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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5554 4 5 . ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 29-97 AND 29-110 OF CHAPTER 29 OF ORDINANCE NO. 5282, THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BY PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR SHOWER PANS AND FOR THE TESTING THEREOF, BY PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR VALVES TO BE USED ON WATER HEATERS, AND BY PRO- VIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF COLD WATER INLET LINES TO ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS; PRO- VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDI- NANCE CUMULATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES WITH RESPECT TO PLUMBING REGULATIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 29-97 of Chapter 29 of Ordinance No. 5282, as amended, the same being the Code of the City of Fort Worth, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: Each shower bath shad be provided with trap of cast iron, brass or lead with water seal of not less than two inches or more than four inches. Inlet and outlet of this trap shall not be less than two inches in diameter. Showers installed independent of shower heads over bathtubs shall be wasted through a double drainage floor drain appliance as made by the various manufacturers, and approved by the plumbing inspector. Drilling of the brass strainer will not be permitted. Waste shall connect with either vertical stack or horizon- tal house drain independent of all other fix- tures; and in no case shall be connected to lead bend or lead ferrule serving water closets. When two inch P-traps are used under showers in order to keep from cutting the floor joist, the extension from trap to strainer shall be of cast iron or brass and the distance from floor line to trap shall not exceed two feet, and the distance from water seal to point of entrance on vertical or horizontal connection on con- tinuous waste shall not exceed five feet. Be- yond this limit, traps shall be revented. Y Wherever built-up shower baths are installed, except those constructed on concrete slabs directly on the earth, the base may be precast terrazzo receptor with flange cast integral, and shall be of galvanized, bonderized steel and shall extend not less than one inch above the shoulder. The shoulder shall be not less than one inch high and not less than one and one- fourth inches wide, or the base of the shower stalls shall be lined with sheet lead weighing not less than four pounds to the square foot. Lead shower pans shall be protected on both upper and lower sides by coating with asphalt and application of thirty pounds asphalt felt over such coating on both sides of pan. The sheet lead shall be turned up on all sides to a height of not less than six inches. In lieu of using lead for shower pans, laminated materials manufactured under Federal Specifications UU-P-31b or CCC-T-191b may be used in the same manner and in accordance with the same regula- tions provided herein for the use of lead for such purpose. Also in lieu of using lead for shower pans, poly vinyl chloride material, blue style, 9205-020 gauge, and bearing the manufac- turer's markings as to grade and thickness, may be used in the same manner and in accordance with the same regulations provided herein for the use of lead for such purpose, provided: (1) the installation is on smooth flooring; (2) the base of the stall is sheathed smooth above the six inch shower pan, and (3) a vinyl mastic sealer is used on the sheathing and on all lapped corners. Base and walls of the shower stall shall be of nonabsorbent materials and impervious to moisture. Each of the above described water pans shall be water tight, and a test to determine such shall be made by plugging the drain and filling the pan with water to the height of the threshold of the pan. When shower baths are installed in manufactur- ing establishments, shop and engine or boiler rooms in basements or if the floor in such places is constructed on the ground using con- crete or tile, then the double drainage fixture and lead pan need not be used. Cast iron combi- nation P-trap with strainer may be used with wastes and vents in such business establishments. -2- s � r- Prefabricated shower stalls with metal walls and enameled metal, stainless steel, terrazzo receptor, or fiberglass receptors and stalls and other homogeneous nylon material manufac- tured in accordance with CS-222-59 may be in- stalled on the ground floor of residential buildings only. Such stalls installed in residential buildings above ground floor shall have terrazzo, fiberglass or other homogeneous nylon receptors. Shower walls and receptor shall be connected with water-tight joints in such installation. SECTION 2. That Section 29-110 of Chapter 29 of Ordinance No. 5282, as amended, the same being the Code of the City of Fort Worth, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: All water heaters installed shall be ap- proved by the A.G.A. for the proposed use, and their stamp of approval shall be plainly marked on such heaters. The temperature and pressure valve, safety pilot and thermostat shall be approved by the A.G.A. All gas-fired water heating boilers and storage type water heaters shall be equipped with a thermostat and separate pilot burner, and the burner shall be equipped with a safety gas control which will shut off the main burner gas supply if the pilot should be extinguished. In addition to the thermostat, all such water heaters shall be equipped with a temperature and pressure relief valve set so that water will be released from the heater when the pressure exceeds one hundred and twenty-five pounds per square inch or when the temperature exceeds two hundred and ten de- grees. This valve shall be constructed so that it will automatically open when either the above temperature or pressure is reached. This valve shall have a lever to open the pressure side of the valve so that it can be tested from time to time. A metal tag or plate shall be permanently attached to the main body of the valve, and such tag or plate shall show thereon the manufacturer's -3- name, the BTU discharge capacity and the pres- sure setting. All water heaters in new instal- lations and replacement installations or which have been previously installed but are moved shall comply with the provisions herein regard- ing a temperature and pressure relief valve. This valve shall be placed in the hot water line not more than four inches from the hot water outlet of the heater, and shall be ac- cessible at all times. The BTU capacity of this temperature and pressure relief valve shall be equal to or greater than the BTU input to the water heater on which it is installed. The re- lief line from such relief valve shall be run independently to the outside of the building and turned down so as to discharge on the ground, and it shall be of galvanized pipe or hard tempered copper not more than one pipe size smaller than the outlet on the valve. The dis- charge end of the relief line shall not be more than two feet above the ground so as to protect anyone passing from being scalded. No water heater shall be placed more than four feet six inches above the floor of the room or closet in which the hot water heater is located. Steam boilers used as water heaters shall be tested and approved by the state boiler inspector, whose certificate of approval shall be filed in the office of the city plumbing inspector. Such boiler shall be equipped with all the same safety devices and controls required for water heaters. Electric water heaters and controls shall be approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. , and shall be provided with temperature and pres- sure relief valve as described for gas water heaters. Where the cold water inlet of an elec- tric water heater is at or near the bottom of such heater, the cold water inlet line, before introducing cold water into the heating unit of such heater, shall be brought to a point above the top of such heater and there connected with the hot water outlet line of such heater by a pipe not smaller than one-eighth of one inch, to prevent the heater from draining when the cold water supply is turned off. -4- Water heaters equipped for burning liquid fuel shall be provided with controls as required for gas-fired water heaters. SECTION 3. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect the va- lidity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and all of the remainder of this ordinance not so held to be unconstitutional shall continue to be in full force and effect. SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of all provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Ordinance No. 5282, and amendments thereto, with respect to plumbing regulations, except in those in- stances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such Code, in which instances said conflicting provisions of such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. That the violation of any provision of this ordinance relating to plumbing regulations shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) , and each violation thereof shall be and is hereby declared to be a distinct and separate offense and punishable as such; pro- vided, however, if the maximum penalty provided by this ordinance for any such offense is greater than the maximum -5- penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the State, then the maximum penalty for vio- lation as provided by State statute shall be the maximum penalty under this ordinance. SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and pub- lication as required by law. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney -6- J3rtuwma City of Fort Worth, Texas MCMAHN1 Mayor and Council Communication"' DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Amendments to Plumbing Ordinance PAGE 4/18/66 NUMBERG-932 of the City of Fort Worth 1of _1 For several months, the Supervising Board of Plumbers has been re- viewing a number of proposed amendments to the Plumbing Ordinance (No. 5282) (which is contained in the Code of the City of Fort Worth, adopted November 16, 1964). After considerable study and discussion, the Board recommends amendment of the Code by adoption of the attached ordinance. The proposed amendments are summarized as follows: Section 1 Section 29-97 - Shower Baths. This section amends Section 29-97 by allowing the use of poly vinyl chloride material, blue style, 9205-020 gauge, and bearing the manufacturer's markings as to grade and thickness, in lieu of lead pans for shower stalls. Section 2 Section 29-110 - Water Heaters. This section is amended to require the installation of automatic temperature and pressure relief valves on all water heaters that are replaced, thereby eliminating the manual replacement of fuse plugs. The Supervising Board of Plumbers requests approval of the d ordinance. fj; sE�REr�Ry WpRry r JLB:lp attach SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITIO,W BY COUNCIL: PQQCESSgQ BY [�AP�P^yROVED �TNER (DESCRIBE) �/vJlf(J//JJv/U�(., ?� ,9DO1�:r g1Q7) .:�' � AMg/yDaye CITY SECRETARY D G�� �r.�G� ATE /TYMANAGER �) ���j(p 6'