HomeMy WebLinkAbout0807 ORD - 01/04/1938PLUMBING AND SEWER ORDINANCES,
RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE EXAMINING AND SUPERVISION BOARD OF PLUMBERS, DESIGNATING THE
MEMBERS THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES AND TERMS OF OFFICE,PROVIDING FOR
THE LICENSING OF PLUMBERS; AND THOSE ENGAGED IN PLUMBING WORK WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, THE MANNER AND WAY IN WHICH PLUMBING WORK SHALL BE DONE, THE KIND AND CLASS
OF MATERIAL TO BE USED IN SUCH WORK, THE INSPECTION OF PLUMBING WORK, AND THE SCALE OF FEES
FOR SUCH INSPECTION, THE POWER AND DUTIES OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING AND REQUIRING PERMITS
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE AND COMPELLING BUILDINGS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
TO BE CONNECTED VITH PUBLIC SEWERS, AND PROVIDING FOR A MASTER PLUMBER'S BOND AND REGULATING
THE MANNER OF LAYING DRAINS, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
WITH THIS ACT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That pursuant to and in accordance with the State Law there be and is hereby
created a Board to be known as the "Examining and Supervising Board of Plumbers", which
board shall consist of the following persons and members, viz:
Some suitable person who is at the time a member of the Local Board of Health;
the then City Engineer; the City Inspector of Plumbing; a Master Plumber of not less than
ten (10) years' active and continuous experience as a plumber, and one journeyman plumber
of not less than five years' active and continuous experience as a plumber.
SECTION 2: That the members of the said Board shall hold their respective positions and
exercise the authority herein conferred for a term as regulated by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Corpus Christi after their appointment by the Mayor and approval by the City
Council; that the City Engineer and the City Inspector of Blumbing and the person appointed
fromthe Local Board of Health shall be deemed to be ex -officio members of the said Board
for the purpose of carrying out the powers and regulations herein conferred. That no
compensation shall be allowed to any member of the said Board and all members of the said
Board shall hold their respective offices subject to terms of this ordinance and the
qualifications and disqualifications prescribed by the City Charter governing employees and
offices in their relation with the public.
SECTION 3: That after the appointment of the said Board they shall meet as soon as
practicable and from their membership select a chairman and prescribe a procedure and order
of business for hearing of applications by persons desiring to engage in the business of a
Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber within the City of Corpus Christi. That it shall be the
duty of the said Board to fix, at reasonable intervals of time, the date of hearing applicants
for examinations and license as herein provided for as well as from time to time to make
reasonable rules relating to the method of conducting examinations by applicants before said
Board of at least once every thirty days. Such rules for conducting examinations shall not
be inconsistent with other provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4: That it shall be the duty of the said Board to pass upon all applications for
license to engage in the occupation of Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber, or all persons
who may hereafter wish to engage in the business of plumbing as a Master Plumber or a
Journeyman Plumber within the City of Corpus Christi and also all persons who may apply for
the office of Plumbing Inspector. That there shall be issued licenses to such persons as
shall successfully pass the required examination as hereinafter referred to. Provided, they
shall also register in a book to be kept for the purpose the names and places of business of
all persons to whom a plumbing license is issued, provided that any person holding a license
as a Master Plumber, Journeyman Plumber or Plumbing Inspector or Assistant Plumbing Inspector
at the time of the passage of this ordinance shall not be required to stand an examination for
renewal.
SECTION 5: They shall not issue license for more than one year, provided the same shall be
renewed from year to year upon proper application.
SECTION 6: That each applicant for examination for Plumber's license shall pay to the said
Board of the City of Corpus Christi the sum of Three ($3:00) Dollars for each Master Plumber
examined, and the sura of Two ($2.00) Dollars for each Journeyman Plurnber examined, which fee
shall be used for the purpose of covering the legitimate expenses of the said Board and the
same shall be administered according to the terms of the City Charter and State Law as in
such cases is made and provided.
SECTION 7: All licenses granted shall be non -transferable.
SECTION 8: That any person engaged in the business of or calling of a Master Plumber or
Journeyman Plumber who has not successfully passed an examination shall be required within
thirty (30) days from the day that this ordinance becomes effective to make application in
writing to the said Board for a license to engage in such business or calling which applica-
tion shall be made upon forms to be prepared by the said Board and furnished free to the
applicant. That immediately after the passage of this ordinance it shall be the duty of the
said Board to give to each and every applicant an examination and for such purpose it shall
be the duty of the said Board to hold continuous hearing within reasonable hours until all
such applicants have been examined and passed upon as provided herein.
SECTION 9: That the said Board shall prescribe an examination of a uniform, fair and
impartial nature testing the knowledge and skill of each applicant as a Master Plumber or
Journeyman Plumber to supervise and control, or perform the work of plumbing in accordance
with this ordinance. Thelace for holding the examination and for executing shop work shall
be designated by the City Engineer.
SECTION 10: Should any applicant be unable to make an average grade of seventy per cent
(70g) or more on the first examination given, he may call for a re-examination to be given
him within ninety (90) days after said first examination. Upon such request for a re-
examination it shall be the duty of the Examining Board to prepare a set of questions, a set
of diagrams, and require the execution of certain shop work which will test the skill of the
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applicant, and at the same time lodge with the City Attorney a correctly laid out diagram
and the correct answers to the questions. Should the applicant fail upon re-examination,
he may appeal to the City Council for a review of the examination paper and the answers, and
he may demand that his written answers to the examination questions be submitted to the
City Attorney, who, upon such submission, shall compare the same with the written answers
lodged with him by the Examining Board and make a written report thereon to the City Council
for its action.
It it appears from the said report of the City Attorney that said applicant has made an
average grade of seventy per cent (70g) or more on laying out the work required on diagrams,
and answering questions, propounded to him on re-examination, and has properly executed
the required shop work required by the Examining Board, the City Council, etc. the City
Council shall forthwith, upon compliance by said applicant with the other provisions of
this ordinance, cause to be issued to him a proper license. On the other hand, should it
appear that there has been no error in the action of the Examining Board in denying said
applicant a license and that on the examination, then the action of the Examining Board shall
be approved and the applicant denied a license.
SECTION 11: The Llayor and City Council may at any time declare the position of any member
or members of said Examining Board vacated if it should be made to appear that any member
or members of said Board are controlled by improper motives, either of prejudice or
partiality, or otherwise in conducting examinations or in the granting or refusing of
license to applicants. The Mayor and the City Council may issue an executive order to any
such member declaring his position vacated and shall appoint his successor thereto.
SECTION 12: Whenever any person passes an examination, a license shall be issued to such
person by the Examining Board as hereinabove provided for. The collector of city taxes for
the City of Corpus Christi is here designated to receive all money collected for license
fees. All license issued shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board and attested by its
secretary, and shall otherwise be in accordance with such form as may be prescribed by said
Board.
SECTION 13: The head of the City Plumbing Inspection Department shall be the City Engineer.
Plumbing Inspector shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to approval of Council. Said
plumbing Inspector shall be either Journeyman or Master Plumber.
SECTION 14: That the terms of this ordinance shall be deemed in addition to and cumulative
of all other ordinances on the same subject, save and except insofar as the terms of this
ordinance may expressly conflict with any other ordinance and as to all such other
ordinances, where conflicting, the terms of this ordinance shall supersede the same; and,
it is expressly declared that should any section, provision or part of this ordinance be
declared invalid for any reason, the same shall not affect any other part or provision
or section herein.
SECTION 15: That any person doing plumbing in the City of Corpus Christi without first
obtaining a license as hereinabove provided for shall be subject to the penalty provided
for shall be subject to the penalty provided by the.State Law in such matters and if for
any reason the State Law should not be held applicable hereto, the penalty shall be for any
violation of this ordinance, a sum not exceeding Two Hundred 0200.00) Dollars and each
and every day that the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall constitute a separate
offense.
SECTION 15-A: HOME OWNERS PERMIT. To be issued to bonified homeowners only for plumbing or
gas installations in residence occupied by owner and installed by owner for personal use.
A11 installations to be tested and inspected and comply with all provisions of plumbing
ordinance.
SECTION 15-B: Any person, owner or agent employing unlicensed plumber gas fitters or drain
layers to install plumbing gas pipe or sanitary sewer in corporated limits of City of Corpus
Christi shall be subject to penalties the same as plumber, gas fitter or drain layer,in
Section "15-A", "15".
SECTION 16; THE TERM PLUMBING. The term plumbing as used herein includes installing or
repairing all types of plumbing equipment, and fixtures, water heaters including water supply
systems or parts thereof, drainage systems or parts thereof, plumbing connections to air
conditioning systems, air and gas piping, vacuum cleaning systems or parts thereof, such
other piping and equipment as is commonly handled by Master.Plumbers, and all other articles
pertaining to plumbing.
SECTION 17: THE TERM MASTER PLUMBER; The term Master Plumber as used herein is defined
as: Any individual who has passed a satisfactory examination, where required by law, coverin
his technical training and experience in the engineering and manual aspects of his division,
has a license as required by this ordinance, or a firm, corporation or other entity organized
for the purpose of selling and installing plumbing products, any member or officer of which
is qualified as above provided.
SECTION 18: THE TERM JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER: The term Journeyman Plumber as used herein is
defined as: Any individual who has had the necessary years of training and experience to
enable him to install a plumbing job in accordance with the terms of this ordinance, who
has passed a satisfactory examination and has a license as required by this ordinance.
SECTION 18--A: PLUMBERS APPRENTICE: Within the meaning of this ordinance is a person in
this city other than a Master or Journeyman Plumber who has in effect a certificate of
registration as provided in this ordinance specifying such person as a Plumbers Apprentice.
SECTION 19: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES: No license shall be issued for the
City of Corpus Christi by the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage to any Journeyman Plumber
unless applicant shall first exhibit to said Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage a law-
ful license in full force and effect, issued by an examining and supervising board of
plumbers in the State of Texas, 'or until he has successfully passed the Corpus Christi
examination as required herein nor until a license fee of One Dollar ($1.00) has been paid
to the City of Corpus Christi. No license shall be issued for the City of Corpus Christi
by the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage to any`Master Plumber until he has successfully
passed the Corpus' Christi examination as required herein, nor until he has:paid the city f
Corpus Christi a license fee of Fifty 050.00) Dollars, nor until he has given the Ci&yyoi
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Corpus Christi a good and sufficient bond as required herein. No license shall be granted
for more than one year, and all licenses shall be granted to expire on the first day of
January each year. All persons engaged in the business of plumbing as Master Plumbers shall
have their license renewed once each year, and shall pay therefore the sum of Ten.($10.00)
Dollars to the City of Corpus Christi for such renewals; and all journeyman plumbers shall
have their license renewed once every year in the City of Corpus Christi, and shall pay said
City the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar for such renewal.
SECTION 20: REGISTER TO BE KEPT: Said Board shall register:in a book to be kept for that
purpose the names and places of business of all,persons, firms or corporations to whom a
license is issued, together with the date of the issuance of such license.
SECTION 21:, FIRM TO HAVE LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER: Every firm carrying on the business of
plumbing shall have at least one member who is a licensed Plaster Plumber.
SECTION 22: DUTIES OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE: OUT OF REPAIR PLUMBING: APPLICA-
TION FOR AND ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. It shall be the duty of the Inspector of Plumbing and
Drainage to issue all permits for plumbing work, to inspect and pass upon all plumbing and
inspect any plumbing of any character already in use or being constructed which he may have
reason to believe is out of repair or is imperfect and by written order the owner or agent
in charge of any building or premises where any imperfect or out of repair plumbing may be
located, or to the plumber in charge of the construction of same, stop the further con-
struction or use of same until same shall have been properly constructed or repaired; and he
shall have the power to enter any house or premises in said city at any time between the
hours of 8 A. M. and 5 P. M. to inspect.any plumbing, owner or agent in charge of any building
or premises, nor plumber in charge of any plumbing who shall receive written notice from the
Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage that the plumbing is being improperly constructed or is
out of repair, shall continue the construction of such plumbing or use the same in any way,
until the same shall have been constructed or repaired so as to conform to this ordinance.
Said Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage shall not issue any permit except upon a written
application which shall describe the character of the plumbing or repair work to be done,
together with the exact location of same, the number and location of street openings --if any,
and the number, name and character of plumbing fixtures to be repaired or put in, which shall
be signed by the party applying therefore; and upon such application the Inspector of
Plumbing and Drainage shall issue a permit accordingly, the original to be handed to the-
party applying therefore and a duplicate together with such application shall be kept as a
permanent record of said office.
SECTION 23: INSPECTOR TO FILE COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION, ETC: -Said Inspector of Plumbing
and Drainage shall also investigate all alleged violations of the plumbing ordinances reported
to him and file complaints against all whom he raay have reason to believe are guilty of
such violations, and perform such other services as may be required by the City Council or
the law.
SECTION 24: PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED: WHAT IT SHALL SHOW: No person shall do any plumbing of
any character, or repair any plumbing work, or make any extensions to plumbing, or change the
location of any fixtures except as hereinafter provided until written application therefor has
been made, and a permit issued to do same by the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage, describ-
ing the character of the plu }bing work or repairing proposed to be done, together with the
exact location of same; and the number, and name and character of plumbing fixtures to be re-
paired or put in; provided, that no such application need be made and'no permit issued for
repairs of leaks in pipes, traps, drains or cocks, opening up waste supply pipes, or replacing
broken fixtures.
SECTION 25: INSPECTION FEES: WHAT ARE "FIXTURES". The following inspection fees shall be
collected for plumbing work, extensions or repairs, to -wit:
For inspection of any one single fixture issued under one permit, One ($1.00)
Dollar.
Where there is more than one fixture, the inspection fee shall be Fifty ($0.50)
Cents for each additional fixture roughed in up to Five inclusive, Twenty -Five ($0.25) Cents
for each additional fixture -between five and ten inclusive, and Ten ($0.10) Cents for each
thereafter.
The term fixture used in this ordinance shall include the following: Water closet
catch basins, mud traps, slop sinks, bathtubs, drinking fountains, showers, floor drains not
connected to catch basins, soda fountains, bar fixtures and gas water heaters. Each waste
opening for future connection shall be considered as a fixture.
The Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage going to the same job more than twice shall
charge an extra fee of One ($1.00) Dollar for each and every inspection thereafter, if the
wrong address is given, the workmanship is defective, or the construction contrary to this
ordinance. No inspection shall be made on, nor permits issued for plumbing until all inspect-
ion fees have been paid. _
SECTION 26: NOTICE IN WRITING OF DEFECTIVE PLUMBING: SHOWING PERMIT TO OFFICER: The In-
spector of Plumbing and Drainage shall give the owner or agent in charge of any building or
premises, or master plumber, or plumber in charge of any work, written notice of any defects
in said plumbing, or changes or repairs necessary, and such owner, agent or master plumber,
or plumber in charge shall, within three days from receiving such written notice, make the
necessary repairs or changes. It shall be the duty of every person doing work as a plumber in
the City of Corpus Christi to show his certificate issued by the said Board of Examiners, as
hereinbefore provided, and to show the permit for any plumbing work he is then engaged upon
to any inspector of plumbing, sanitary inspector or regular policeman who may -ask to see the
same.
SECTION 27; WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING DONE: The Master Plumber in
charge of the work shall be responsible for the construction and completion according to the
ordinances and regulations governing plumbing, gas fitting and drainage work in the City of
Corpus Christi, Texas, of all interior drainage and supply pipes within the building and
their proper connections to their respective mains.
Plumbing permits as provided in this ordinance shall be issued to Master Plumbers
only; who shall supervise and be responsible for the construction and completion accord•x�
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to the ordinances and regulations governing plumbing, gas fitting and drainage work in the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION 28: INSPECTION BEFORE COVERING UP WORK: No plumbing work or house drain shall be
covered or concealed until such plumbing work or house drain has been inspected and accepted
by the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage.
SECTION 28 -- A: BOND REQUIRED OF MASTER PLUMBER: PERIOD THEREOF: NO CORK TO BE DONE OR
PERMIT ISSUED WITHOUT SUCH BOND: WHO MAY SUE THEREON: Every person doing business as a
Master Plumber, as is hereinbefore set forth, shall execute a bond, to be approved by the
City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, made payable to the City of Corpus Christi, in
the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars with two or more good and sufficient personal
sureties or with a responsible surety company authorized to do business in Texas, as surety
conditioned to protect said City against loss or damage occasioned by negligence of the
principal therein failing to properly execute and protect all work done by him in excavating,
laying pipe or doing any act in connection with the work of plumbing as is herein set forth,
and against all loss or damage occasioned by or arising in any manner from any such work done
by said principal or his employees, or under his directions, or supervision; and conditioned
further, that the principal therein will keep and observe all ordinances at any time enacted
by said City relatin: in any way to plumbing or plumbing work.
All said bonds shall run a period of one year and shall expire on the 31st day
of December of each year, and shall be renewed at thier expiration, and no plumbing work
shall be done by and no permits shall be issued to any person doing business of plumbing
when he has not such a bond in full force and effect..
Every such bond shall inure to the benefit of, and may be sued upon by any
person injured or damages by reason of any accident caused by any negligence upon the part
of, such Master Plumber, or by any person doing work under his direction or supervision, as
provided for in said bond.
SECTION 29: APPLICATION FOR INSPECTION, TESTS, ETC. Application for inspection must be made
to the Inspector of Drainage in writing when the work is ready for inspection. No inspection
shall be called for until the work is ready. The Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage shall
have the right to make inspections within twenty-four hours after inspection has been called
for. If said work shall be found by the said Inspector to comply with this ordinance and
shall stand the required test upon the first test inspection thereof, as hereinafter provided
for, then the said Inspector shall approve the same by signing his name officially upon the
original permit issued for such work and put the date of such inspection thereon, and shall
then order the work covered up.
SECTION 30: WHEN PLUMBING SHALL BE INSPECTED: NOTICE THEREOF AND CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL:
All plumbing work shall be inspected by the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage as follows:
(1) When the main house drains are laid and before they are covered, the
plumbing materials shall be examined and inspected as often as necessary to see that they
conform to the requirements of this ordinance.
(2) When the soil, waste and vent pipes within the building are in place and
connected to the traps, and when cush traps are below the floor level, and before being
covered and concealed, they shall be filled with water to the top of the vent stack above
the roof, if leaks are indicated, they shall be corrected by the Master Plumber, or plumber
in charge of the work, by removing all defective materials and replacing same with sound
materials and new water tests shall be applied until the work is found to be right and to
conform to the requirements of this ordinance. When it is inconvenient or impractical to
test the work as a whole at one time it can be tested in sections, but each new partial test
must include all portions of the work previously tested.
(3) When the work is fully completed and ready for ordinary use, there,shall
be notice in writing of the same given to the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage,
When the work has been finally inspected and approved by the said Inspector,
he shall issue a certificate of acceptance to the Master Plumber. No new plumbing, nor old
plumbing changed, repaired, or added to shall be put to the ordinary uses, until a certi-
ficate of acceptance thereof has been issued by the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage.
SECTION 31: EXTENSIONS AND CHANGES IN ROUGHING IN: A11 extensions and changes in roughing
in, in new or old buildings shall be done, tested and inspected as.required for new work
by the terms of this ordinance and inspection fees paid accordingly.
SECTION 32: DEFINING HOUSE OR BUILDING: A house of building as such terms are used in
this ordinance shall include any structure enclosed by walls and covered with a roof.
SECTION 33; PERMIT FOR BASEMENT DRAINS: INDEMNIFICATION: HOW INSTALLED: No permit for
a basement drain shall be granted until the owner of the building has executed and signed a
written agreement to be upon form furnished by the City in the hands of the Inspector of
Plumbing and Drainage, releasing the City of Corpus Christi from any damage that may result
from the basement being flooded by the stoppage of sewers, which agreement shall be filed
with the said Inspector.
SECTION 34: WHAT DRAINS SHALL NOT BE CONNECTED WITH SEWERS: DISCONNECTIONS THEREOF: No
rain water or down spout pipes, range boiler pipes or other pipes used to convey water or
'other substance of like character, except the pipes necessary to plumbing system shall be
connected to any sanitary sewer or any installation contrary to sanitary requirements of
this ordinance.
SECTION 35: KIND AND CONSTRUCTION OF SOIL AND CASTE PIPES AND VENTS, ETC: All soil pipez,
and fittings in buildings less than three stories high must be standard cast iron and marked
standard, and must be free from sand holes and cracks and all soil vents must extend one
foot above main roof unless there are openings in such roof within ten (10) feet, in which
case such vent must extend frorn one foot to three (3) feet according to the requirements of
the particular surroundings above said opening. No vent of any kind shall terminate within
ten (10) feet of main roof projection. Windows or domer-screened or closed with glass shall
be considered as openings. All vents must extend one foot above the roof or connect to soil
vents not less than forty-two (42) inches above floor line; and in no case shall any vent
terminate in a chimney flue. All vents must be run as direct as possible and when not verti-
cal must have a continuous grade; and all offsets on vertical vent lines must be made at any
angle not less than 45 degrees to the horizontal where:possible, and must be made with regular
fittings. In buildings over three stories in height all,soil pipe and fittings ahall be ex-
tra heavy cast iron and marked X H.
SECTION 36: HOUSE DRAINS AND FITTINGS, THEIR CHARACTER AND CONSTRUCTION: House drains in
all buildings of less than three stories in height must be standard cast iron and not less than
four inches in diameter and laid in trenches out of uniform grade, and where above the ground
shall be suspended to the flooring every five feet by approved hangers or fastened to the wall
by straps three quarters inch by one -sixteenth (3/4 in. x 1/16 in.) They shall have a con-
tinuous fall of not less than one-fourth of an inch to the foot, if obtainable, and the end of
said pipe shall project in a direct line at least three feet from the exterior walls of such
buildings. The discharge end of all house drains shall not be less than one foot under the
surface of the ground where possible. Where between buildings or fences space does not allow
soil and waste pipes to extend three feet from the building then extra heavy cast iron pipe
shall be run under or along the side of the building until it passes in a direct line three
feet from such building.
SECTION 37: CLEAN OUTS ON DRAINS AND WASTES, ETC. All drains and all wastes shall have extra
heavy brass head clean outs at the foot:of each vertical stack as well as where changes of
horizontal directions are made, and all clean outs must be brought up to the Iground or floor
level and be accessible. Clean outs shall be of the same size as the waste pipe except where
the waste pipe is larger than six inches, then a six-inch clean out will suffice. When clean
outs come under floors or grade line they shall be brought up flush with the level of such
floors or grade line. When clean outs come within two feet of a wall they shall be brought
through such wall and up to the.grade line. Thereshall be used at the bottom of each soil
stack a Y branch with a one-eighth bend and a clean out plug, or a combination Y and one-eighth
bend or a T -Y, and all stacks shall be straight from the ground to the roof where:possible.
All drain openings and any change of direction for fixtures shall be made with Ys, TY, 1/6
1/8, or 1/16 bends, sanitary Ts, short Tys, crosses and one-fourth bends will be allowed only
on vertical lines.
SECTION 38: FITTINGS AND CEMENTS PROHIBITED: The fittings prohibited on waste and drain pipe
are double hubs, double hub fittings, straight Tees, twin ells and tapped Tees. Fittings with
splits, cracks or sand holes or in any other condition than sound and whole shall not be used
in any soil vent or waste pipes in any building, and shall be removed at once from the premises
upon the order,of the City Inspector. No paraffin, resin, coal tar, putty, gas fitters,
cement or other cement shall be used in making joints or to. cover defects.
SECTION 39: SEWER CONNECTIONS: THEIR VENTS: BUILDING WITHIN 10 FEET LIMIT. Each sewer
connection must have at least one cast iron pipe for ventilation not less than four inches in
diameter, carried one foot above the main roof of dwelling, building or outhouse. The upper
end of the soil pipe must not be within ten feet of or terminate below any opening in a build-
ing which is constructed above the highest building. No vertical ventilation pipe shall ter-
minate less than twelve feet from the ground. In event downdrafts occur where vent pipe
terminates and becomes a nuisance, at discretion of City Engineer, vents must be extended to
high point of roof. When a closet is set twenty feet or more from a four inch soil or vent
pipe, measured along the run of:the pipe, within the same building, the four-inch:soil or
vent pipe must be carried full size one foot above the roof, or branch into the main stack not
less than forty-two (42) inches from line of the highest fixture opening.
SECTION 40: FIXTURES, THEIR TRAPS, VENTS, WASTES AND SUPPLIES: Slop sinks must not have less
than two-inch wastes, two-inch traps and one and one-half inch vents, kitchen sinks, urnals and
wash trays must not have less and one and one-half inch wastes, one and one-half inch traps, anft
one and one-half inch vents. Closets, mud -traps and catch basins must have not less than four -
inch wastes and two-inch vents. Sinks in hotels and restaurants must be provided with grease
traps.
(a) Wash basins, pantry sinks, water trough and drinking fountains must have not less
than one and one-half inch wastes, one and one-quarter inch traps and one and one-half inch
vents. Dayton lavatory waste fittings are hereby prohibited.
(b) Sitz tubs and bath tubs must have not less than one and one-half inch wastes, one
and one-half vents and must also have 4 x 8 inch drum traps made of eight -pound lead with trap
screw at least three inches in diameter, which trap must be so constructed as to provide a
water seal of at least two and one-half inches in depth. The waste end of all drum traps must
be connected to the trap at least one and one-half inches below water line and must extend up-
ward at an angle of at least forty-five degrees to proper height, and shall continue with uni-
form fall to waste or soil pipe, as per plans on file with the Inspector of Plumbing, and Drain-
age. The trap screws on drum traps must be so located as to be accessible. _
(c) Shower baths located above the ground floor shall have a lead pan, made of not
less than three pound sheet lead lining the receptacle and turned up six inches around the
walls. This pan to be wiped to the lead:trap or bolted to the combination drain and trap. The
seep holes in the trap to be solocated that the pan will drain dry.
(d) Shower baths shall not have less than two inch waste and one and one-half inch
vent. All shower baths on second floors must be two inch lead P traps or approved type cast in
one piece and with brass strainer and with two inch outlet.: First floors may be two inch
cast iron P. trap with cast iron or brass riser and threaded brass strainer.
(e) Gas and Electric Water Heater: Relief Valves: .A11 gas and electric water heaters
to have check valves and shut off valves placed on cold water supply to heater. All gas and
electric heaters to have combination pressure and temperature relief valves, exhaust from
relief valves to be run outside of building. Relief valve to be placed on hot water side at
top of heater.
SECTION 41: WEIGHT OF LEAD PIPES AND TRAPS: Lead pipes used in connection with waste or
vent work shall not be less than the following weight per lineal foot:,
1 - inches
12 inches
2 inches
2 pounds
32 pounds
-4 pounds
4 inches 6 pounds.
All traps and bends must be standard weight and marked standard.
SECTION 42: DIMMENSIONS OF SOIL PIPES: The main soil or drain pipes constructed to convey
sewerage from any building shall be not less than four inches in diameter. There shall not
be connected to a four -inch sewer, main waste or house drain, to exceed forty ordinary
plumbing fixtures; and to a six-inch pipe, not over three hundred and forty fixtures. If
any building is constructed eight stories or more in height up and including twelve stories,
the vertical soil or waste pipe in such building shall be not less than eight inches in
diameter.
One watercloset counts as Four ordinary fixtures in figuring the carrying capacity of soil
pipes.
SECTION 43: SCHOOL WATER CLOSETS; In school outhouse work there shall not be connected to
a four -inch sewer, main waste or house drain, to exceed.ten water closets; to a six inch
pipe over eighty water closets.
SECTION 44: RE -VENTS ON WATER CLOSETS: Water closets, when placed in any building, shall
have two-inch re -vents for each water closet trap, except as hereinafter provided for.
SECTION 45: VENTS IN BUILDINGS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS: The main vent pipe for traps of water
closet or for traps of other fixtures, in buildings three stories or under, shall have two
inch re -vents for water closets, one and one-half inch re -vents for each bath tub, sink, sho-
wers, laundry tubs, wash basins and drinking fountains. In buildings more than three stories
and not more than six stories high the main vent pipe shall increase to three inches in dia-
meter and in buildings more than six stories high. The main vent shall.increase to four
inches in diameter and extend independently through the roof.
SECTION 46: SIZE AND LENGTH OF MINOR VENT PIPES: Should the length of any vent pipe ex-
ceed forty feet, measured from the trap, it serves, then the diameter of such vent pipe
shall be one size larger throughout its entire length, than the diameter prescribed for any
vent pipe forty feet or less in length.
All vent pipes shall be increased in diameter one size for the addition of
every two fixtures over one.
SECTION 47: KINDS OF FITTINGS OR VENTS ALLOWED: Where rows of fixtures are placed in line
or where galvanized iron pipe is used for,vents and re -vents, galvanized iron, malleable or
cast iron fittings_shall be used. Traps, sags or drops in vents or re -vents are hereby pro-
hibited.
SECTION 48: BARBER SHOP LAVATORIES: Barber shop lavatories placed in center space of floor
shall waste,into a four by twelveclead drum, placed as close as possible to this fixture.
SECTION 49: CONTINUOUS RE -VENTS: All trap re -vents shall be continuous. No continuous re -
vent shall be placed more than 18 inches from the trap it serves, and the center of the
outlet between waste and vent shall not be set below the water seal of trap.
SECTION 50: CROWN RE -VENTING PROHIBITED: CLOSET RE -VENTING: All crown re -venting is here-
by prohibited unless a special permit in writing is granted therefore by the Inspector of
Plumbing and Drainage. All close re -vents must be made between brass ferrule and floorline,
and as close to the floor line as possible, or continuous waste and vent. •
SECTION 51: FIXTURE TRAPS AND RE -VENTS: Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance,
each and every fixture must be re -vented and have a water seal trap placed as close to the
fixture as possible.
SECTION 52: TRAP SEALS: All traps shall have at least a two inch water seal, and they shall
be set true with the respect to their water seals, and in no case shall a trap be more than
18 inches from the waste outlet of its fixture.
SECTION 53: WATER CLOSET VENTING THEN OMITTED: No trap vent shall be used as a waste pipe,
and in no case shall a waste pipe, from any fixture, be connected with any trap, stackvent
or.re-vent to any water closet. When a water closet is set three feet or less, pipe line
distance from 4 inch vertical stack and there are no fixtures above, the re -venting of the
same may be omitted.
SECTION 54: KIND OF VENT PIPES ALLOWED: All vent pipes shall be galvanized wrought iron,
cast iron, lead pipe, or copper. Black wrought iron pipe shall not be used as vent for any
fixture.
SECTION 55: WASTES AND VENTS IN BUILDING THREE STORIES AND OVER: Waste and vents in build-
ings of three:stories, where there are section of fixtures on each floor above the other
shall have an independent waste stack and a counter vent connected into a Y at the botton of
the stack and carried parallel with the Waste stack; all fixtures under these conditions mus
have vents connected with.counter vents, and no vent shall intersect counter vent lower than
forty-two inches from the floor line. Such soil stack vent must be carried full size above
the roof.
SECTION 56: CLOSET IN OUTHOUSES:. When not more than three water closets are placed on one
line in an outhouse situated twenty (20) feet away from any dwelling, then the trap or bend
of said closets need not be separately vented, but the toil pip e:must[extend,:fulltsize above
the roof at one end of the line. When more than three and not more than ten closets are on
one horizontal line of soil pipe, such soil pipe must extend above roof at both ends of
the building and; every additional five closets or fractions thereof shall be added another
four -inch stack. More than ten closets require a six inch soil drain.
SECTION 57: WATER CLOSETS AND BATH TUBS: THEIR KINDS AND PIATERIALS: All water closet
bowls shall be one piece glazed earthenware or enameled iron and the wood work shall con-
sist of the seat only.:
Every water closet shall be supplied with water from a separate tank of not
less than six gallons capacity, such tank to be either earthenware or iron. A compression
stop must be put in the supply pipe some where between house floor and such tank. The use of
all pan plungers long hoppers or direct water supply to bowl or closet and the use of all
closets having unventilated space, or whose walls are not flushed at each and every discharge,
are hereby prohibited, excepting, however, that flushmeter closets may be used. No flush
pipe to any closet shall be other than no. 18 B & S. standard gauge. Wooden bath tubs or
bath tubs cased in wood or wooden urinals are hereby prohibited.
SECTION 58: FIXTURES WASTE OPENINGS: All closet waste openings must be lead and shall be
brought through floor and securely soldered to brass floor flanges. All bath tubs, sink and
lavatory waste openings must be lead and shall be brought through the floor wall. Tapped Tees
are hereby prohibited on drinking fountains, slop sinks and urinals,
SECTION 59: FLOOR DRAINS: CATCH BASINS: Floor and cellar drains may discharge into a
catch basin which must have a water seal at least ten inches deep, and shall be properly
vented. Catch basins must be water tight and constructed of brick or concrete and shall be
plastered inside with at lease one inch of cement and dimensions of such catch basin shall
be not less than 24 inch by 24 inch by 24 inch.
SECTION 60: LIVERY STABLES, GARAGES, ETC. WASTES. The floor wastes of all livery stables,
barns, garages and carriage repositories shall drain into mud traps. Such mud traps shall be
considered fixtures and must be constructed of brick or concrete, with iron covers, and must
be made water tight and have a water seal at least ten inches deep, and shall be properly
vented. All such traps shall be made according to plans on file in the office of the In-
spector of Plumbing and Drainage.
SECTION 61: BAR AND SODA FOUNTAIN WASTES. All bar and soda fountain traps, glass washers,
or fixtures of like kind shall drain into a 12 x 14 cast iron grease trap which'shall not be
set more than five feet from the nearest fixture, and such trap shall be properly vented.
SECTION 62: PUBLIC URINALS. All public urinals shall be constructed of either enameled iron,
marble, porcelain, glass, slate or soapstone. They shall have an automatic flush tank or
perforated brass pipe, and the floor shall be non-absorbent material,
SECTION 63: REFRIGERATORS. Refrigerators or other receptacles in which provisions are stored
shall not be connected directly with the drainage system, but shall be arranged to waste into'
an open sink in plain sight below such refrigerator or other receptacle. Such sink rnay, how-
ever, be connected with the drainage system upon being properly trapped and vented like any
other fixture. Any waste pipes from refrigerators or other receptacles shall be trapped.
Refrigerator wastes may be lead, brass or copper.
SECTION 64: PLUMBERS' WIPED JOINTS. All solder joints betwebn brass and lead, or lead and
lead, must be plumbers wiped joints, and the same must be constructed in a first-class workman-
like manner. All cup joints either with soldering iron, or cloth are hereby prohibited. All
wiped joints must be long, round joints, and not lessthan two and a half inches in length
except flange joints made at floor or wall lines,
SECTION 65: JOINTS.BETWEEN CAST IRON PIPE AND BRASS FERRULES, ETC. All joints between cast
iron pipes and cast iron fittings, shall be made with picked oakum and molten lead,
SECTION 66: SLIP JOINT CONNECTIONS. The use of all solder unions, common malleable unions
or slip joints, made with union collar or otherwise are hereby prohibited in any soil pipe,
waste, vent or re -vent pipes, on the sewer side of the fixture trap, except union connections
that come with the traps, and then only in arid below the seal of the trap.
SECTION 67: BRASS AND DRIVE FERRULES, SOLDER NIPPLES. A11 connections of lead pipe to cast
iron pipes and fittings shalllbe made with heavy brass ferrules, caulked to the iron pipe and
,wiped to the lead pipe. The weight of four -inch brass ferrules shall not be less than forty
(40) ounces, and of two-inch brass ferrules not less than fifteen (15) ounces.
Combination lead ferrules and bends and manufactured drive ferrule connections are
hereby prohibited.
Connections of lead pipe with threaded pipe shall be made with heavy brass solder
nipples wiped to lead pipe and screwed to the threaded pipe.
SECTION68: ROOF FLASKINGS. All roof flaskings shall be constructed of 3 pound sheet lead.
The use of all tin roof flaskings are hereby prohibited.
SECTION 69: SOIL PIPE TRIMBLE IN WALL. When a soil pipe or a house drain passes under or
through any masonry wall, there shall be provided an arch to prevent injury from the settling
of the wall, or there shall be'built into the wall during the course of its construction an
iron pipe two inches in diameter greater than the pipe proposed to be run.
SECTION 70: SOILPIPES, SUPPORTED HOW. Horizontal cast iron pipes,`when laid above the ground
outside the exterior walls of a building, must be supported every five feet by piers built of
brick or concrete.
SECTION 71,E PIPE STRAP ANCHORS, ETC. All'soil stacks or vertical waste pipes must be tied or
anchored at every second floor. When they runarallel with the wall they must be supported
by clamps or iron straps not less than 3/4 x 1/16 inch. When they run outside of the walls of
building such straps shall be fastened securely to the walls with wood screws and placed at
intervals of not less than five feet for cast iron pipe and ten feet for wrought iron pipe.
SECTION 72: LEAD PIPE SUPPORTS: Lead waste pipes must be supported the entire length with
bridges of sufficient thickness to prevent sagging.
SECTION 73: PIPE HANGER PROHIBITED. The use of all pipe hangers made of dire or made of shee
iron or tin, are hereby prohibited.
SECTION 74: OPEN PLUMBING. All plumbing fixtures shall be installed as open'plumbing.
SECTION 75: SECTIONAL LAVATORY AND WASH TRAY WASTES. Sectional lavatories and wash trays,
consisting of not more than three wash basins or three wash trays, shall be served by one trap
the size of which shall not be less than one and one-half inches for the lavatories, and two
inches for the wash trays; such traps also to be properly vented. Additional sections shall
be connected -in like manner. Each battery of three fixture shall be provided with cut-off val-
ves.
SECTION 76: BOILER BLOWOFFS, WASTES AND VENTS. A11 steam boiler blow offs, pump exhausts or
bleeders from engine heaters or tanks, shall run into cast iron, brick or concrete blow -off tan
and shall have vents not less'than two inches in size, and shall be carried through the roof
from such blow off tanks to carry off the steam and vapor, and such blow off tanks shall have
water seal traps and shall discharge into basins or sumps.
SECTION 77: 'DURHAM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. In buildings of more than six stories in height the Dur-
ham Drainage System may be used. Any owner, agent, architect, contractor or plugber desiring
to install the Durham system of plumbing in any such building must first apply in writing to
the City Council and obtain a special permit, and if -granted, the piping must be galvanized
wrought iron, and special recessed galvanized cast iron fitting shall be used in same; and the
same shall be installed in compliance with this ordinance with reference to sizes of vent and
waste pipes.
SECTION 78: CONNECTIONS, HOW TO BE 1IADE. All double sanitary Tis are hereby prohibited, ex-
cept on vertical lines or stacks; all vents on flat roofs shall be carried up one:foot above
the roof line. Sleeves shall not be used -where connecting with soil or waste pipes. No four
inch by two inch heel -outlet elbow fittings shall be made to serve as a waste or vent through
any two inch opening, except it be on vertical lines or stacks.
SECTION 79: DENTIST FOUNTAIN CUSPIDORS, Dentist fountain cuspidors waste may be connected on-
ly on the house side of the lavatory trap, without venting and this only where in installed in
old buildings.
SPECIFICATIONS TO GOVERN THE PLUMBING AND
cs,
HOUSE CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC SEWERS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 1: WHAT BUILDINGS SHALL BE CONNECTED WITH SEWERS, AND HOW. All buildings situa-
ted upon any lot, tract or parcel of land within the limits of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
the outside line of which such lot, tract or parcel of land, or any part thereof about upon an
alley or a street, in or through which a public sewer extends, or within a,distance or radius
of two hundred feet of such sewer, shall be connected with such public sewer. The, drainage
system of each house or building shall be separately and independently connected with the
main'sewer in street or alley, where such sewer exists, except that one main sewer connection
may serve all the buildings on any one city lot. This shall not apply to Y's,or connections
made previous to this ordinance.
No house sewer shall be laid with more than two -foot pitch to every one hundred feet be-
tween:the main sewer and the curb line. •
SECTION 2: DRAINS AND SEWER PIPE, HOS! TO BE LAID. All drains and sewer pipe must be laid
as direct as possible, and to a uniform grade. All changes in the line must be made with cur-
ved pipe, and all connections made with wyn branches and one-eighth bends. All private house
drains from main sewer shall be laid at least eight inches below the surface of the ground at
the highest point of such drain, where possible, to protect them from frost and breakage. All
drain pipes laid less than eight inches below the surface of the ground shall be cast iron.
SECTION 3: KIND OF DRAIN PIPE JOINTS, ETC. The house drains not entering into or under-
lying a building, or within three (3) feet of the exterior wall of such building, may be of
salt glazed, vitrified stone pipe laid so as to have a uniform space between the spigot and
the valve . All joints shall be made with best grade sand and cement and applied:in a workman-
like manner.
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SECTION 4:` DRAIN TRAPS PROHIBITED. No traps of any manner of obstruction to the full
flow of air through the whole course of the drain and soil vent pipes shall be allowed.
SECTION 5: SUB -SOIL DRAINS. Sub -soil drains from cellars may be connected with the -
sewer, but the connection must be made with the approval, and under the supervision of the In-
spector of Plumbing and Drainage: Every such connection must be provided with a bell trap hav-
ing a good brass metal strainer, and shall drain into a catch basin, properly vented.
SECTION 6: WHAT -WASTE CONNECTIONS WITH SANITARY SEWERS PERMITTED ROOF WATER, OVERFLOWS
FROM CISTERNS, ETC. THE WASTE WATER WHICH SHALL ENTER THE SAID SEWERS SHALL COMPRISE.
1. Waste water from the kitchen sinks.
2. Waste water from water closets
3. Waste water from washstands and bath tubs.
4. Waste water from urinals.
5. Waste water from slop hoppers.
6. Waste water from factories, laundries, restaurants or other build-
ings as the City Engineer may consider admissable without detriment to the sewer; his per-
mission therefor to be first given and in writing.
SECTION 7: HOUSE CONNECTIONS: HOW ,MADE: No house connection shall be made to a public
sewer except as herein specified and provided, unless permitted and directed by the City
Council, and under the direct supervision of the City Engineer, and in accordance with a de-
sign approved by the City Engineer.
SECTION 8: Whoever shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of the
next preceding sections 1 to 7, both inclusive, or this ordinance, shall upon conviction
thereof, be fined in any sum not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more than two hundred
($200.00) dollars.
SECTION 9: PENALTY FOR INJURING OR OBSTRUCTING ANY MAIN, ETC. Any person who shall
wantonly injure any main, pipe or manhole belonging to the sewer system of Corp us.Christi,
or who shall wantonly throw, place, drain or conduct, or directly or indirectly cause to
be thrown, placed, drained or conducted into any such main, pipe or manhole, any 'substance
which is liable to injure,'obstruct or clog such main or manhold, shall be guilty of an
offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than five ($5.00)
dollars nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars.,
SECTION 10: CITY'S RIGHT TO CONNECT WITH PRIVATE SEWERS: The City shall have the right
at all times, through the City Engineer or the Inspector of Plumbing and Drainage, to connect
with and use any private sewer built upon any public street, alley, or highway, to use same
for any public purpose and shall have the, right to reconstruct or close up or disconnect any
private sewer which may, from any cause, have become a nuisance.
DRAINS
SECTION 1: No person shall deposit or throw into any sewer, manhole, catch basin, or
flush tank, or into any private drain connecting with public sewer, any straw, hay, shavings,
tinner's scraps or refuse of manufactures, ashes rags, garbage, or any other substance which
may cause the sewer or drain to become stopped. No person, slaughter house, rendering estab-
lishments, chemical works, steam engine or boiler exhause or anything which in the opinion of
the City Engineer may tend to injure, obstruct, or cause a nuisance in sewers, shall be'per-
mitted to connect to a public sewer, except through a catch basin, or in some other manner
satisfactory to the City Engineer.
SECTION 2: DRAINS, APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO CONNECT: Application for permits to connec
with any sewer must be made in writing to the City Engineer and signed by the owners of the
property to be drained or by their fully authorized agents or attorneys and must be acoompanie
by a clear description of the premises to be drained and of the drains required, and also by
certain agreements, all as provided in printed form of application issued by said department.
A permit fee of two and 50/100 ($2.00) dollars shall be charged for each permit to connect
with the Sanitary ,ewer System. Permits to make connections with the sewer. system, either with
in or outside of the city limits, will be issued only when the plumbing in the house or build-
ing to be connected is in accordance with the rules for plumbing herein prescribed and has beer
inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
SECTION 3; NOTICE BEFORE MAKING STREET OPENING: Notice must be given at the office of
said department twenty-four (24) hours, if required by the City before any street or public
way can be opened for the purpose of laying a private drain or before any drain pipe can be
extended from the work previously done and accepted or new connections of any kind be made with
such work, unless otherwise permitted by the City Engineer.
SECTION 4: PERMIT TO BE ON THE GROUND: No work of laying drains shall be commenced or
continued unless the permit is on the ground in the hands of the Master Plumber or someone
employed by him.
SECTION 5: MANNER OF MAKING OPENING; In opening any street or public way, all materials
tor paving or ballasting must be removed with the least possible injury or loss of the same,
and together with the excavated materials from the tranches, must be placed where they will
cause the least possible inconvenience to the public. As little as possible of the trench must
be dug until the y junction in the main sewer is found.
SECTION 6: PROTECTING AGAINST CAVING: Whenever, in the opinion of the City Engineer or
authorized inspector, the sides of the trenches will ave, sheeting and braces must be used to
prevent caving.
SECTION 7.: CITY ENGINEER TO INSPECT: The City Engineer and his authorized agents are to
have at all tines facilities for inspecting the work and materials while under -the charge of
the Master Plumber, and if required, no pipes or other material for the drains can be used
until examined by him.
SECTION 8: NO UNDUE INTERFERENCE TO TRAFFIC PERMITTED: All work shall be done in such
a manner and at such times as to interfere as little as possible with the public travel and
convenience; and the Master plumber shall conduct his work for this object, as the City En-
gineer or Superintendent of Sewers may from time to time direct.
SECTION 9: PERUIT REQUIRED,TO MAKE OPENING: No street, sidewalk or other public place
shall be opened with reference to the said drains or sewers, without special permit in writ-
ing from the City Engineer.
SECTION 10: PIPES NOT CONNECTED, TO BE CLOSED AT.ENDS: The ends of.all the pipes not to
be immediately connected with are to be securely stopped by brick and cement or other water
tight and imperishable materials.
SECTION 11: SIZE OF GREASE TRAPS FOR CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS: When packing houses, lard
rendering establishments, hotels or eating houses are to be connected with the sewers, the di-
mensions of the grease trap will be as per plans on file in the office of the Inspector of
Plumbing and Drainage.
SECTION 12: SMOOTHNESS AND OPENINGS OF DRAINS REQUIRED: The inside of every drain must
be left smooth and perfectly clean through its entire length and to insure the same a swab of
suitable material and slightly less in diameter shall be drawn through the entire length of
pipe after the same has been laid.
SECTION 13: PRESENCE OF INSPECTORS REQUIRED WHEN NEW JUNCTIONS MADE: In case it shall
be necessary to connect a drain pipe with a public sewer where no junction is left in such
sewer, the new connection with such sewer can only be made when the City Engineer or sewer
inspector is present to see the work done.
SECTION 14: PRECAUTIONS REQUIRED AGAINST ACCIDENTS: Every Plaster Plumber must enclose
any openings which he may make in the public streets or ways, with sufficient barriers, and
must maintain red lights at night and take all necessary precaution to guard the public effect-
ually against all accidents from the beginning to the end of the work, and can only lay drains
on conditions that he shall use every precaution against accident to persons, horses vehicles
or property of any kinds.
SECTION 15: INFORMATION CONCERNING JUNCTIONS, FEES, ETC. Such information as the City
Engineer has, with regard to the position of junctions, will be furnished to plumbers upon
application, and he will be entitled to collect a fee of One ($1.00) Dollar for one house
connection and lateral extensions on one lot if all is laid at one time and Fifty (50) Cents
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for each building extension on one lot, after the main house drain has been laid,and shall
turn such fees into the City Treasurer..
SECTION 16: PIPE CONSTRUCTION, WHAT REQUIRED. When any changes of direction are made
in the pipe, either in a horizontal or vertical direction, curves must be used. No pipe
can be clipped contrary to the direction of the City Engineer or Sewer Inspector. All lines
of sewers must be laid straight and evenly graded.
SECTION 17: DRAIN PIPES: KINDS AND CONSTRUCTION. All private house sewers shall be
glazed, vitrified straight eartenware pipes of the best quality, and not less than four
inches up to the property line or in street or alley; all sewer drains inside of property
line must not be less than, four inches. The use of all B. class sewer pipe and fittings
are hereby prohibited.
SECTION 18. No person, firm or corporation shall do or perform any character of drain
laying work as herein provided for until and unless they shall have obtained a drain layer's
license from the City Engineer of the City of Corpus Christi. Licenses shall be granted as
drain layers by said City Engineer to all those believed by the City Engineer to be suitable
and competent, who apply for the same and comply with the.above sections 1 to 16. All li-
censes shall expire, on the 31st day of December in each year.
SECTION 19. Every person violating or failing to comply with any of the foregoing pro-
visions of this ordinance, sections numbers 1 to 16, immediately preceding this section,
both inclusive, shall be deedmed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not -less than Five ($5.00) Dollars nor more than Two Hundred ($200.00)
Dollars, and if a licensed drain layer is convicted thereof his license as such shall there-
by be forfeited.
SECTION 20: No examination of the drain layers shall be required.
SECTION 21: Each licensed drain layer shall state his actual place of business, to-
gether with name under which the business is done,'for record at the time of•taking the
license, and shall immediately notify the City Engineer of any change in either thereafter.
SECTION 22: Every person doing business as a drain layer or doing any work of drain
laying shall execute a bond to be approved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi
made payable to the City of Corpus Christi in the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars
with two or more good and sufficient sureties, or with a responsible surety company authori-
zed to do business in Texas, as surety, conditioned to'protect said City against all loss
or damage occasioned by negligence of the principal therein failing to properly execute and
protect all work done by him in excavating, laying pipe or doing any other act in connection
with the work of drain laying, and against all loss or damage occasioned by or arising in
any manner from any such work done by said principal or his employees, or under his direction
or supervision; and conditioned, further, that the principal therein will keep and observe
all ordinances at any time enacted by said City relating in any way to draih laying and
drain laying work.
All said bonds shall run a period of one year and shall expire on the 31st day of
December of each year, and shall be renewed at their expiration, and no drain laying work
shall be done by, and no permits shall be issued to, any person doing the business of drain
laying when he has not such a bond in full force and effect.
Every such bond shall inure to the benefit of, and may be sued upon by any person in-
jured or damaged by reason of any accidtInt caused by any negligence upon the part of such
drain layer or by any person doing work under his direction or supervision, as provided for
in said bond.
SECTION 23: Any person not duly licensed thereto as provided in the next preceding
sections 19 to 21 of this ordinance, both inclusive, shall lay a drain connected with the
public sewers of this City,.or make directly or indirectly any connection with the said
public sewers, shall for each and every offense be punishable by a fine in any sum not less
than Five (05.00) Dollars, nor more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION.
SECTION 16-A: QUALITY OF WATER. The quality of the water supply must meet accepted
standards of purity.
SECTION 16-B. DISTRIBUTION. The water supply shall be distributed through a piping
system entirely independent of any piping system conveying another water supply.
SECTION 16-C: WATER SERVICE. The water service pipe of any building shall be suffi-
cient size to permit a continuous ample flow of water on all floors at a given time.
SECTION 16-D: WATER SUPPLY TO FIXTURES. All plumbing fixtures shall be provided with
a sufficient supply of water for flushing to keep them in a sanitary condition. Every
water -closet or pedestal urinal shall be flushed by means of an approved tank or flush valve
if at least 4 gallons flush -in capacity for water closets,and at least 2 gallons for urinals
and shall be adjusted to prevent the waste of water. The flush pipe for water closet flush
tanks shall be not less than 1? inches in diameter, and no less than 18 gauge and the water
from flush tanks shall be used for no other purposes.
No water closet or urinal bowl shall be supplied from a water supply system through
a flushometer or other valve unless such valve is set above the water closet or urinal in
a manner such as to prevent any possibility of poluting the water supply.
SECTION 16-E. SIZE OF WATER SUPPLY PIPES.
the curb to the dwelling shall be one half inch,
Sill cocks
Hot eater Boilers
Laundry Trays
Sinks
Inch
1
2
2
The
and
minimum size of water service pipes from
to fixtures as follows:
Lavatories
Bathtubs
Water -closet
Inch
3/8
1/2
Tanks :3/8
SECTIGN 16-F.' WATER SUPPLY CONTROL. A main shut off on the water supply line shall be
provided near the curb. Accessible shut -offs shall be provided on the main supply line out-
side the foundation wall for each flat or apartment of a building, for each lawn sprinkler, fur
supply to each hot water tank, and for each water.
SECTION 16-G. WATER SUPPLY PIPES AND FITTINGS: Material. All water supply for a plumb-
ing system shall be of lead, galvanized wrought iron steel, brass, copper or cast iron, with
brass or galvanized cast iron or galvanized maelable iron fittings. No pipe of fittings that
have been used for other purposes shall be used for distributing water.
SECTION 16-H. RELIEF VALVES: Whenever a check valve is installed or the cold water su-,
pply pipe between the street main and the hot water tank there shall be installed on the hot
water distributing system a suitable relief valve.
SECTION 16-I. PUMPS AND HUDRANTS: All pumps and hydrants shall be protected from surfae
water and contamination.
SECTION 16-J. WATER SERVICE PIPES FROM THE MAIN TO THE HOUSE: In no case shall the
water service pipe be laid under ground within three feet of the sewer line.
SECTION 16-K: DISINFECTION OF DOMESTIC HATER SUPPLY PIPES: It shall be the duty of the
plumber, upon the completion of the roughing in, to disinfect and sterilize all water pipe
from the water meter loop to the farthermost outlet with a solution of calcium hypochlorite,
chlorinated lime, or its equivalent, The following amounts of chlorine shall be used per
one hundred running feet of pipe:
Pipe Size Inside Hyp. Chl. Pipe Size Hyp. Chl.
Dia. Oz. Inside Dia. Oz.
1/2
1 1/4 8 3 1/6
3 1/2 12 6 1/4
4 5/8
REGULATION OF SALE, EXCHANGE, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF
CERTAIN PLUMBING AND HEATING FIXTURES.
SECTION 17: The word "fixture" as used in this ordinance, shall mean and include bath
tubs, lavatories, water closet, flush tanks, kitchen Sinks, hot water tanks, water heaters,
furnaces, boilers, radiators, and arcolas. The word "person" as used in this ordinances
shall mean any person, firm, association or corporation.
SECTION 18: It shallbe unlawful for any person to sell, exchange, keep for sale, or
offer for sale, within the City of Corpus Christi or the police jurisdiction thereof, any
fixture as hereinabove defined,whether new or second hand,unless the same has securely
attached thereto a label or -sticker containing thereon the namenCity of Corpus Christi",
a serial number and the signature of the plumbing Inspector of the City of Corpus Christi,
or a facsimile signature engraved thereon,
SECTION 19: It shall be unlawful for any person to detach and remove any of said
fixtures from any building in which the same is installed or to install any of said fixtures,
unless such fixtures have securely attached thereto a label or sticker as described in
Section 18 thereof.
SECTION 20: Any person desiring to secure the labels hereinabove described shall make
written Epplication to the Plumbing Inspector of the City of Corpus Christi upon blanks fur-
‘nished by the City of Corpus Christi, which application shall show, (a) the name and address
of the applicant; (b) the number and kind of new and second-hand fixtures or a right to re-
move or install the sante; (c) such other information as the Plumbing Inspector may require.
When the Plumbing Inspector is satisfied that the applicant is entitled thereto, such labels
shall be attached to such fixtures of the applicant by the Plumbing Inspector to Deep a record
of all labels affixed by him, or his assistants, to any such fixtures.
SECTION 21: It shall be the duty of every person to make a weekly written report to the
Plumbing Inspector showing all such fixtures sold by him during the next preceding week, to
whom such fixtures were sold, whether such fixtures were new or second-hand, where such fix-
tures were to be installed and the serial number of the label attached to such fixture. It
shall be unlawful for any person to fail, neglect or refuse to file such report weekly with
said Plumbing Inspector.
SECTION 22: It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or receive through exchange
or otherwise, within the City of Corpus Christi, or the police jurisdiction thereof, any of
the above named fixtures, whether new or second-hand, except direct from the manufacturers
thereof, unless such fixtures bear a label as hereinabove described. the possession of any
detached second-hand fixtures above described, -not bearing a label as hereinbefore pres-
cribed shall be prima facie evidence that such possession is unlawful and a violation of
this otdinance, and the burden of proof shall be upon the possessor to show that his possess-
ion is lawful.
SECTION 23: It shall be unlawful for any person to make or aid or abet in making, or
knowingly have his or her possession, any label hereinbefore authorized to be used by the
City of Corpus Christi.
PERMITS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS VITH GAS SYSTEM
SECTION 24: It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make
any connection with the City Gas System without -first having made written application to the
Water & Gas Department of the City of Corpus Christi, which written application shall give
the name of the owner of the property, or person in possession of the property, and the exact
location of the property w.zere such connection is to be made. Said application shall be
made upon blanks furnished by the Water and Gas Department of the City of Corpus Christi, and
shall be signed.by persons making such application and shall be endorsed thereon "Granted" and
signed by the Superintendent of the Water and Gas Department and said application shall be
left on file in the office of the Water and Gas Department of the City of Corpus Christi.
After such application has been made as mentioned above, and after all gas fixtures, piping,
apparatus connections have been properly inspected, and after the deposit fee hereinafter
mentioned has been properly inspected, and after the deposit fee hereinafter mentioned has been
properly deposited with the Superintendent of Water and Gas Department of the City of Corpus
Christi, then the Superintendent of the Water and Gas Department of the City. of Corpus
Christi shall authorize some agent or servant of said Gas Department to make the proper con-
nection with the Cigy gas mains, but before such connection has been made, and in case a ten-
ant and not the owner of the property make application for such connection, then the tenant
shall deposit at least not less than the sum of five 05.00) Dollars with the City Gas Depart-
ment for the purpose of securing the payment of the gas to b;e used by such tenant, and where
such tenant is to conduct a business or manufacturing concern in said building where connect-
ion is to be made, when the Superintendent of said Gas Department may require a deposit from
such person, firm or corporation that shall be equivalent to the estimated use of natural
gas that may be used by such person, firm or corporation in said establishment for a period of
six (6) weeks. In case, where a person, firm or corporation has purchased a house in which
to liv3, or a house in which to carry on business, and has not, paid as much as fifty (50g)
per cent of the purchase price thereof, then such person, firm or corporation shall be re-
quired to make the deposit as mentioned above.
PIPING
SECTION 25: All gas piping installed underground shall be wrought iron or type K. Copper
and marked or branded in such manner as to identify it as.such. The pipe from curb line to
meter shall be not less than one inch for high pressure and not less than one and one-quarter
inch for low pressure gas. Where high pressure line is installed there shall be a one inch
pressure regulator placed before the meter with a one inch service cock placed before the
meter. All meter connections shall be twenty-four inches above ground.
SECTION 25-A. Gas piping within a building shall be wrought iron, black or galvanized
steel. All copper pipe inside building is hereby prohibited.
PLACING METERS
SECTION 26: Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place
any meter or meters in back lots, out -houses, garages or on second floors; not shall more thar
two (2) meters be placed on the same line, unless the size of the pipe warrants the extra
number of meters and which shall be determined by the plumbing inspector, whether more than
two (2) meters shall be placed on one (1) -line and the written permission from the Plumbing
Inspector must be obtained before more than two (2) meters shall be placed on one (1) line.
HOUSE PIPING AND METERS
SECTION 27: Where two or more consumers are to be supplied in the same building, the
City will set individual meters for each consumer. One service line, provided.it is large
enough in size may be used from the, street main to the meter loops. All the meters supply-
ing consumers in the same house must be located at the same place.
All stop cocks and hose used in connection with gas house -piping shall be of grade equal
to that made by H. Mueller Mfg. Co. or Glauber Mfg. Co.
Fittings smaller than three (3) inches shall be of Galvanized Malleb'Iron.
Cast iron fittings may be used in size above three (3) inches.
Bushings on Gas Piping is hereby.prohibited.
Unions or running thread shall not be used on gas piping either in original installations
or repairs.
All house -piping shall be properly graded to a drip of ample size located in an access-
ible place. Where space will permit, house -pipe will be drained away from the meter to a
drip placed at far end.of main supply line. Otherwise drip will be placed at meter location
and pipe graded to same.
All house -piping shall be securely fastened to floor joists or sills with either gal-
vanized pipe straps or pipe hooks or with perforated pipe straps and such manner as to pre-
vent pipe from sagging.
Gas must not be supplied from a smaller pipe to a larger one.
When necessary to connect two sizes of pipe, a reducing coupling shall be used.
All branch outlet pipes shall be taken from top of main supply lines and never from below
When extensions to house piping are made, care must be taken to break pipe where the
rules for size can be maintained.
All gas pipe laid in or under concrete or cinders shall be Copper Type K.
All gas service pipes located under buildings shall be copper Type K. line pipe.
White lead or other suitable joining shall be used sparingly and.applied only to the male
thread in making up joints on gas house piping.
Each and every gas stove, range cooking stove, hot water heater and other gas consuming
appliance shall be provided with a lever handled stop cock located in the riser above the
floor, and below the union at the applicance. Such stop cock shall be readily accessible at
all times.
Gas connections to stoves,,ranges, hot water heaters and other appliances shall be made
by rigid metal connections, except that flexible metal or rubber tubing of not over five feet
in length may be used for connections for small portable heating applicances.
Ranges,hot plates, etc. used in hotels, restaurants and hamburger stands where gas is
used for fuel must be provided with canopies properly vented in brick, tile or metal flues
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extending to open air at least two feet above the roof.
Vents to gas applicances, concealed inside of partitions, under floors or enclosed in
any manner so that the said vent pipes are in contact with wood, shall be air tight and shall
be made of at least No. 22 gauge galvanized iron and properly covered with asbestos paper.
Vent pipes in attic may connect with a chimney flue;. or may extend through the roof to
open air at least two feet above the roof and terminate with a screened cap. Such vents pipes
in attics and above roofs shall be of at least No. 22 gauge galvanized iron. Exposed vent
pipes in rooms may be No. 26 gauge galvanized iron.
Wood partitions through which vent pipes pass must be protected by a thimble with a pro-
per air space, except that no vent pipes shall pass through any closet or pantry used for the
storage of clothing, household goods, or any combustible material.
Mater heaters and gas applicances having pilot burners must be provided with down
draft devices above the fixture in the vent near the appliances.
Plumbers stopping vents in walls or attic will have their license revoked.
The house -piping in a building shall be tested air tight by the plumber, and before the
pipes are concealed they must be inspected, and the test witnessed, a certificate of in-
spection issued, and an inspection tag attached to such piping by the City Plumbing Inspector.
The test on house -piping shall be made by closing all openings and subjecting the pipes
to an air pressure that will support a column of mercury ten (10) inches in height. If this
column of mercury is supported by the air pressure for at least fifteen (15) minutes, the
piping shall be considered tight.
For inspection of new gas piping, extensions, additions, branch lines, alteration work,
in any building, the plumbing inspector shall charge and collect from the person, firm or
corporation applying for such inspection the sum of one ($1.00) dollar for each inspection
up to fifteen outlets and ten cents for each additional outlet.
If the house pipes are not tight, or if the construction and installation of the fix-
tures, piping and appurtenances, do not conform to the provisions of this ordinance, when
the inspector is called for inspection and approval, and it is necessary for the inspector
to make another inspection, then there shall be made and collected, a charge of one 01.00)
dollar, for each additional trip for inspection.
The branch supply pipes to all cooking stoves, ranges shall be one commercial size
larger than the inlet connection of above mentioned appliances and no runs from mains or
branch supply line to appliance shall be less than 2 inch.
The rules governing size and length of pipe and greatest number of openings allowed in
piping buildings for use of gas appliances are as follows:
LENGTH OF PIPE FEET
No. of 2 2 inch 3/4 inch 1 inch 14 inch 12 inch 2 inch 2i inch 3 inch
Inch Opening pipe pipe pipe pipe pipe pipe, pipe pipe
1 27 50 70 100 150 200 300 400
2 - 24 70 100 150 200 -300 400
3 - 24 70 100 150 200 300 400
4 - - 50 100 150 200 300 400
5 - - 35 100 150 200 300 400
6 - - 60 150 200 300 400
8 - - - 45 120 200 300 400
10 - - - - 65 200 300 400
13 - - - - 42 175 300 400
15 - - - - - 120 300 400
18 - - - - - 90 270 400
Pipe sizes in the above table may be reduced one size if copper is uded, however, no
pipe under 2 inch diameter shall be allowed.
20 - - - - - 70 210 400
23 - - - - - 55 165 400
25 - - - - - - 45 135 330
30 - - - - - - 80 200
35 - - - - - 60 150
40 - - - - - - 50 125
50 - 4- - - - - - 80
65 - - - - - - - 50
75 - - - - - - - 35
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For large buildings, or where unusual conditions are met with such persons coming in
contact with such unusual conditions, shall consult the Plumbing Inspector.
SECTION 28: That the City of Corpus Christi shall tap all gas mains where connections are
desired to be made with gas system of said City and said city shall lay all pipes from the
main to the gas meter and the city shall furnish all gas meters and set the same and install
all regulators where regulators are necessary. The said City of Corpus Christi shall charge
therefor and collect from persons, firms and corporations desiring gas to be furnished, by
the City of Corpus Christi, the said persons, firms or corporations, for connections made
for such purpose, the sum of thirty-five ($35.00) dollars on unpaved streets and fifty-five
($55.00) dollars on•paved streets, from the applicant for gas, before any connections are
made or work is performed, provided that the dimension service line from the main to the
meter shall not be greater than 1* inches in diameter, all services requiring lines in ex-
cess of this diameter shall be installed at a cost to be determined by the City Engineer.
The City reserves the right to determine the location of the said gas meter.
GAS :LATER HEATERS.
SECTION 29. No hot water heater shall be enclosed, boxed -in, or placed in any closet
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where there is not a free circulation of air through same. Heater not to be placed less
than six (6) inches from any woodwork unless same is properly protected by metal shield.
Such shields shall be securely attached so as to preserve an air space of not less than
one (1) inch between the shield and woodwork.
Gas water heaters now installed or hereafter to be installed 1.n any building in the
City of Corpus Christi, shall be vented through roof of building by at least one (1) foot
and containing hood on the vent.
CHARGES. FOR NATURAL GAS USED.
SECTION 30: All charges for natural gas used shall be due and payable at the office
of the Water and Gas Department of the City of Corpus Christi on the first (1) day of each
and every month, for the month just preceding, and if same shall not be paid within ten
(10) days after same shall fall due, the supply shall be turned off, without notice, and
will not be turned on again until all back charges are paid. One ($1.00) Dollar shall be
collected for turning the gas on again. One ($1.00) Dollars shall be charged for removing
meter.
SECTION 31: The words and terms used in this ordinance shall have the same meaning as
said words and terms are defined and understood in the National Board of Fire Underwriters
for the Installaion, Maintenance and Use of Piping and Fittings for City Gas; and in case
of controversy, reference shall be made to the, regulations of the "National Board of Fire
Underwriters" for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of Piping and Fittings for City Gas
which regulations are in book form and printed.
SECTION 32:' BOND REQUIRED OF MASTER PLUMBER: PERIOD THEREOF: NEW WODK TO BE DONE
OR PERMIT ISSUED VITHOUT SUCH BOND: WHO MAY SUE THEREON. Every person doing business as
a Master Plumber, as is hereinbefore set forth, shall execute a bond, to be approved by
the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, made payable to the City of Corpus Christi,
in the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars with two or more good and sufficient per-
sonal sureties or with a responsible surety company authorized to do business in Texas,
as surety, conditioned to protect said City against loss or damage occasioned by negligence
of the principal therein fpiling to properly execute and protect all work done by him in
excavating, laying pipe or doing any act in connection with the work of plumbing as is here
in set forth, and against all loss or damage occasioned by or arising in any manner from
any such work done by said principal or his employees, or under his directions or super-
vision; and conditioned further, that the principal therein will keep and observe all
ordinances at any time enacted by said City relating in any way to plumbing and plumbing
work.
All said bonds shall run a period of one year and shall expire on the 31st day of
December of each year, and shall be renewed,at their expiration, and no plumbing work shall
be done by, and no permits shal,1 be issued to, any person doing the business of plumbing
when he has not such a bond in full force and effect.
Every such bond shall inure to the benefits of, and may be sued upon by any person
injured or damaged by reason of any accident caused by any negligence upon the part of
such Master plumber, or by any person doing work under his direction or supervision, as
provided for in said bond.
SECTION 33: PENALTY: FORFEITURE OF LICENSE OF MASTER PLUMBER. Every person viola-
ting or failing to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this ordinance, shall
be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not
less than $5.00 and not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. ,And if licensed plumber
is convicted thereof his license as such shall thereby be forfeited.
SECTION 34: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance shall be and the same are hereby repealed. If any provision of this
ordinance shall be held invalid the same shall not invalidate any other provisions hereof
which is not in and of itself invalid.
SECTION 35: The fact that the City of Corpus Christi is without an adequate ordi-
nance providing for the installation of plumbing in buildings and general plumbing work
in the City of Corpus Christi and for proper house drainage in said City creates a public
emergency and an imperative public necessity, requiring the suspension of the Charter
Rule that no ordinance or resolution be passed finally on the date of its introduction,
and that said Ordinance shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and
theMayor having declared that such emergency and imperative necessity exists, and requested
that said Charter Rule be suspended, and that this Ordinance take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, AND IT IS SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED the 4th day of January, A. D. 1938.
ATTEST:
Sgd. T. R. Kri,ng
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Sgd. R. Briscoe King
City Attorney.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
.Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
Sgd. A. C. McCaughan,
Mayor, City of Corpus Christi,
Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
January 4, 1938
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing Ordinance,
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a public emergency and imperative public necessity exists for the suspension of the Charter
Rule requiring that no Ordinance or Resolution be passed finally on the date of its intro-
duction, and that such Ordinance or Resolution shall be read at three several meetings of
the City Council, I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter rule or re-
quirement, and pass said Ordinance on the date of its introduction, or at the present meet-
ing of the City Council.
The Charter Rule was suspended by the
A. C. McCaughan
Joe Mireur
C. 0. Watson
D. A. Segrest
T. R. McGee
The abov Ordinance was passed by the
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A. C. McCaughan
Joe Mireur
C. 0. Watson
D. A. Segrest
T. R. McGee
Respectfully
Sgd. A. C. McCaughan,
Mayor, City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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