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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1959-14Village of Plymouth ORDINANCE NO. 1N-14 CHAPTER 13 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PLUMB. ING AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH. HENNEPIN COUNTY. MINNESOTA. The Village Council of the Vil- lage of Plymouth ordains: Section 1. A permit shall be re- quired for all plumbing and sew- age disposal work. There shall be a minimum of $5.00 for the in- spection of inside plumbing up to and including the first eight (8) plumbing fixtures, plus $1.00 for each additional fixture in excess of eight (8), and a minimum fee of $5.00 for the inspection of sew- age disposal systems, and/or ex- amination of the site. Each person, firm or corpora- tion, doing plumbing work for hire within this Village, shall se- cure a license, or licenses, to Carry on . uch occupation from the Vil- lage Clerk. Such licenses shall be of two types --a Class 'W' Li- cense shall permit, exclusively, the installation of plumbing with- in the buildings and to a point five (5) feet outside of the ince tam of the buildim wall. A Class "B.. License shall permit, exclusively, the installation of plumbing out- side of structures. At the time of applying for a Itcense, each applicant shall se- cure and post a bond in favor of the Village and the public in the form prescribed by the Village, conditioned upon the faithful per- formance of contracts. Such bond shall be in the amount of ;1,000.00 for each ten contracts undertaken by the licensee within this Vil- lai;e, with a maximum bond of $5,000.00 being required of any lit enst- _`" either class of license. 0:.,e licensee may hold both Class "A" and Class "B" licenses and shall furnish bond in the amount required for each type of license. The posting of the required bond and the securing of a license shall be a condition precedent to the doing of any plumbing work for hire within this Village. The doing of any plumbing work for hire within this Village without first securing a license to do so, and posting the necessary bond, shall be a violation of this Ordinance. As used in this Ordinance, plumbing shall include installa- tion of cesspools, septic tanks an-' drainfields. No person, firm or corporp,don that has obtained any such lisense shall allow any other perso�i, firm or corporation to use -ucb license for doing any plumbing work. Any license or per.ait granted hereunder may to revoked for cause by the Village Council. Section L The minimum stand- ards and requirements for plumb- ing as outlined in the "Basic plumbing Principles" of the Min- nesota Plumbing Code, dated Jul, 20, 1937, as subsequently amended, shall apply to the plumbing with- in all buildings, and to a point five (5) feet outside of the in- terior surface of foundation wall. Section & The sewage disposal systems shall be in accordar•ce with the following standards. A. Each residence shall be equipped with two (2) connected septic tanks of not less than 750 gallons capacity connected to either a cesspool or a properly constructed drainfleld. Each sep- tic tank shall be watertight and shall be constructed of poured or precast reinforced concrete, or of steel, or of septic tank blocks; no porous or water absorbing mater- ial. Each septic tank shall have properly located baffle plates. All commercial and public buildings shall have a sewage disposal sys- tem in accordance with the re- commendations of the Minnesota Department of Health Bulletin en- titled "Small Sewerage Systems" edition of May 1, 1953. Garbage disposals shall not be installed in any residence unless such residence is equipped with at least one septic tank with a capacity of 1,000 gallons or more. B. The septic tank, drainfield and/or cesspool shall be not clos- er than (1) 50 feet to any well or suction line from a well. (2) 10 feet from any drinking water sup- ply line under pressure. (3) 15 feet from any building founda- tion. (4) 10 feet from any lot line. (5) 25 feet from any lake or stream. C. The building sewer shall be ccnstructed of extrE, heavy cast iron or transite pipe with tested watertight joints. The building sewer is that part of the horizon - piping of a building drainage system extending from a point Ave (5) feet outside of the inside face of the building foundation wall to the septic tank. D. The minimum size of the builning sewer shall be four (4) inches. E. The pitch or down grade of the sewer shall be not greater than t'4 inch nor less than iii inch per foot. However, hum a point ten (10) feet preceding the en- trance to the septic tank the trade shall be % inch per foot. F. A cleanout shall be pro- vided in the sewer at every change in horizontal direction of more than 22%° and at intervals of not more than 75 feet. G. The cover of the septic tank shall be constructed of steel, pre- cast or re-inforced concrete. It shall be not less than la inches below the surface of the Snisi�ad grade. There shall be a manbole opening or removable covet no: leas than 18 inches in diameter near the center of the tank cover. A B inch cleanout pipe shall ex- tend from a point in the cover di- rectly over the outlet of the tank to the surface of the ground. Such pipe shall be fitted with an air- tight cover. H. The inlet to the septic tank shall be not less than one (1) inch or more than three (3) inches higher than the outlet. The inlet and outlet shall be equipped with proper baffle plates. I. final disposal shall be by cesspool or by distribution box and drainfleld. J. If by cesspool, it abati not be closer than ten (10) feet to the septic tank and shall be located in sandy or gravel soil, and the bot- tom of the tank shall be not less than four (4) feet above the high water table, and shall not be sub- ject to flooding by surface wa- ters. The cover shall be not less than two (2) feet below the sur- face of the finished grade. The capacity shall be a minimum of 1,250 gallons with at leant 400 gallons per bedroom. The max- imum depth shall be twenty (20) feet. But if the bottom of the tank is more than four (4) feet above the high water table, a greater depth may be p rmitted by the inspector. K. The sewer line fro. -i the ssptic tank to the distributio.. box shall have a fall of approximate- ly 1 inch per foot. When installed in filled or loose earth, the the shall be laid on two grade N)ards separated by a 2" x 2" stake. The grade boards shall b. I" x 4' supported every ten (10) feet by the two hundred (200) pounds without depressing. Drain the shall be not less than live (5) inches in diameter and twelve (12) inches long. There shall be t'k inch open joints be- tween the tile. The dainfield s%nll have a maximum slope of �h percent throughout its length. The maximum length of any one lat xal shall not exceed 100 feet. The filter material in the drain the trench shall be crushed rock, such material a depth of not less than 12 inches beneath the bot- tom of the tile, and cover the tile to a depth of not less than 4 inches. Trenches shall be a mini- mum width of 18 inches, and con- sidered a maximum width of 24 inches for the purpose of deter- mining effective absorption area A 2 inch layer of straw or a layer of untreatf ' building paper shall be placed ai or the filter ma- terial in the trench before back filling with earth The spacing between the drain - field laterals shall be not less than 10 feet. The drain file shall be placed not less than 12 inches nor more than 24 inches below the finished grade lime, before the drain tile is laid. L. The size of the drainfield necessary for each residence shall be a minimum of 200 square feet and an additional 87 square feet for each additional bedroom over two. Section 4. The building con- tractor or owner shall notify the Building Department of the name and address of the plumber, or p:umbers, doing the plumbing work and/or sewage disposal work for each residence and such plumber, or plumbers, shall be held responsible for observance of this plumbing code. In cases where the building contractor or owner fails to supply, the Build- ing Department with the names and addresses of those doing the plumbing and/or sewage disposal work, the builder and/or owner shall be responsible for the prop- er installation of such work. Section 5. For all public build- ings, and all commercial or in- dustrial buildings with a floor area of more than 2,000 square feet, the plumber shall take out the plumbing permit. Section 8. No plumbing rough. in work within the building shall be covered before it has been in- spected and passed by the plumb- ing inspector. Section 7. No part of the sew- age disposal system shall be cov- eted until it has been inspected and passed by the plumbing in- spector. Section S. It shall be the re- sponsibility of the person who does the plumbing work to notify the Building Inspector that the job is ready for inspection. Section t. If any violation of thie code continues for more than ten (10) days sites written notifi- cation of such violation, the plumber shall pay an additional fee of $5.00 for each inspection made necessary by such violation. The application of the above shall not be held to prevent the en- forced removal of prohibited con- ditions, nor to prohibit the en- forcement of tht penalties as pre- scribed under the Plymouth Building Code. Simon 10. Existing systems which do not meet the require- ments of this ordinance may be repaired or extended if the repair or extension does not bring the disposal system any closer than Aft (50) feet to an existing well, or in any other way increase the health hazard. Section 11. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convicition thereof. shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $100.00 or imprisoned in a public jail for not to exceed ninety (90) days. Adopted this 27th day of May, 1959. (Sgd.) Howard C. Anderson, Mayor. ATTEST: (Sgd.) H. T. Johnson, Clerk. (Herald, 8-4-59)