When a floor is below the adjoining ground and subsoil conditions are such as to permit ground water to accumulate adjacent to the foundation, footing drains shall be installed alongside the outside face of the base of the foundation. Such drains shall be not less than four-inch diameter pipe of a type and construction to intercept and carry ground water without permitting the infiltration of soil into the pipe. Footing drains shall have a continuous slope of not less than one-sixteenth of an inch per foot, discharging into the building storm sewer or other outlet approved by the Building Inspector. No coil or corrugated pipe shall be used. Refer to Section 1381.20.
(Ord. 1992-101. Passed 1-14-92.)