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Home My WebLink About02849 ORD - 08/15/1950-- _ 1.qu�luger ;gp 8/14/50 (5) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2578 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1949, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE PLUMBING CODE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS THEREAFTER AMEND- ED AND NOW IN EXISTENCE BY AMENDING SECTION 901(e) BY THE ADDITION OF A PROVISION TO THE TABLE RE- GARDING THE NOMINAL WEIGHT PER FOOT RELATIVE TO COMODE STUBS ONLY; BY AMENDING SECTION 917(a) PRO- VIDING THAT EXTRA HEAVY CAST IRON SHALL NOT BE RE- QUIRED UNDER SLABS ON FILLS FOR ONE AND TWO STORY DWELLING OCCUPANCIES AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT ALL CAST IRON PIPE THROUGH CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION MUST BE WRA PED VI'ITH AN APPROVED ONE- QUARTER () INCH OF ASPHALT IMPREGNATE WRAPPING PAPER; BY AMENDING SECTION 901 BY TIE ADDITION THERETO OF A SUBSECTION (d -1) PROVIDING THAT ALL COPPER TUBING SHALL CONFORM 1aTH THE A. S. T. M. STANDARD SPECI- FICATIONS FOR COPPER WATER TUBE, SERIAL DESIGNATION B88 -41, PROVIDING HOWEVER, THAT TYPE M COPPER TUB- ING MAY NOT BE USED FOR WATER SUPPLY LINES; BY THE AMENDING OF SECTION 902 (g) PROVIDING THAT COLD - MIX COMPOUNDS MAY BE USED PROVIDED THAT SUCH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF PLUMBERS AND THAT ANY AND EVERY SUCH COMPOUND SHALL,WHEN USED, BE USED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS' RECOMMENDA- TION; BY AMENDING SECTION 905 BY THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE WORDS THREE OR FOUR INCH VENT FOR THE VMORDS MAIN VENT AND TAE T UTI PHRASE WHEN NO FIXTURES ABOVE FOR THE PHRASE lWff THEY ARE LOCATED ON THE TOP -FLOM WHERE THE SAID IN THE SECOND-SENTENCE OF S1ID SECTION 905; BY AMEND- ING SECTION 917(f) PROVIDING THAT ANY MAIN SOIL OR WASTE PIPE (BUILDING DRAIN) INTENDED TO CONVEY SEWAGE FROM ANY BUILDING SHALL BE DESIGNED IN CONFORMITY WITH TABLE 3 OF SAID ORDINANCE: BY AMENDING SECTION 917(b) PROVIDING THAT THE BUILDING (HOUSE) SEWER FROM THREE (3) FEET OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO THE PROPERTY LINE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR (4) INCHES IN DIAMETER AND SHALL BE OF CAST- IRON,VITRIFIED CLAY OR BITUMINIZED FIBRE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, heretofore on the 16th day of August, 1949, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas passed finally an Ordinance numbered No. 2576 and entitled; "ORDINANCE NO. 2578 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, SAFEGUARDING THE HEALTH OF PERSONS, THE SAFETY OF PROPERTY AND PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC; CREATING THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF PLUMBERS, DESIGNATING THE MEMBERS THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE POWERS AND DUTIES THEREOF; PROVID- ING THE REQUIRING OF A MASTER PLUMBERtS SURETY BOND; PROVIDING THE REQUIRING OF PERMITS FOR CER- TAIN KINDS OF PLUMBING, DRAINAGE, AND GAS FITTING AND THE INSPECTION OF SUCH PLUMBING, DRAINAGE AND GAS FITTING WORK AND THE SCALE OF FEES FOR SUCH INSPECTION; COMPELLING ALL BUILDINGS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE PUBLIC SANI- TARY SEWERS AND PROVIDING THE MANNER AND WAY IN WHICH PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING WORK SHALL BE DONE AND THE )MM AND CLASS OF MATERIALS TO BE USED IN SUCH WORK; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIO- LATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND REPEALING OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE;, PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. "; and WEEREAS, it is considered to the best interest of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, that said Ordinance No. 2578,as amend- ed and now in existence, be amended in the particulars hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 901(e) be amended by the addition to the table contained in Section 901(e) of the following line: "4 in. (corrode stubs only) 6.00 lbs." and the same is hereby amended. SECTION 2. That Section 917(x) of said Ordinance No. 2578 is hereby amended and the same shall hereafter read as follows, to -wit: "(a) BUILDING DRAIN: The building drain shall extend three (3) feet outside of the exterior face of the building and shall be of standard cast iron. Extra Heavy cast iron shall be used in buildings four (4) stories or more in height, and under slabs on fills except those for one and two story dwelling occupancies. All cast iron pipe through concrete construction must be wrapped with an approved one - quarter (1 halt impregnate 4 ) inch of as P p grate wrapping paper." SECTION 3. That Section 901 of said Ordinance No. 2578 is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a subsection (d -1), read- ing as follows: "(d --1) COPPER TUBING: All copper tubing shall conform to the A.S.T.M. Standard Specifications for Copper Water Tube, Serial Designation B88 -41i PROVIDED, however, that Type M. copper tubing may not be used for water supply lines.J' SECTION 4. That Section 902 of said Ordinance is hereby amended by the addition to Subsection (h) of said Section 902 the following provision after the last sentence in said Subsection (h), to -wit: "Cold -mix compounds may be substituted for the above '1 -2- Provided that such compound has been approved as an adequate substitute by the Supervisory Board of Plumbers, and further provided that any and every such cold -mix shall, when used, be used according to the manufacturer's recom- mendation." SECTION 5. That Section 905 bey and the same is, hereby amended by the amending of the second sentence of said Section 905 to hereafter read as follows: "Wet vents are prohibited except by special permission of the Chief Plumbing Inspector and except that two minor fixtures may waste C:? into a three or four inch vent above a water closet when there are no fixtures above." SECTION 6. That Section 917 (f) is hereby amended by amending the last sentence of said Section 917(f) to hereafter read as follows. "The main soil or waste pipe (Building Drain) 1k �_ intended to convey sewage from any building shall `I be designed in conformity with Table 3 of this ordinance." SECTION 7. That Section 917(b) is hereby amended and the same shall hereafter read as follows: "(b) BUILDING SEWER: The building (house) sewer from three (3) feet outside the building to the property line -hall be not less than four (4) inches in diameter and the same shall be of cast- iron, vitrified clay or bituminized fibre." SECTION 8. The necessity for providing proper regulations regarding the Plumbing Code for the City of Corpus Christi creates a public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the suspen- sion of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be pass- ed finally on the date it is introduced and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, requesting the suspension of said Charter rule,that this Ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction, and that it shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED, This the �cSr day of August, 1950. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF C JEST: CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Ulty secretary APAS TO LEGAL FORM: City rney Corpus Christi, Texas , 1950 TO THE LEEB' ERS OF TAE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore- going ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby 'request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, laa�a'L4-_ .' City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the foll(nving vote: Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lonvman A* The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Leslie 4wa senaan Jack DeForrest njZ L Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lowman ag��