter through the
roof of the building on said lot where such closet
is provided, the vent from this grater closet may-be
two inches in diameter.
SECTION 14. SIZE OF VENTS ON SMALL FIXTURES.
The vent pipe of every small fixture shall be the same
size as the trap used for said fixture, provided, that
if more than one trap shall be vented by the same pipe,
the size of such pipe shall be as follows:
For more than one, and not exceeding two fixtures,
not less than a one and one -half inch vent pipe; for
more than two, and not exceeding eight fixtures, not
less than a two -inch vent pipe; for more than eight,
and not exceeding sixteen fixtures, not less than a two
and one -half inch vent pipe; for more than sixteen, and
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not exceeding twenty -eight fixtures, not less than a
three -inch vent pipe.
SECTION 15. SIZE OF VENTS ON TCILETS, SLOP HOPPERS
AND SINKS. The vent from any water closet, slop hopper
or slop sink shall not be smaller than two inches intern-
al diameter, and where more than one such fixture is vented
through the same pipe its internal diameter shall be as
follows;
For more than one, and not exceeding four closets,
or slop hoppers or slop sinks, not less than a two -inch
vent pipe; if more than four, and not exceeding eight
such fixtures, not less than a two and one -half inch
vent pipe; for more than eight, and not exceeding four-
teen such fixtures, not less than a three -inch vent pipe;
for more than fourteen such fixtures, not less than a
four -inch vent pipe. All vent pipes and fittings there-
for must be either cast iron or standard galvanized iron.
Half union or union coupling of any description shall not
be used, maintained or allowed in vent or waste pipes,
where the work is covered or concealed.
SECTION 16. SIZE OF WASTE PIPE. All waste pipe
shall be cast iron, brass or lead, not less than standard
weight, and of the following sizes;
For each bath tub, laundry tray, urinal, wash
basin or other small fixture, not less than one and one -
half inches internal diameter; for each slop sink or slop
hopper where the outlet is two inches or smaller, not less
than two inches internal diameter; and if outlet is larger
than two inches, the waste pipe shall not be smaller than
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three inches internal diameter; for each water closet
not less than four inches in diameter; cast iron,
when used as a waste pipe for the discharge of one
or more kitchen sinks shall not be smaller than two
inches internal diameter (trap to fixture excepted),
and not more than two fixtures shall waste through a
one and one -half inch waste pipe. Not more than four
sinks shall waste through one 2 -inoh sink waste pipe.
SECTION 11. PIPE WEIGHTS. Cast iron soil
pipe or fittings, either waste or vent, shall not be
used in any plumbing work that is of less weight per
length of five feet than is shown in the following
table for the respective sizes of pipe, to -wit:
Two inch pipe . . . . . . . . . 17 1/2 lbs.
Three inch pipe . . . 22 1/2 lbs.
Four inch pipe . . . 32 1/2 lbs.
Five inch pipe . . . 42 1/2 lbs.
Six inch pipe . . . . 52 1/2 Ibe.
Eight inch pipe . . . . 90 lbs.
Ten inch pipe . . . . . . . . .125 lbs.
Twelve inch pipe. . . . . . . 150 lbs.
SECTION 18. DEFECTIVE PIPE AND FITTINGS.
Gas fitters' cement or other compound shall not be used
in repairing defective fittings or pipes; any fitting or
pipe will be considered defective and unreliable, when
upon examination by the Inspector any fracture or split
is found, and any such fitting or fittings or pipe shall
be removed immediately upon notice so to do.
SECTION 19. TEST. Fixtures connected with the
plumbing of any house or building, or any portion of the
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plumbing or drainage system that is covered or concealed
from view, and the outlet of soil pipe and every opening
into it below the top, shall be hermetically sealed by
the person, firm or corporation doing the work, and the
pipe shall then be filled with water to the highest point
in the system. Every leak so disclosed must be repaired,
and every defective pipe or fitting of any kind must be
renewed and replaced with sound material.
SECTION 20. CONNECTIONS BETIMN LEAD, BRASS AND IRON.
Every connection between lead piping shall be made by a
wiped joint. Every connection between soil pipe and lead
pipe shall be made with brass ferrules or brass solder
nipples, and its joining shall be wiped. Bolted on copper
bit, cup or flush soldered joints are prohibited in all
oases.
SECTION 21. SAND TRAP. Every carriage wash, area
or cellar drain shall be trapped by a sand trap of not
less than twelve by twelve by twelve inches inside diameter,
and constructed of brick and cement, or vitrified stone
pipe with cement botton; the water seal of such trap shall
be constructed by inverting its waste pipe. Such trap
need not be vented. A water seal of less than four inches
is prohibited, and the minimum size of waste pipe shall be
two inches, where trap is not vented.
SECTION 22. SAFE WASTE. No safe waste pipe from
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any fixture shall connect with any waste pipe or sewer, but
each safe waste pipe shall discharge into a water- supplied
sink or discharge outside of building.
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SECTION 23. REFRIGERATOR CONNECTIONS. The
waste pipe from any refrigerator, or other receptacle
in which provisions are stored, shall not be connected
with a drain, soil pipe or other waste pipe unless
such waste pipe is provided with a trap suitably vented
and in every case there shall be an open tray between
such trap and such refrigerator.
SECTION 24. FLUES AND RAIN WATER LEADER. No
brick, sheet metal earthenware or chimney flue shall
be used as a sewer ventilator or be used to ventilate
any trap, drain, soil or waste pipe. No rain water
leader or other conduit for rain water shall be connect-
ed with any soil or waste pipe, except by permission
first obtained from the Plumbing Inspector.
SECTION 25. WATER SUPPLY TO TOILETS AND URINAL.
No water closet shall be installed or used on any
premises or in any house or building, unless it be
flushed with water contained in a tank holding not less
than four gallons of water; provided, however, that a
Flusho- meter -valve may be used, which would, in the
opinion of the Plumbing Inspector, conform to the re-
quirements of this Ordinance. 'Nhen the water supply
of any building is not sufficient for the proper flush-
ing of all water closets and urinals in such building,
the Plumbing Inspector may order the erection of a
tank system for supplying water to such closets and
r urinals into which the water may flow or be pumped.
Where the soil pipe is brought through the floor
for a toilet waste it shall be provided with a cast iron
or brass floor flange and shall be calked onto the pipe
with lead and oakum.
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SECTION 26. TOP FIXTURE. A fixture known as
a top fixture on a vertical pipe line which is located
not more than two feet from the inlet to said pipe
line, need not have its trap revented; provided, it
does not discharge into the pipe line more than one
inch below the level of the seal or vent pipe. All
traps shall be set true to their water seals; bell
traps are prohibited in all cases.
SECTION 27. REPLACING FIXTURES. When any
water closet, sink, bath tub, basin or other fixture
maintained in any house, porch or building is removed
and replaced with another such fixture, or other
fixture, such new fixture shall have its trap vented.
SECTION 28. BLOWOFF OR EXHAUST FROM ENGIDE.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpor-
ation to cause, suffer, allow or permit the exhaust
from any engine, or the blowoff from any boiler to
be connected with a house drain or sewer.
SECTION 29. PRIVY VAULT. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person, firm or corporation to maintain or
use, or permit or cause to be maintained or used, a
privy vault or cesspool on any premises in the City of
E1 Segundo if a public sewer exists and is ready for
use in any street or alley on which the property abuts.
SECTION 30. SODA FOUNTAINS, BAR FIXTURES,
DENTffi FIXTURES, etc. When waste pipe connections are
to be made to fixtures classified as follows: soda
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fountains, saloons or bar fixtures and their several
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appurtenances, dentists' fountain, cuspidor, lavatories
in barber shops, which in the opinion of the Plumbing
Inspector cannot be practicably constructed in conform-
ity with the provisions of this Ordinance, a special
permit may be issued by the Plumbing Inspector if in
his judgment the conditions require it.
SECTION 31. PLACING OF NEW FIXTURES. Upon
the renewal or alteration of any building, or upon the
making of any repairs or additions thereto, if any new
plumbing fixture is placed in such building, either in
the original or in the altered, repaired or added part
thereof, every such new fixture must be properly con-
nected with and attached to the waste pipes in the
original parts of such building, and if any fixtures
are to be reset, either in the old or new part of such
building, then both such original, and such additional
fixtures, and any altered plumbing whatever, must be
made to conform in all respects to the rules and reg-
ulations prescribed in this Ordinance.
SECTION 32. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREIENTS. Every
building or structure of any kind in which there is
any plumbing affecting the sanitary condition of such
building or structure and every building or structure
of any kind used, occupied or inhabited as a dwelling,
shall be furnished and provided with one or more water
closets, and shall be separately connected with and
drained into a public sewer when such sewer is con-
structed and ready for use in any street or alley im-
mediately adjacent to the lot on which such building
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or structure is situated. Every building or
structure of any kind in which there is any plumbing
affecting the sanitary condition of such building or
structure, and which is situated upon a lot which
does not abut on any street or alley in which there
is a sewer constructed ready for use, shall be con -
neoted with and drained into a cesspool situated on
the same lot and constructed as required by Section
33 of this Ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to use, occupy or inhabit
as a dwelling, or to suffer, to cause or permit to be
used, occupied or inhabited any building or structure
of any kind in which has been constructed any plumbing
affecting the sanitary condition of such building or
structure, unless such building or structure is sep-
arately connected with and drained into a public sewer
where there is such a sewer constructed and ready for
use on any street or alley immediately contiguous and
adjacent to the lot on which such building or structure
is situated, or when there is no such sewer, with a
cesspool situated on said lot, and it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to use, occupy or
inhabit as a dwelling or let as a dwelling, or to suffer
or permit to be used, occupied or inhabited as a dwell-
ing any building or structure of any kind situated upon
a lot which abuts upon any street or alley in which
there is a public sewer ready for use unless such
building or structure is furnished and provided with
at least one water closet, and is separately connected
with and drained into such public sewer.
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SECTION 33. CESSPOOLS.
No cesspool shall
be constructed nearer than tour feet to any boundary
line to the lot on which it is located or closer
than five feet to any building used as a dwelling.
In case such distance cannot be obtained from the
lot line, building or structure, such cesspool shall
be located where directed by the Plumbing Inspector.
Every cesspool shall be cylindrical in form and the
walls of such cesspool shall be constructed of brick.
The top of such cesspool shall be arched or drawn in
jug shape and all brick used in arching said top
shall be laid in cement mortar. The proportions
of such mortar shall consist of one part cement to
two parts of clean sharp sand. The minimum internal
diameter of any cesspool shall be not less than three
feet four inches, and the bottom of said cesspool
shall be not less than ten feet below the surface of
the ground. The top of the arch of any cesspool
shall not be nearer the surface of the ground than
thirty inches. Brick lined cesspools of greater in-
ternal diameter than five feet shall have walls and
the top not less than eight inches in thickness con
strutted as hereinabove provided. No standpipe or
vent pipes opening to the outer air shall be connected
directly to any cesspool but every cesspool shall be
vented through the waste pipe leading thereto.
SECTION 34. DEFINITIONS. In this Ordinance
the term soil pipe applies to any line of cast iron
pipe receiving the discharge of one or more water
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closets. The term waste pipe applies to any pipe re-
ceiving the discharge from any fixture or fixtures
other than water closets. The term house drain or
sewer applies to the pipe within the building line
or the tile pipe outside of building and which re-
ceives the total discharge from any fixture or set
of fixtures. The term vent or vent pipe applies
to any pipe provided to ventilate a system of piping,
and to which other vents may be connected to prevent
trap syphonage and back pressure. A top fixture is
defined as one whose waste inlet at the stack is
uppermost on this vertical line of pipe, and the
discharge pipe to the inlet shall be exclusive of
any other waste entering at any point other than be-
low its level. The term indirect connection or
system applies to any line of waste pipe that is not
connected permanently to the house drain or sewer
but discharges its waste into a hopper or other re-
ceiver that has a permanent connection through the
house drain or sewer.
SECTION 35. CUT -OFF VALVES AND AIR CHAMBERS.
A valve shall be conveniently installed in each water
service line between the meter and the point where
said service line first enters the building or structure
supplied with water thereby, so that the entire water
supply of said building or structure may be out off
by said valve. An air chamber or chambers sufficient
to prevent all water hammer shall be installed in each
building or structure in which pipes for the convey-
ance of water are installed.
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SECTION 36. PERMITS FOR GAS INSTALLATION.
The Plumbing Inspector shall have supervision of the
installation of all gas fittings and gas connections
in or about any building in the City of E1 Segundo.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
poration, except for service pipes, meter and meter
connections, to place or install in any building
any gas pipe or gas fitting, or to make any alter-
ations or changes in or addition to any gas pipe
or gas fitting installed to any building, or to do
any gas - fitting work without first notifying the
Plumbing Inspector in writing and obtaining from said
Inspector a written permit to do such work. Such
permit shall state the kind of work to be done, and
shall authorize only the kind of work stated and
designated therein. Said permit shall also state
the location, by street and number of the building
where such work is to be done, and shall be valid
only for the location so stated.
SECTION 37. INSPECTION OF GAS INSTALLATION.
All gas - fitting work done under permit shall be sub -
jeot to the inspections and tests hereinafter pre-
scribed, and notice must be given to the Plumbing
Inspector by the person, firm or corporation doing
such work, or causing the same to be done, immediate-
ly after said work is ready for inspection. Such
notice must be in writing, and no inspection shall
be made by the Plumbing Inspector until such notice
has been filed in his office with said permit number
attached.
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The inspections of gas - fitting work done
under permit shall be two, viz: A first inspection
and a final inspection; except on unconcealed work,
such as stove run or fuel run of pipe, then same
shall be made at one inspection, first and final.
The first inspection shall be made after all the
piping authorized to be installed under the permit
shall have been installed and before any of such
piping has been covered or concealed, or any fix-
tures have been attached thereto. The final in-
spection shall be made after the piping authorized
to be installed under the permit is in place and
has been covered or concealed. This inspection
shall include the application of an air pressure
test by which the pipes shall be subjected to a
pressure of ten pounds to the square inch. up to
the time of the first inspection all work must be
uncovered and convenient for examination. All in-
spections shall be made by the Plumbing Inspector
after receipt of the notice hereinbefore mentioned.
All the necessary tools, labor and assistance for
the requisite tests in such inspection shall be
furnished by the person, firm or corporation having
control of the work to be inspected.
SECTION 38. CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR
GAS INSTALLATION. When upon examination by the
Plumbing Inspector it appears that any gas - fitting
work is defective, either in construction or material,
the same shall be altered or repaired to conform to
the regulations set forth in this Ordinance.
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When any gas piping or gas fitting for the
installation or alteration of which a permit has
been issued shall be found on inspection to conform
to the rules and regulations provided by this
Ordinance, the Plumbing Inspector shall issue a
certificate of inspection certifying that such
piping or fittings have been inspected and found
to comply with the terms of this Ordinance; but no
such certificate shall be granted until such piping
or fittings respectively are found to conform to
said rules and regulations. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to use any gas
through or by means of any piping or fittings in any
building, or to furnish or supply gas to be used
through or by means of such pipes or fittings until
the same shall have been inspected and approved by
the Plumbing Inspector and the certificate herein -
before provided shall have been issued therefor.
SECTION 39. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. The
following rules and regulations are hereby prescribed
in the construction of gas - fitting work in the City
of E1 Segundo, and all such Pork must be constructed
in conformity thereRith before the Plumbing Inspector
shall grant a certificate of inspection therefor as
herein provided, and it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to do any gas fitting or
gas fitting work in such manner that the same shall
not conform to all of said rules and regulations, and
all other provisions of this Ordinance.
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(a) The size of the gas pipe used must vary
with the length of the pipe and the number of the
burners supplied thereby in conformity to the fol-
lowing table, to -wit;
No. of
Burners
of 5 feet
per hour
Size of pipe. Length allowed consumption
3/8 -inch (vertical only) 15 feet 2
1/2 -inch 40 feet 8
3/4 -inch 80 feet 25
1 - inch 100 feet 45
1 1/4 -inch 150 feet 80
1 1/2 -inch 250 feet 250
2 - inch 400 feet 500
2 1/2 -inch 600 feet 900
In estimating the number of burners for illumin-
ating purposes, to determine the size of the riser pipe,
allow three burners for each outlet in stores, parlors,
bed - rooms, offices, public halls, etc. Allow one
burner for each bracket outlet, one burner for each
outlet in a kitchen, bath room, toilet room, hall,
pantry or porch outlet.
In estimating the number of burners for heating
or cooking purposes to determine the size of the riser
pipe, allow three burners for each gas grate or heat-
ing stove, ten burners for each instantaneous heater
outlet, Deasey Heater outlet, cooking stove outlet,
or so- called hot -plate outlet. outlets for auto-
matic instantaneous heaters must be at least one size
larger than the inlet pipe of heater.
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(b) All horizontal pipe must be at least
one -inch in diameter, except that in exposed work,
three - eighths -inch horizontal pipe for a single
light may be run a distance not exceeding twenty
feet. No riser pipe shall be of smaller diameter
than three - quarter -inch. The end of the riser
pipe must be located at a point designated by the
Plumbing Inspector, and no inspection or test must
be made until the riser is extended to such desig-
nated points.
(c) In concealed work where practical, all
center outlets or drops shall be bent, in preference
to drop pipes with straps soldered thereto. No
center light or drop shall be used of smaller diameter
than one -half inch. Bracket outlets must be bent and
have an offset or have bracket elbows to prevent re-
moval. Fireplace and stove outlets shall be fitted
in the same manner. Where drips are necessary, the
and of the drip pipe must be exposed and be easy of
access.
Grate outlets and fireplaces must be at least
two inches clear of finish and bottom of fire basket.
No pipe smaller than 3/4 -inch will be allowed for cook
stoves, hot plates and instantaneous heaters. Drop
pipes for centers and bracket outlets shall not pro-
ject through the finish of ceiling or wall lines more
i
than one inch.
(d) All pipe must be well secured and must
grade or incline toward the meter in all cases.
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There must not be any traps or depression where
condensation would remain. Piping must not be
filled with water for the detection of leakage.
Gas fitter's cement, sealing wax, etc., shall not
be used for the stopping of leaks. Union joints
are prohibited. All pipe laid in the ground which
is used as an extension of the riser or risers
shall not be less in size than the riser or risers
in the building and the minimum size shall be one
inch.
(e) All gas piping must be tested under an
air pressure of at least ten pounds to the square
inch. Gas fixtures shall not be hung or attached
before this test is made.
SECTION 40. DANGEROUS DR DEFECTIVE CONDITIONS
IN GAS INSTALLATION. If the Plumbing Inspector shall
find any part of any gas pipe or gas fitting in or
about any building in the City of E1 Segundo to be in
a condition dangerous to life or property, he shall
notify the owner, tenant or occupant of the building
in which such gas pipe or gas fittings are located to
have the defects repaired immediately, and to refrain
from using gas by means of said defective pipe or
fittings until the same have been repaired and rendered
safe. The Plumbing Inspector shall have the right and
power to cause the supply of gas to be shut off until
the necessary repairs have been made. The Plumbing
Inspector shall give written notice to the person, firm
or corporation supplying gas to any such defective
pipes or fittings to cease the supply until the neces-
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nary repairs have been made, and it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to furnish gas
for use in or by means of any defective gas pipe or
fittings after receiving such notice until the neces-
sary repairs have been made. Before making any
connection to supply gas to any building that has not
already been supplied with gas prior to the taking of
effect of this Ordinance, the person, firm or corpor-
ation about to furnish gas thereto, shall ascertain
whether a certificate of inspection has been issued
for the gas fitting or gas piping to be supplied, and
for that purpose may demand the production and exhib-
ition of such certificate by the owner, tenant or
occupant of the building in which such gas piping or
gas fitting is located before supplying gas therefor.
SECTION 41. FEES. The Plumbing Inspector shall
charge and collect from the person, firm or corporation,
to whom any permit for doing any gas - fitting work, or
certificate of inspection for such work is issued,
under the terms of this Ordinance, the following fees,
to -wit:
For issuing permit and making inspection of
work, for ten outlets or under, $1.00; for each
additional outlet, 5 cents; for each additional in-
speotion other than first or final inspection, 50
cents; for each duplicate certificate, 10 cents.
Provided, however, that where the gas piping
is installed as a part of the original installation
of plumbing in any building or structure in this
Ordinance referred to, no permit other than the
original permit for plumbing work in said building
or structure shall be required.
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SECTION 42. PENALTY. Any person, firm or cor-
poration who shall violate any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a tine
of not less than five dollars, nor more than three
hundred dollars; or by imprisonment in the County Jail
for not less than five days, no more than ninety days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such
person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of
a separate offense for every day during which any
plumbing or house drainage done or any gas piping in-
stalled by such person, firm or corporation in violation
of the provisions of this Ordinance continues in such
condition, and for every day during which any other
violation of this Ordinance by such person, firm or
corporation continues, and shall be punishable therefor
as herein provided.
SECTION 43. PLUMBING INSPECTOR. The office of
Plumbing Inspector is hereby created. The Plumbing
Inspector shall be appointed by and hold office during
the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. He shall give
a bond in the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty dollars pay-
able to the City of E1 Segundo for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties and said bond shall be signed by two
sureties, approved by the said Board of Trustees. He
shall take the constitutional oath of office. He shall
perform the duties of Plumbing Inspector set forth in
this Ordinance and such other duties as the Board of
Trustees shall require of him. He shall receive such
compensation as shall from time to time be determined by
the Board of Trustees.
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SECTION 44. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published by one insertion in the E1 Segundo
Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation
printed, published and circulated within the said City
and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after the final passage thereof.
Passed and approved this day of
1917.
aa/1; cl-zo-a-111
President of the Board of
Trustees of the City of
E1 Segundo.
Attest:
oV.
City Clerk.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF EL SEGUWDO
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
31 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the fore-
going Ordinance, being Ordinance No. �'� , was passed
by the Board of Trustees of said City, signed by the
President of said Board, and attested by the City Clerk,
all at regular meeting of said Board held on the
• day of , 1917, and that the
same was passed by the following vote:
AYES, TRUSTEES ��cu�ztir_O,/ ��� � �tJ/
v /
NOES, TRUSTEES
ABSENT, TRUSTEES
0 ee
City Clerk.
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