(a) Plumbing fixtures.
(1) All plumbing fixtures including, but not limited to, toilets, lavatory sinks, urinals, bidets, bathtubs, showers, kitchen sinks, mop sinks, water and sewer lines for clothes washing machines and dishwashing machines, traps, drains, drain lines, vent pipes, pipes or piping, supply lines, hardware, appliances or equipment necessary to supply either natural or liquefied petroleum gas, potable water, discharge sewage or waste water, provide hot water or heat shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition, and so as to function in the manner for which they were designed.
(2) Such plumbing fixtures shall be maintained free of cross-connections and conditions that permit backflow into the potable water supply, as required by Article V, Division 3 of the Fort Worth environment code.
(3) Unvented waste lines are prohibited.
(b) Fuel supply. Supply pipes, lines or equipment that carry natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas shall be maintained in a leak free condition. Such pipes, lines and equipment shall be pressure tested in accordance with the plumbing code any time a significant fire or structural collapse occurs within a building or structure where same are located, when a gas leak is detected, or when a gas supply pipe or line is opened ahead of a gas supply shut-off valve.
(c) Kitchen sinks, lavatory sinks, toilets, showers and bathtubs.
(1) Each dwelling unit shall be provided with:
a. A kitchen equipped with a kitchen sink; and
b. A minimum of one bathroom equipped with a toilet, a lavatory sink and either a bathtub or shower.
(2) In all buildings or structures, each kitchen sink, lavatory sink, mop sink, bathtub, shower, toilet, urinal, bidet, dishwasher, clothes washing machine and water heater shall be connected to an approved potable water supply system.
(3) In all buildings or structures, each kitchen sink, lavatory sink, bathtub, shower, bidet and mop sink shall be equipped with hot and cold potable water under pressure necessary for their normal operation. Toilets and urinals shall be equipped with cold potable water under pressure necessary for their normal operation.
(4) A room in which a toilet or urinal is located shall be separated from food preparation or storage rooms by a solid, close-fitting door. A solid, close fitting door is one that is designed and fitted to conform to the contours of its frame and is free of breaches or holes.
(5) Each kitchen sink, mop sink, lavatory sink, toilet, urinal, bidet, bathtub, shower, dishwasher and clothes washing machine shall be connected to an approved municipal sanitary sewer system or to an approved private sewage disposal system capable of performing the functions for which it was designed. Such fixtures shall be properly vented to prevent the invasion of sewer gas into a building or structure and to facilitate drainage of wastewater.
(6) All plumbing fixtures shall be installed and maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. The flow of sewage or water from openings or breaches in water supply lines or sewage disposal lines shall be stopped, and repair performed as necessary to eliminate sanitary hazards.
(7) All sewer clean-out openings shall be capped with tight fitting plugs except when the sewer lines are being serviced.
(d) Water heating equipment.
(1) All water heating appliances, equipment or boilers shall be maintained in safe operating condition in compliance with the building code, plumbing code and all other applicable laws.
(2) All water heating appliances shall be provided with a temperature and pressure relief valve with an appropriate drain line to the outside necessary for the diversion of hot water under pressure or steam to a safe location as required by the plumbing code.
(3) All fuel-fired water heating appliances shall be vented as required by the plumbing code.
(4) Fuel-fired water heaters shall not be located in bathrooms, sleeping rooms or a closet accessed through a sleeping room or bathroom unless installed in compliance as new construction.
a. The door to a closet which contains an existing fuel-fired water heater may be sealed in an approved manner provided venting is installed to obtain combustion air from an appropriate outside source or installed in compliance as new construction.
b. A closet may be constructed in an approved manner around an existing fuel-fired water heater located in a sleeping room or bathroom, provided the closet is sealed in an approved manner and provided venting is installed to obtain combustion air from an appropriate outside source or the same is installed in compliance as new construction.
(5) Every room containing a boiler, central heating plant or hot-water supply boiler in a multifamily dwelling shall be separated from the rest of building or structure by not less than one-hour fire-resistive occupancy separation; except that a separation shall not be required for such rooms with equipment serving only one dwelling unit.
(Ord. 13743, § 1, passed 3-23-1999)