HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 226 (2) Plumbing Ordinances of the City of
Fayetteville , Arkansas compiled by
James Dinwiddie , Plumbing Inspector
September 21 , 1925
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DA7T o LM _ Ordinance No . 226
- — To the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas
AN ORDINANCE
Defining rules and regulations for plumbing , drainage , and the
ventilation of buildings in the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas .
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Sec . 1 . - The term " Private Sewer " is applied to Main Sewers that
are not constructed by and under the supervision of the Department of
Sewers .
Sec . 1 . - The term " House Sewer " is applied to that part of the
main drain or sewer , extending from a point two feet outside of the
outer wall of the building , vault or area , to its connection with
the public sewer , private sewer' or septic tank .
Sec . 3 . - The term " House Drain " is applied to that part of the
main horizontal drain and its branches inside the walls of the build -
ing vault or area , and extending to and connecting with the house sewer.
Sec . 4 . - The term " Soil Pipe " is applied to any vertical line of
pipe extending through roof , receiving the discharge of one or more
water - closets with or without other fixtures .
Sec . 5 . - The term "Waste Pipe " is applied to any pipe receiving
the discharge from fixtures , except water - closets .
Sec . 6 . - The term "Vent pipe " is applied to any special pipe pro -
vided to ventilate the system of piping and to prevent trap syphonage
and back pressure .
ARTICLE 2
Materials and Workmanship
Sec . 1 . - All material must be of best quality , free - from defects
and all work must be executed in a thorough work -man - like manner .
Sec . 2 . - All cast iron pipe and fittings must be coated inside
and outside with asphaltum , sound and cylindrical , smooth , •free from
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cracks , sand holes and other defcct- s , and of uniform thickness , and of
the grade known in conraerce as standard , but " extra heavy '; shall be
used in buildings more than three stories exclusive of basenent .
Sec . 3 . - All joints of soil pipe and soil pipe fittings must be
made with picked oakum and molt.en lead , well caulked and made gas
tight . Twelve ounces of fine , soft pig lead must be used at each
joint for each inch in diameter of the pipe , where extra heavy pipe
and fittings are used , and eight ounces for each inch in diameter
where Standard pipe and fittings are used .
Sec . 4 . - Brass screw caps for cleanouts must be not less than one
eighth of an inch thick . The Screw• cap must have a solid square or
hexagon nut , not less than a half inch high with diameter of one inch .
The body of the cleanout ferrule must be at least equal in weight and
thickness to the caulking ferrule for the same size of pipe .
Sec . 5 . - Mere cleanouts are required by rules and by the approv -
ed plans the screw cap must be brass . The engaging parts must be not
less than three threads of iron pipe size and be tapered . Cleanouts
must be of full size of trap up to four inches in diameter and not
less than four inches for larger traps .
Sec . 6 . - The use of lead pipe is restricted to the short branches ,
unless otherwise specified , for some particular reason or purpose ,
" Short Branches " of lead pipe shall be construed joints .
Sec . 7 . - All connections between lead pipes and between lead and
copper pipes must be made by means of "wiped " solder joints .
Sec . 8 . - All waste and flush pipes must be of best quality of
brass tubing nickle plated or lead pipe and if of lead pipe the follow-
ing weight per linear foot must be used :
I " flush pipes 22 lbs . per linear ft .
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Sec . 9 . - Amended by Sec . 1 of Ordinance 570 , as follows :
Sec . 1 . - That Section 9 of Ordinance No . 226 , passed and approved
on the 24th day of February 1908 , be amended to read as follows :
" Sec . 9 , - Closet ferrules must be brass with wiped joints , and
should be caulked into cast iron fittings with picked oakum and molten
lead , and made gas tight . Ferrules for waste lines should also be
brass , and must be properly wiped to lead waste , and caulked into
waste lines with oakum and molten lead . "
Sec . 10 . - All lead bends and traps must be same weight and thick -
ness as their corresponding branches . Sheet lead for roof flashings
must be six pound lead and must extend six inches from the pipe , and
joint made water tight . Copper roof flashings must be of same size
and not less than 16 gauge , with adjustable collar dnd heavy lead ring ,
and caulked tight .
Sec . 11 . - The entire plumbing system of each building must be
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entirely separate and independent of that ofotherbuilding .
. Sec . 12 . -Each building must be separately and independently con -
nected with a public or private server or septic tank , unless permission
is otherwise granted by the City Engineer and Inspector .
Sec , 13 . - Septic tanks and Filter Beds will be permitted only
after it has been shown to the City Inspector or City Council that the
use of said septic tank or filter bed is absolutely necessary , and that
said property is so situated as to make the ur tter of public sewerage
connection wholly impracticable .
Sec . 14 . - When septic tanks and filter beds and cess pools are
allowed to be put in , they must be constructed strictly in accordance
with the plans and specifications , which are , or which hereafter may be
adoptee by the Ci-ty Council of the CitV of Fayetteville , Arkansas ,
Sec . 15 . l All pipe issuing from extension or elsewhere ) which
would otherwise open within thirty feet of the window of any building
all Windows ,
must be extended above the highest roof andnuetlbe above
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Sec . 16 . - The arrangement of all pipes
direct as possible .
Sec . 17 . - All pipes and traps should be , Where possible exposed to
adily accessible for inspection and
view . They should always be re
repairing • where they can be
Sec - Cellar drains will be permitted only
a trap having a permanent water seal .
connected to
2 of Ordinance 570
as See - 19 . . Amended by Sec . assedlandsapproved
Sec . 2 • - That Sec . 19 of ordinance No . 226 , p
on the 24th day of February , 1908 , be amended to read as follows :
" Sec . 19 :- Floor or other drains will only be permitted when it
can be shown to the satisfaction of . the main sewer and plumbing in-
spector that their use is absolutely necessary and arrangements made
to maintain a permanent water seal in the traps .
The discharge from vats , " soda fountains , ice boxes and refriger -
en them and the house drain *
ators shall have an open receptacle bet<<+ e
Ali hotels , restaurants , cafes or other places where grease is
liable to enter the sewer line , shall be provided with catch basins
for receiving sink waste , made of cast iron , tile , brick or concrete ,
iron cover properly trapped and vented . No iron drum
with stone or
or grease trap shall be substituted .
There shall not be connected to a 4" sewer or main sOr_or
house -:
drain , to exceed thirty ordinary plumbing
more than eight closets . "
le must not be used as soil , waste or
Sec . 206 - Rain water l
Waste or vent pipes be used as
vent piPes ,
nor shall any such soil ,
a leader .
Sec . 21 . - Old 'house sewers can be used in connection with the
new buildings or new plumbing only when they are found. on examination
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by the City Engineer and inspector to conform in all respects to the
requirements governing new sewers .
Sec .22 - No steam exhaust , boiler blowoff , or drip pipe shall be
connected with the house drain or sewer . Such pipes must first dis -
charge into a proper condensing tank , and from this a proper outlet
to the house server outside the building must be provided . In low
pressure steam systems the condensing tank may be omitted , but the
waste connection must be otherwise as above required .
Sec . 23 . - The house drain must properly connect to and with the
house sewer at a point not less than two feet outside of the outer
front vault area or wall of the building . An arched or other proper
openings must be provided for the drain in the wall to prevent damage
by settlement .
Sec . 24 : - If possible the house drain shall be above the cellar
floor and suspended from the floor beams by iron hangers at inter-
vals of not more than ten feet .
Sec . 25 . - The house drain and house sewer shall be run as direct
as possible with a fall of at least one-quarter of an inch per foot ,
all changes in direction made with proper fittings , and all connec -
tions made with " Y" branches or Sanitary Tees , or one - fourth , one -
eighth or one - sixteenth bends .
Sec . 26 . - The house sewer and the house drain must be at least
four inches in diameter where water closets discharge into them .
All houses sewers must be of salt - glaze vitrified clay pipe .
Sec . 27 . - Full size " Y" and " T " branch fittings for handhole
cleanouts must be provided where required on house drains and its
brand3les , ,
Sec . 28 . -An iron double vent trap must be placed on house drain
near wall of house , and on sewer side of all connections, . If placed
outside the house it, must be well under ground to prevent freezing ,
and must be provided with cleanouts with brass sewer cap ferrule, caulked. .
Sec . 29 . -A fresh air inlet must be connected with house drain
just inside the house trap . Where possible it will extend to the ex-
ternal air . The fresh air inlet must be of same size as the drain
up to four inches . For five and six incht % drains it must be not
less than four inches in diameter .
Sec . 30 . - Repealed by Sec . 4 of Ordinance 570 .
Scc . 31 . -No . connections to lead branches for water closets or
slop sinks will be permitted , except the required branch vent .
Branch soil and waste pipes must have a fall of at least one quarter
of an inch per foot .
See . 32 . - The diameter of soil and waste pipes must not be less
than those given in the following tables :
Main soil pipes fpr closets 411.
Branch soil pipes for closets 4 "
Waste pipes 2 "
Branch waste pipes for laundry tubs 12"
When set in range of three or more 21t
Branch waste for other fixtures 11 or 12"
Sec . 33 . -All traps must be protected from syphonage and back
pressure and the drainage system ventilated by special lines of vent
pipes . All vent piper lines and main branches must be of cast iron
or galvanized wrought iron . They may be connected with the adjoining -
soil or waste line 32 inches above the highest fixture :
Sec . 34 . - Branch vent pipes should be kept at least 32 " above the
top of all connecting fixtures to prevent the use of vent pipe as soil
or waste pipe . Branch vent pipes should be connected as near the
crown of trap as possible . No sheet metal , brick or other flue shall
be used as ventilating pipe .
Sec . 35 . - Main vents throughout must not be less than the fol -
lowing : For long branches , two inches in diameter ; for sink traps alone .
two or more floors , one and one -half inches ; for closets , bath tub
and lavatory all in same room , two or more floors , two inches .
Sec . 36 . -Every fixture must be separately trapped by a water
sealing trap placed as close to the fixture outlet as possible .
Sec . 37 . - A set of wash trays may connect with a single trap , or
into the trap of adjoining sink , provided both sink and tub waste out -
lets are on the same side of the waste line and the sink is nearest
the line . When so connected the waste pipe from the waste trays must
be branched in below the water seal .
See . 38 . - The discharge from any fixture must not pass through
more than one trap before reaching the house drain .
Sec . 39 . - All traps must be well supported and set true with re -
spect to their water levels .
Sec . 40 . - All fixtures other than water closets and urinals must
have strong metalic strainers or bars over the outlets to prevent
obstruction of waste pipe .
Sec . 41 . - All exposed or accessible traps except closet ; traps
must have brass trap screws for cleaning the trap placed on the inlet
side , or below the water level .
Sec . 42 . -No trap shall be placed at foot of main soil and waste
pipe lines . A four inch Y or Sanitary Tee may be used with cleanout
caulked in the heel . All vertical stacks shall rest and stand on
a solid foundation ,
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Sec . 43 . - The size of traps must� be less than those given in
the following tables :
Traps for water closet 4 inches
ti if Slop sinks 2 "
it Kitchen sinks 12 "
Wash trays 2
Urinals 11
Lavatories 14 "
Traps for bath tub must be 4x8 inches , lead drum with screw ;• cap clean-
out flush with floor line .
Sec . 44 . - Closets must be set open and free from all enclosing wood
work in all sewer connected residence or tenements . There must be at
least one water closet and there must be . additional closet so that
there will never be more than 15 persons per closet .
Sec . 45 . - The Copper lining of water closets and urinal tanks must
not be lighter than 10 oz . copper . Plater closets and urinal flush
pipes must not be less than one and one quarter inches and one inch
respectively in diameter , and if of lead must not weigh less than two
and one half pounds , and two pounds per linear foot .
Sec . 46 . - All urinals installed in places other than private res -
idence must be constructed of material impervious to moisture that will
not corrode under the action of urine . The floor and galls of the ur-
inal apartments must be lined with limilnte non -absorbent and noncor -
rosive material . Trough urinals Lnust be enameled . Kitchen sinks must
be set entirely upon brackets or legs without any enclosing woodwork .
Sec . 47 . - No water closets or urinals except those placed in yards
shall be allowed without a flushing tank , flush meter , volumeter or
similar device , which may be supplied directly from the water pipes .
Sec . 48 . - All water closets and other plumbing fixtures must be pro -
vided with a sufficient supply of water for flushing to keep them in
proper and in a cleanly condition ,
Sec . &9 . - No service pipes or supplying pipes should be run and no
tanks , flushing cisterns or water supplied fixtures should be placed
where they will be exposed to frost . When so placed they shall be pro-
perly packed and boxed in such a . manner as to prevent freezing .
Sec . 50 . - Repealed by Sec . 4 of Ordinance 570 .
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Sec . 51 . - Repealed by Sec . 4 of Ordinance 570 .
Sec . 32 - Amended by Sec . 3 of Ordinance 570 as follows :
Seo . 3 . - That section 52 of Ordinance No . 226 , passed and
approved on the . 24th day of Fbbruary , 1908 , be amended to read as
follows :
" Sec . 52 . - All inside water closets shall be placed in a well
lighted room of not less than twelve square feet area , provided with
outside ventilation , either by windows , shaft or other proper local
ventilation . Groups of closets in .toilet rooms may be separated by,
dwarfed partitions spaced 36 . "
All closet bowls inside of buildings must be enameled inside or
of vitreous or glazed earthenware , and must be effectively flushed
by tank or approved flushing rim bowl . All lower floor closets ,
where closets are placed above , shall be vented , but groups of syphon
closets on same floor on circuit ventilation will not require revent -
ing . Toilet paper only shall be used in all classes of closets .
All yard closet buildings must not have less than 10 ft , of 4 "
soil stack , and not more than four closets shall be included in one
group with one stack , unless traps are vented . All yard closet build-
ings must be of substantial construction , placed not less than five
feet inside any property line . Long hopper closets will only be per-
mitted in outside buildings .
URINALS
Urinal troughs set on floor are prohibited . • The inside urinals
shall be of enameled iron or glazed earthenware .
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Sec . 53 . - No person shall tunnel under the earriagcway of any
street or the surface of any improved alley to a greater distance
than five feet , or under tho surface of a cement footway to a great -
er distance- than eight feet ( S ) , without special permission from the
inspector . The surfaco paving shall in all other cases , be removed
to the same length and width as the earth trench .
Ten- inch pipe sewer
Sec . 54 . - If the public sewer be a pipe loss than ton ( 10 )
inches in diameter and the house sower is tarra. cotta , the connect-
ion shall be made by taking out a, length of pipe and substituting
therefor a ° Y° . branch of the proper size , which branch shall be laid
in the presence of. the Inspector in strict accordance with the speci -
fications for pipe sewers .
The length of pipe to be replaced may be removed before the
arrival of the Inspector or authorized employee , who shall inspect
the public sewer and make a record of the condition of the sane , and
shall see that it has not been damaged ; that no rubbish has been
allowed to enter it , and that the invested branch is properly laid .
If the house sewer be of iron , not more than four ( 4 ) inches in
diameter , and the public sewer ton ( 10 ) inches in diameter , the conn
action may be made by tapping in accordance with the provisions of
section 55 .
Tapping pipe sower
Sec . 55 . - If the public sej:aor be a. pipe of ten ( 10 ) inches or
more , the plumber under direction of inspector , shall cut a hole of
the least practicable size in the public savior and the connection
shall be made by means of a connection thimble of the same size and
material as the house savior , of such length that the hub shoulder
thereof shall rest against the outer surface of the sower and no
portion extend within it , and the connection must ba mall cemented .
Rules governing the laying of private sewers
Sec . 56 . - ( 1 ) Applications to connect with any sewer must be
made in writing to the city engineer or inspector by the owner of the
property to be drained , or by their duly authorized attorneys and
must be accompanied by clear description of the promises to be drain-
ed and of the drains required , and also by certain agreements all as
provided in the printed form of application issued by said city
Engineer and Inspector .
( 2 ) No one but a drain layer duly licensed by the Sewer Inspect-
or will be allowed to make connections with the sewers nor lay any
drains in connection therewith ; and any person so licensed will give
personal attention to any work also employ none but competent persons
to do said work .
( 3 ) Notice must be given at the office of said City Engineer
and Inspector 24 ' hours if required , before any street or public way
can be opened for the purpose of laying a. private drain , or before
any drain pipe can be extended from work previously done and accepted ,
or new connections of any kind be made with such work , unless other-
wise permitted by the City Engineer and Inspector .
( 4 ) No work of laying drains can be commenced or continued un-
less the permit is on the ground in the hands of the drain Layer or
someono employed by him . •
Rules for Laying Drains
( 1 ) In opening any street or public way , all materials for pav-
ing or ballasting must be removed with the least possible injury or
loss of the same , e.nd together with the excavated materials from the
trenches must be placed where they will cause the least practical in-
convenience to the public . As little as possible of the trench must
be . dug until the junction piece into the sewer is found , unless it
is first determined to make a, new - opening in the sewer .
( 2 ) 'rjhenever , in the opiniDn of the City ngineer and Iaspector
the sides of the trenches will cave , sheeting and braces must be used
to prevent caving .
( 3) The City P.ngineer and Inspector and their authorized agents
are to have at all times facilities for inspecting the work and mater -
ials while under the charge of the drain layer ; and if required , no
pipe or other materials for the dreins can be used till they have been
examined and approved .
( 4 ) The least inclination that can be allowed for water closet ,
kitchen and all other drains of not over 6 inches diameter liable to
receive solid substances , is 2" in 2 ft . ; and for cellar or other
drains to receive water only 2" in 2 ft . ; the depth of the crown of a
drain at the curb line shall be • determined by a raise of _r of an inch
per foot from the crown of the sewer directly • opposite .
( ) The ends of pipes not to be immediately connected with , are
to be securely stopped by brick andcement or other water tight
imperishable materials .
( 1 Unless special permit shall be granted by the City in ineer
and IusYector no privy vaults can be connected with the sewers except
through an intervening catch basin , and the discharge pipe of the
vault must be high enough above the bottom .to effectually prevent any-
thing but the liquid contents of the vault from passing •into the drain .
( 7 ) The inside of every drain after it is laid must be left
smooth and perfectly clean throughout its entire length ; and to insure
the same a scraper of suitable material of the shape of a pipe and
slightly less in diameter , shall be drawn through each length of pipe
aftar the same has been laid on a firm foundation and the joints have
been properly cemonted .
( 8 ) in cast, it shall be nooessary to connect a drain pipe with
a public sewer where no junction is left in such sower , the now
connection with such sewer can only be made under the inspection of
the City Inspector , or when an officer , named in rule 2 , is present
to see the work done .
( 9 ) W henovar it is necessary to disturbe a drain in actual use
it must in no case be obstructed without the special direction of the
officer named in rule 2 .
( 10) The back tilling over drains after they are laid , must be
puddled or solidly rammed , and together with the replacing of ballast
and paving must be done within 48 hours , after the completion of that
part of the drain lying within the public way and done so as to make
them at least as good as they were before they were disturbed , and to
the satisfaction of the City ynginec; r and Inspector , and to the
officer mentioned in second rule ; and the drain layer will be held
responsible for any scttlemant of the ground which occurs within one
year on account of laying said drain . All water and gas pipes must be
protected from injury or sottling , to the satisfaction of the City
yngin;; cr and Inspoctor .
( 11 ) ivory drain layur must enclose any opening which he may
make in the public streets or ways , with sufficient barriers and
must maintain red lights at the same at nights and must take all
necessary precaution to ;;card the public effectually against all
accidents from the beginning to the end of the work , and can only
lay drains on condition that he shall use every precaution against
accidents to persons , horses , vehicles , or property of any kind .
( 12 ) In case a water or gas pipe should come in the way of a
drain , th6 question of passing over or under the water or gaspipe
or of raising or lowering it , must be dc; termined by the City 3nginr
eer and Irspec {.or.
( 13 ) All exhausts from steam ergines and all blowoffs from steam
boilers must be first connected with a catch -basin of such dimensions
as the City Engineer and Inspector may prescribe ; and in no case will
they be allowed to connect directly with the private or public sewers
without special permission from the City Engineer and Inspector .
( 14 ) Such information as the City Engineer and Inspector has with
regard to the position of junction will be furnished to drain layers
but at their own risk as to the accuracy of the same .
( 15 ) When any change of direction is made in the pipe , either in
a horizontal or vertical direction , curves must be used . No pipe can
be clipped contrary to the directions of the officers mentioned in rule
two ,
( 16 ) The drain layer shall faithfully observe all the rules for
laying drains as adopted by the City Engineer and Inspector , and if so
directed , shall not cover any of his work until it has been examined
and accepted by the City Engineer and Inspector .
( 17 ) No drain layer or person employed by him will • be allowed to
rest any planking or other material upon any gas or water pipe . Vio -
lation of this rule will be sufficient cause for the revocation of
license ,
( 18 ) The drain layer who obtains the permit shall carefully fill
out the blank return provided , whether for nes: work, or for alterations ,
or additions and return the sane within 48 hours after the completion
of the work ,
( 19 ) All work shall be done in such manner and at such time as to
interfere as little as possible with the public travel and convenience ;
and the drain layer shall conduct his work with respect to this object
as the City Engineer and Inspector may from time to time direct ,
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( 20 ) Every person violating any of ti:e provisions of the foregoing
rules shall be liable to pay a fine of not less than twenty , nor more
than fifty dollars , and shall be subject to ' a forteiture of his license .
Sec . 57 . - All plumbing fixtures and all compartments containing
same shall be kept in a thoroughly clean and sanitary condition .
Sec . 58 . - No roof nor storm surface water shall be drained into the
City Sanitary Sewer .
Sec . 59 . - Any person violating any of the provisions of this or -
dinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and upon conviction
in the Police Court shall be punished by fine in any sura not exceeding
twenty- five ( 25 ) dollars for each offence , and each day such violation
shall continue shall constitute a separate offense .
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage and its publication .
Passed and approved this the 24th day of February , 1908 .
J . J . Baggett , Acting Iayor .
R . L . Vaughn , City Clerk .
Plumbing Ordinances of the City of
Faycttcvillc , Arkansas compiled by
Janes Dinwiddie , Plumbing Inspector
September 21 , 1925
ORDINANCE No . 571
AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED , " AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE AND PRO-
VIDE FOR THE SUPERVISION OF PLULMING , AND DRAIN LAYING , TO FURTHER DE -
FINE THE POTvERS OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS , THE DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS
OF LICENSED PLUTMERS AND DRAIN LAYERS , TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXAMINATION
AND INSPECTION AND FEES FOR SAIM, AND FOR THE EXAMINATION OF PLUA.MRS
AND DRAIN LAYERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES . "
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE ,
ARKANSAS :
SECTION ONE : The word "master plumber , " wherever used in this
ordinance shall be construed and held to mean any person who has
charge of doing plumbing work as a contractor , or any person who
employs plumbers to work for third parties . And the words " journey -
man plumber , " shall be construed and held to mean any person engaged
in doing the actual physical work of plumbing for another , and may
include a master plumber , but shall not include apprentices o2` helpers .
SECTION TWO : There is hereby created the position of plumbing
inspector , vho shall be appointed for a term of two years by the
Manyor of the City of Fayetteville , and whose duties shall be as hcre -
inafter defined .
SECTION THREE : Amended by Section One of Ordinance 575 as follows .
SECTION ONE : That Section Three of Ordinance Number 571 , passed and
approved on the 14th day of September , 1925 , be amended to read as
follows ;
Section Three : Immediately after the passage , approval and
. publication of this Ordinance , the Mayor of the City of Fayetteville ,
Arkansas , shall appoint , for a term of two years , a board for the ex-
amination of plumbers and drain layers , whose duties shall be as here -
inafter defined . Said board shall consist of three members , as fol -
lows : ( 1 ) The Plumbing Inspector who shall be- ex- officio chairman ,
( 2 ) one Master Plumber , and ( 3 ) one Journeyman Plumber - - each of the
latter two members# of which board shall have been a resident citizen
of Fayetteville , Arkansas , for at least one year next before his
appointment , and who shall have been actively engaged at the trade or
business of plumbing for a period of not less than five years .
SECTION FOUR : It shall be the duty of said board to meet , with-
in ten days after the passage , approval and publication of this
Ordinance , for the purpose ' of organizing and adopting the necessary
rules to carry into effect the provisions of this Ordinance . Said
board shall elect one of their number as secretary . Said secretary
shall negister . in a proper book the name of each licensed person ,
firm or corporation engaged in working at the business of plumbing
or drain laying in the said City of Fayetteville . He shall account
to the board for all moneys received by him as such secretary , and
do and perform any and all other duties prescribed by said board .
SECTION FIVE : Hereafter no person , firm or corporation shall
engage in the business of plumbing or drain laying , or work at the
business as journeyman , without first registering his name , residence
and place of business with the secretary of said board of examiners ,
and submitting to , and passing; an examination before said board , as tc ( '
his skill and experience as well as the theory of plumbing and drain-
ing .
SECTION SIX : Said boCrd sh(, ll meet when necessary to examine
applicants . The c .cmination , fee for a master or employing plumber
or drain layer shall be Five ( $ 5 . 00 ) dollars C.nd for a journeyman
shall be Three ( $3 . 00 ) dollars . Any license issued by said board
shall be good for a period of one year from the date of issuance
Any license issued by said board mc.y be renewed annually by paying
to the secretary of said board the sum of Two ( $2 . 00 ) dollars , in
the case of Master Plumber , and One ( $1 . 00 ) dollar , in the case
of a Journeyman Plumber . Each member of said board shall be allow-
ed to keep , for his services as an examiner , the sura of One ( $ 1 . 00 )
dollar for each applicant and the secretary of said board shall turn
over the remainder of the money so colledted by him to the City Treas -
urer of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , to be by him placed in
City General Funds .
SECTION SEVEN : It shall be unlawful for any person , firm or
corporation to engage in or work at the trade of plumbing or drain
laying , either as a master plumber or as a journeyman , without hav -
ing first obtained license or permit for said board of examiners .
Provided , a license or permit issued by a similar board in any other
city in the State of Arkansas , will exempt the person holding the
same from the examination herein provided for but will not exempt
such person from paying the fee herein provided for . Provided fur -
ther , any plumber known by said board to have worked continuously
at the trade of plumbing or drain laying for a period of five years ,
and who is known to be a competent workman , may secure the license
or permit herein provided for , without examination , by paying the
fee herein provided for . .
SECTION EIGHT : Any person , firm or corporation desiring to en -
gage in the business of plumbing or drain laying in the City of Fay -
ctte .ville shall , after complying with the other provisions of this
Ordinance , receive a license or permit , upon filing with the City
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Clerk of the City of Fr.yettevillc: , Arkansas , an indemnity bond in them
sum of Five Hundred ( ;4:; 500 . 00 ) Dollars , approved by the City Council
of said City of Fayetteville . Said bond shall be conditioned that
such person , firm or corporation will protect the City of Fayetteville
against any damage caused by his or its agents , servants or employees
and that said principal shall save the City harmless from all damage
to person or property resulting from or in any way growing out of any
opening or excavation or blasting made or done by him or it or his
or its agents , servants or employees ; also that all ordinances of the
said City of Fayetteville and all rules and regulations of the Plater
Commissioners , Managers or Superintendents , shall be fully complied '
Frith . Said bond must be renewed annually .
SECTION NINE : Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to
prevent plumbing by any person provided such work does not relate to
connections with water mains or to the sewer system of the City of
Fayetteville and such work does not affect appurtenances designed to
prevent the escape of sewer gas .
SECTION TEN : No person , firm or corporation , master plumber or -
journeyman shall begin any job of plumbing work in or about any build-
ing until a. permit for such work shall have been issued , except as
herein provided , and , in order to secure such permit , written appli -
cation shall be made on blanks furnished by the plumbing inspector .
Said application shall give the name of the owner , agent or occupant
of the premises , the street , house number or lot number , the name of
the master plumber having charge of the work , and a description of
the work to be done , setting forth the number and kind of fixtures ,
and all permits must be kept on the job for inspection of any City
official . No permit shall be required for minor work . By minor
work is meant the repair of leaks in pipes , traps and cocks , open-
ing up of stoppage in waste or supply pipes ,
traps , or drains , or replacing broken fixtures where waste pipes are
not disturbed ; and frozen pipes inside of buildings . But where waste
pipes run from a fixture , or a house drain is to be connected with a
server , a permit must be taken out and the plumbing inspector notified
and work inspected before same is covered up .
SECTION ELEVEN : It shall be the duty of the plumber to notify
the inspector when any job of plumbing or sewer work is ready for in-
spection as follows : First , when soil pipes shall be completed through t t, e
building , the waste pipes for the different fixtures having been run ,
all openings in the lead pipes soldered up , iron pipes properly plugged
or capped , and the work tested and made tight , and before any joint
in - soil pipes , fittings or waste pipes shall be covered up . At such
' times all openings must be in soil or waste pipes for the proper con-
nections of all fixtures . Second , when all fixtures have been attach-
ed and the water turned on , to test the same .
SECTION TWELVE : The inspector must be notified at least four
hours before the work is ready for inspection and test . For the first
test the whole system of drain , soil , waste and ventilation pipes shall
be filled with water or subjected to an air pressure of not less than .
five pounds per square inch , and in all cases where only a part of
the system has been tested at a time , the inspector shall require an
additional test of the whole system . For the second test a smoke test
shall be made in the presence of the inspector , when the whole system
must be gas tight . The City Council shall furnish a smoke testing
machine for the use of all licensed plumbers , who will be held respon-
sible for damage to same while in their possession . This machine must
be cleaned and returned after every test ,
SECTION THIRTEEN : The charges for a permit under this Ordinance
shall be One ( $1 . 00 ) dollar for any plumbing work done in or about any
building ( other than minor repairs as previously defined ) , to include
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one fixture when new fixtures are being installed , and fifty cents
additional for each and every fixture or opening left in the soil and
waste pipes for fixtures , and One ( $1 . 00 ) dollar for sewer connections .
All fees to be paid by the plumber doing the work at the time he re -
ceives the permit . All fees so paid for permits shall be paid direct
to the plumbing inspector and by him kept for his services herein .
SECTION FOURTEEN : Any person , firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis -
demeanor , and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not more than
fifteen dollars , and each day of such violation shall be deemed a
separate offense .
SECTION FIFTEEN : All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith shall be ', and the same are hereby , repealed , and
this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its
passage , approval and publication .
Passed and approved this 14th day of September , 1925 .
- -Approved : Allan M . Wilson , Mayer ,
Attest : J . C . Massie , Clerk .