G-555(36-64) ORDINANCE NO. e-~s~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THIS CITY PERTAINING TO VARIOUS PLUNBING
CODE REQUIREMENTS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT: PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE:
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 21-2 be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 21-2. Board of plumbing commissioners; created;
qualifications; term of office.
"There shall and is hereby created a board of plumbing
commissioners who shall serve without compensation for a term
of one year or until their successors are appointed. The board
shall be composed of seven members: the city physician, two
licensed master plumbers, two licensed journeyman plumbers, the
regularly appointed plumbing inspector and the city engineer.
All shall be appointed by the city council. Each member must
have his principal place of business located within the municipal
limits of Delray Beach. The present members of the plumbing
board shall hold their seats for the term of office for which
they were appointed."
Section 2. That Section 21-5 be and the same is here-
by amended by adding sub-section (d) to read as follows: "Sec. 21-5. License; required; fee; bond.
"(d) Every plumbing contractor granted a license under
the terms of this chapter, shall be required to maintain at all
times, in an insurance company authorized to do business in the
State of Florida, employees liability insurance or workman's
compensation insurance, and public liability insurance with mini-
mum limits on each of not less than fifty thousand dollars for
one person and one hundred thousand dollars for more than one
person, in any one accident, and public property damage insurance
with a minimum of not less than five thousand dollars for any
one accident.
"At the time application is made for examination and
before a license can be issued, the plumbing contractor shall
file with the tax collector a certificate as prescribed and pro-
vided by the city, signed by a qualified agent of the insurance
company stating that a policy or policies has been issued to
the licensee for: employees liability insurance, or workman's
compensation insurance, public liability insurance, and public
property damage insurance, the minimum limits of each; the
policy number or numbers; the name of the company, the effective
date of such policies; the expiration date of such policies;
together with a statement and a copy of an endorsement placed
on such policy or policies requiring thirty days' written notice
by registered mail to the tax collector if it becomes necessary
to cancel the policy or policies, for any reason.
"In the event of a cancellation of a policy or poli-
cies, of any contractor the license of such contractor shall auto-
matically be revoked. License may be reinstated by the tax col-
lector, when the licensee has furnished certificate of insurance
in compliance with this section."
Section 3. That sub-section (d) of Section 21-12 be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 21-12. Miscellaneous regulations.
"(d) Sewers shall be of cast iron pipe and all joints
shall be caulked with oakum and lead. When any labor repairs
are to be made to terra cotta sewers connected with city sewer,
such repairs shall be made with cast iron replacement pipes."
Section #. That Section 21-15 be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 21-15. Sewers and drains; size.
"The required sizes of sanitary building drains and
sanitary building sewers shall be determined on the basis of
the total number of fixture units drained by them in accordance
with the following table:
1/4 inch slope to Equivalent
i ft.-Diameter in Number of
Fixture units: inches Water Closets
i - 20 3 not more 1
21 - 120 ~ 2 - 20
121 - 300 5 21 - 50
301 - 720 6 51 - 120
721 - 1080 8 121 - 180
1081 - 1920 10 181 - 320
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Section 5. That sub-section (b) of Section 21-18 be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 21-18. Soil and waste pipe; miscellaneous pro-
visions governing.
"(b) All soil and waste lines must be as direct as
possible, and shall have a proper fall to the sewer. Soil,
waste and vent stack shall extend at least one foot above the
highest opening in the main roof. All soil stacks carried to
the second floor must be extended full size through the roof.
Stacks shall be flashed with an approved flashing or with a roof
collar of lead or copper, and then counter-flashed by a sleeve
caulked on the stack. All stacks must be left open at the top.
Provide a cleanout or test tee in the sewer line within the
last three feet before entering the septic tank. When connected
to City Sewer provide a cleanout three feet from building and
every fifty-feet thereafter, and bring cleanout and test tees
to finish grade. Soil pipes from house to septic t~nk shall
not be over ten (10) inches below finished grade at septic tank."
Section 6. That Section 21-35 be and the same is hereby
amended by adding sub-section (j) to read as follows:
"Sec. 21-35. Cold water pipes; connecting power with
service pipe; used material; installing
heaters; gas heaters; outlet sizes.
"(j) Each bathroom shall have a 3/4 inch minimum cold
water supply."
Section 7. That should any section or provisions of
this ordinance or any portion thereof, or any paragraph, sentence
or word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re-
mainder hereof as a whole or any part hereof, other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 8. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 9. This ordinance shall become effective thirty
days after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED and ADOPTED on second and final reading this
l~th day of July , 1964.
Cit~
First reading June 22, 1964
Second readin~ ~ ~ 1-~ 3
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