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Home My WebLink AboutORD 103 FF^; t PLATE lq DISTANCE. -OF FIXTURE .TRAP FROM VENT ..METHODS: OF WASTING BATH TUB (Where Distances are Greater than Shown Below) Size of Fixture Drain,Inches... Distance Trap to -Vent 12 2 ft. 6 in. 2 2 ft ; 6 in 3 2 ft 6 in. 4 2ft. 6in. (1) Using drumtrap, the distance between wager line; of: tub waste, to. inside of vent shall be a maximum of -4811. 461, 4 X /0 drum hra (2) Wasting through 41t x 10.1t. drum trap to 411. Vent gtack .or 411 bend, piping shall.be minimum,of .12't:. Piping can be. lead or, coppe. Maximum distance between waterline of tub waste to inside :of bend or stack shall be 4812. - C/asP� sub - 3d 4fa .. 4e /0 Illym f r((7110 3Y In case .of drum trap installation where distance betweeninside of tub waste and vent .exceeds ,48'1', a 1112 revent must .be installed. When itplt, -trap installation exceeds 361' from weir -of trap: to. vent; a 12.i1..revent must be installed. Oyer• .3C I Gt/h�r� cud-ira f0in�s ore r1'�ode r f �'fings , sliver so/o�P r° L_sh c � r/ / 2 r'PVPn� e -r /,b re oyccoayenh4' 17. That Subsection (a) of Section 70 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: ,,Al(a) Calked Joints. Calked joints for cast"iron bell -and -spigot soil pipe shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead not less than 1 inch deep and not to .extend more than 1/8 -.inch below rim of hub, .or of-'.;a,type and material approved in accordance with this code as specified in Section 67.1' xiUx x�_4x No paint, varnish, or other coat- ings shall be permitted on the jointing material until .after the joint has.been tested and approved.1t That Subsection (a) of Section 153 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to. read as follows: ��(a) Materials. The building sewer shall be cast- iron sewer pipe, vitrified clay sewer pipe, concrete sewer pipe, asbestos cement sewer pipe, plastic pipe of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinychloride,-or styrene rubber may be used on sewer lines where load does not exceed 50 fixture units." 19. If any section, subsection,. sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to.be severable. K411M .Any person who fails to comply with or violates any provision of this ordinance, or fails to comply with or violates a detailed statement or plans submitted and approved hereunder, shall beguilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section 1--8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. Each -6- such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during which any violation of this ordinance continues. PASSED by the City Council this 16th day of July, A.D. 1963. .. Mayor -7- ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BEAUMONT PLUMBING CODE ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ON NOVEMBER 21, 1961, SO AS TO CHANGE.THE REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE INST ILATION, EXTENSION,.ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF PIPINGc, FIXTURES, APPLIANCES., .AND APPURTENANCES FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: 1. That Subsection 16 of Section 36 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: 2tSection 36. Building"..'Drain. The building drain is that part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning three (3) feet outside the building wall.tt 2. . That Section 53 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: ✓"Section 53• Depth of Building Water Service Outside i of Building. Water service piping shall;be installed below the recorded frost penetration, but in no case less than.six (6) inches below .grade for water pipe.rt 3. That Subsection (a) of Section 54 of'The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: ,.;?(a) Parallel. No piping shall be placed parallel to footing and below the level of the bottom of the footings. Any piping placed parallel to footings and within three (3) feet of the building wall, or within the,excavated area for the building, shall be cast iron and placed on thoroughly compacted fill, and be approved by the plumbing inspector.tt F 1C�-!f _4 ME That Subsection (b) of Section 81 of The. Beaumont Plumbing Code -adopted by the. City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: _,,-41(b) Location. Pipe cleanouts inside of buildings shall be not more than fifty (50) feet apart in hor. E izontal drainage lines of four (4) inch:Aiameter or less, and not more than -one hundred (100) feet apart for,.larger pipes. Line cleanouts which may be rodded both ways shall .be used whenever possible.tt 5. That Subsection (c) of'Section 81 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: ,/"'('C) Underground Drainage. Cleanouts, when installed on an underground drain, may be extended to or above the finished grade level directly above the place where the cleanout is installed; or may be extended to outside of the building and may be brought to grade -as indicated above . tt 102 That Subsection (f) of Section 81 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: 14t(f) Base of Stacks. A. cleanout shall. be provided at or near the base of each vertical waste or soil stack. For buildings.with a floor slab on fill or ground or with less than eighteen (18) inches crawl space under the floor, the following will be acceptable in lieu of a cleanout at the base of the stack: the building drain may be extended to the outside of the building and ter- minated in.an accessible cleanout not more than five (5) ,feet outside the building wall and may be brought to ground level . rt 7. That Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 126 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council -on November 21, 1961, are hereby repealed. -2- 96 - That Subsection (g) of'Section 126 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: '.'O(g) Drips. ,appliances, devices, or apparatus not regularly classed as plumbing fixtures but which have drips or drainage outlets, shall be drained by in- direct waste pipes discharging into an open receptacle, as provided in Section 129.tt 91 L.Jhat Subsection (a) of Section 128 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, is hereby re- pealed. 10. That Subsection (b) of Section 128 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code. adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: ✓tT((b) Maximum length. The maximum length of the in- direct waste to trap shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet. It 11. That Subsection (e.) of Section 153 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: _,'I"'(e) Exterior cleanouts on horizontal drainage system shall be not more than one hundred and fifty (150) feet apart and when under paving or hard surface shall be brought to grade.1t 12. That Subsection (b) of Section 175 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted -by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: V1i(b) Size of Individual Vents. The diameter of an individual vent shall be not less than 1211 nor less -3- than one half the diameter of the drain to which it is connected except a single water closet may be re - vented with 12 inch pipe. 13. That Plate 11 in The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended by adding the follow- ing thereto: "A single water closet may be revented with lilt pipe. It 14. That Section 39 of The Beaumont Plumbing .Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as -follows: ,/ttSection 39. Change In Direction -- Fittings. Changes in direction in horizontal drainage piping shall -be made by the appropriate use of 45 -degree wyes, long sweep.quarter bends, sixth,eighth, or sixteenth bends, or by a combination of these or equivalent fittings. Single and double sanitary tees and quarter bends may be used in drainage lines only where the direction of flow is from the horizontal to the vertical.tt 15. That Subsection (d) of Section 121 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1961, be amended to read as follows: „tit�(d) Copper Tube. Copper tube shall be supported at each story for piping 12 inches and over and at not more than 10 feet intervals for piping 11 inches and smaller . tt 16. That Plate 10 of The Beaumont Plumbing Code adopted by the City Council on November 21, 1901, be amended as shown on the Plate 10 hereinafter set forth. "4-