(a) Cleanouts. The cleanout shall be the same size as pipe up to four inches in diameter, and not less than four inches for larger pipe or traps.
Cleanouts shall be at least four inches long with airtight screw joints made of brass. Cleanouts shall be provided at the foot of all vertical lines of soil pipe, and at the end of each horizontal line. Distance between the cleanouts shall not exceed fifty feet. There shall be at least two, four-inch cleanouts provided in the house drain, one shall be made with a full size "Y" branch just inside of the wall near the house drain and the house sewer connection, and the second near the end of the house drain or at the base of the soil or waste stack; intermediate cleanouts may be made with "T's".
Any vertical soil, waste or vent pipe having an opening readily accessible from the roof and without change of direction in its entire length shall not be required to be provided with a cleanout other than at its base.
(b) Manholes. All underground traps and cleanouts inside a building, except where the cleanout caps are flush with the cellar floor, shall be made accessible by manholes with proper metallic covers, and all exterior underground traps with inaccessible cleanouts shall also be placed in manholes. All traps and cleanouts shall be located so as to be easily accessible for cleaning.
Every vertical line of soil or waste pipe shall have no less than eighteen inches of iron or plastic pipe, run horizontally at its base.
(c) Prohibited Fittings. No double hub, double "T", "Y" or sanitary "T" branches shall be used on horizontal runs, nor shall double hubs or straight crosses be used on soil or waste pipe. Saddle hubs and bands are prohibited in all cases.
(d) New Connections. All new connections to a sanitary sewer from the house to street sewers shall be constructed of vitrified pipe, four inches in diameter, or of cast iron pipe not less than four inches in diameter or of plastic pipe.
(e) Existing Sewers. Existing sewers, extending from the house to street sewers and consisting of vitrified pipe four inches inside diameter, may be used for sanitary services; provided that such existing sewer is well constructed and to the approval of the Plumbing Inspector and that six-inch vitrified pipe or plastic pipe is used from the street sewer to the property line.
(f) Connections. The Village Manager shall have charge of the actual connections to the street sewers and shall lay pipe to the curb line for each connection. All sanitary house drains on the premises where new connections are contemplated, not meeting with the approval of the Plumbing Inspector, in accordance with the specifications herein, shall be replaced at the expense of the owner of such property. The drainage and plumbing system of each new building or new work installed in an existing building shall be entirely separate and independent of that of any other building, and wherever available, every building shall have an independent connection with a public or private sewer.
(g) Permissible Exceptions. Where one building stands in the rear of another on an interior lot, and no private sewer is available or can be made for the rear building, through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the house drain from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole be considered as one house drain.
(h) House Drains. All house drains, shall wherever possible, be brought into the building under the ground below the level of the basement or cellar floor. Where there is no sewer accessible, the drainage of surface inlets and rain water conductors shall be drained separately to the curb line, where practicable by drain pipes not less than four inches in diameter and discharge into the public gutter, unless otherwise permitted by proper authority. The drain containing the house sewer beginning three feet to five feet outside the building wall, shall consist of iron pipe, plastic pipe or earthenware pipe not less than the size of the slant or opening in the main sewer. They shall not be laid closer than three feet to any exterior wall, cellar, basement, well, or cistern, or less than eight feet deep wherever permissible, and in no case less than two feet deep.
(i) Building Drain Defined. The building drain is that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which may receive the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage inside the walls of any building and conveys such discharge to the building sewer beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
(j) Cellar Drains. Cellar drains will be permitted only when they connect to a trap with a permanent water seal.
(Ord. 1639. Passed 12-17-56; Ord. 1970-34. Passed 8-17-70; Ord. 2010-45. Passed 12-20-10.)