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AN OkDINANCE RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHING OF RULES AND REGULA'PIONS FOR
-THE PLUMBING ANll DRAINAGE OF BUILDINGS AND THE CONSTRUC'PION OF HOUSE
SEYffERS IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAIF, TERkI'PORY OF HAWAII; PROVIDING FOk THE `,
EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND BONDING OF PLUIJiBERB IN 'PHE'
COUNTY OF HAWAII, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTTEB FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE,; AND REPEALING ALL SECTIONS AND PARTS OF ~ ~
SECTIONS OP` ORDITIANCE OF THE COUNTY,OF'HAWAZI II~ CONFLICT THEREWITH.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY,~PF~ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
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REGISTRATION
Section 15.100. It shall be unlawful for any person, persona,
firm or corporation to carry on or conduct the business of a plumber
or do any plumbing work in the County of Hawaii without first being
registered at the offiee'of the building Inspector and issued a licepae
to do plumbing work in the County of Hawaii. No Person shall be
registered unless he shall have received and filed with the Building
Inspector a Certificate of Competency as a Master Plumber or Journey- 4.
man Plumber from the Board of Plumbing Examiners of the County of
(iawaii or such other examining Board as may be approved by the Board
ofaPlumbing Examiners of the County of Hawaii; and no firm or corpora-
tion shall be registered and issued a license unless a member of the
firm or employee of the corporation shall be;-.qualified to be registered.
No plumbing work shall be done in the~name;G~ a registered plumber '
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except by or under the direct supervision o€:,~ person qualified to be
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• The $uilding Inspector•ahall issue a registration card sY-gned
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by him to every person,, firm or corporation so registered, which'ycard
shall contain t~ie•name and address of the registrant and shall state's
that the person, firm or corporation therein named is duly qualified
as a registered plumber. Any person, firm or, corporation so s
registered shall be deemed to be registered plumber within the
requirements of this Ordinance.
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• BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Section 15.101. The Board of Plumbing Examiners of the County
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oP Hawaii is hereby created. •Said Board shall be composed of five
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members, as follows: Building`Inapector, who shall be anyex-officio
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member and secretary; and three other, members, each'of whom shall
have had. at least five years' experience in his respective trede, who
shall be appointed by the Chairman and Executive;, Offioer oP the County
of Hawaii with the approval oP the Board of Supervisors. One of said ; .
• three other members shall be a tJiaster Plumber wli~o shall be the
Chairman of said Board of Plumbing Examiners, and the other two shall
be Journeyman Plumbers; and the said th~'ee other members shall hold
office at the pleasure of the Chairman and Executive Officer of the
County of Hawaii and the Board of Supervisors. A quorum shall consist
of any two members and the secretary of said Board of Plumbing
Examiners.
The Board of Plumbing Examiners shall hold two regular meetings
every year, one during the first half of the year and the other during
tYie last half of the-year, and special meetings at other times at the
call of the Chairman of said Board upon the written request of any
two members. lluring the regular meetings, the said Board may adopt
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intent
and purposes of Section 15.102; it shall also, during said regular
meetings and any adjourned meetings thereof, conduct the examinations
provided for in Section 15.102. Fcr each regular meeting however long
and for each adjourned. meeting thereof lasting more than two hours, ,.
and for each. special meeting lasting more than two hours, each member ~ .
present, other then the Building Inspector and Plumbing Inspector,
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shall receive Ten Dollars 0 10.00). ~
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EXAMINATIONS `"
Section 15.102. It shall be the duty of the Board of Plumbing
Examiners to examine each qualified applicant for a Certificate of
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Competency as a Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber and to issue to
each such applicant who satisfactorily passes the examination, e
Certificate of Competency as a Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber as
the case may be. ~^
Any,peraon who has attained the age of twenxy years and has had
not less than four years' experience as a Journeyman Plumber Helper
and who Purniahed satisfactory evidence of satisfactory work as such
during said period may apply for a Certificate of Competency as a
Journeyman Plumber. Any person who, has held a Certificate of Competency i
as a Journeyman Plumber for a period of twelve months may apply for s
Certificate of Competency as a Master Plumber. Each application for
examination shall be made in writing on a form furnished by the Bureau
of Building, Construction and Inspection and shall include such
information as the Board of Plumbing Examiners shall consider necessary,
including the applicant's narne, age, address, length of time spent in
learning or working at the trade or business of plumbing, the place or
places where his knowledge or experience was gained, and whether or not
he has ever failed to pass satisfactorily the examination for which he
is applying. Before being examined, each applicant shall pay to the
Plumbing Inspector as a County realization a fee of Five Dollars (yp5.00)
for such examination. If the applicant fails 'to pass an examination,
he shall not be eligible for re-examination for six months and he shall
pay a fee of Five Dollars 05.00) before each re-examination. 'Phe
Secretary of the Board of Plumbing Examiners shall notify each applicant
in writing of the time and place of examination.
The examinations for a Journeyman Plumber and a Master Plumber
shall be oral, written and by practical work with tools and materials
They shall consist of tests in practical plumbing, the correction of
defective plumbing on plane, knowledge of the Plumbing Ordinance of
the County of Hawaii, the regulations of the Board of Health and the
laws of the Territory of Hawaii pertaining to plumbing. An applicant
whose average grade on an examination is 75%a or better shall be
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considered to have passed satisfactorily, and he shall thereupon be
entitled to and the Board of Plumbing Examiners shall iasue to him e
Certificate of Competency as a Journeyman Plumber or Iviaster Plumber se
the case may be. .
LICENSE
Seetion 15.110. The Building Inspector of the County of Hawaii
shall iasue to any person or parsons, firm or corporation, who hea
registered and acquired such Certificate of Competency., a license to ~
do Plumbing Work in the County of Hawaii.
No person shall,do any plumbing work without first paying the
license fee and receiving a license as in this Ordinance provided.
The amount of said fee shall be, for Master Plumbers ~p20.00 per annum,
and for Journeymen Plumbers jp2.00 per annum. License fees shall be
on an annual basis, prorated to the nearest quarter of the year when
the license request is made. Any person who shall work as a Master
and Journeyman Plumber shall secure both licenses and pay the fees
required therefor. All licenses shall expire on the 31st day of
December, of each year. Plumber's helpers and apprentices may work
without a license, and shall work with and may help a regularly
qualified and licensed Journeyman Plumber under the immediate inatruc-
tion and direction of such licensed Journeyman Plumber.
No license shall be issued pursuant to this Ordinance to any
person who is not a registered plumber, as defined in this Ordinance.
MASTER PLUIvff3ER
Section 15.120. Every Master Plumber must have a permanent
place of business before registering as a plumber or transacting or
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doing any plumbing business. When a registered plumber or thb member
of a firm who has passed the required examination retires from
business or dissolves copartnership, they shall forfeit their license
and no other license shall b® granted said firm until one of the '
remaining members of the firm shall have passed an examination before
the Poard of Plumbing Examiners as provided in this Ordinance.
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The name of the person, firm or corporation for whom permit '
applications are to be eounteraigned, shall bear the signature of
their respective master plumber or registered plumber so authorized to
sign such applications, and it shall be unlawful for any master plumber
or registered plumber to sign permit applications for more than one
person, firm or corporation.
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SEWERS AND APPLICATICN'FCR CCNNECTICNS TO BE FILED!
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Section 15.130. It shall b® unlawful for any person or persona,
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firm or corporation~'to do any plumbing work of any description in any
building or upon any property or to do any sewer work in the County
of Hawaii, except in case of stoppage in pipes or repair of leaks in
drains, vent pipes, waste pipes, faucets, valves and water,supply
pipes, without first having filed with the Building Inspector, plans
and spegificationa which shall clearly show and indicate the entire
work to be done, the number and character of all fixtures, the size
and locations of all drains, waste, soil and vent pipes, traps end
cleanouts, and whether connection is to be made with the sanitary
sewer or with a cesspool and without having obtained e Plumbing Permit
from the Building Inspector of the County of Hawaii.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation except
employees of the County of Hawaii Sevaer Department to connect or to aid
in, or to cause a connection to be made, or to make use of the public
sewer system of the County of Hawaii. An application shall be obtained
from the Building Inspector requesting the Sewer Department to make
such connection as may be approved by the Building Inspector and a
deposit to cover the coats of such connections shall be made by the
applicant before the work may proceed.
Application shall be signed by the owner or by his duly authorized
agent, upon a form to be furnished by the Building Inspector and shall
answer truthfully all questions therein contained.
FEES FOR PERMIT
Section 15.140. No permits shall be issued to any person or
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persons, firm or corporation for doing plumbing work in the County of ,;
Hawaii until the fees therefor have been paid~to the Building Inspector
or his duly authorized agents according to the following schedule: The
fee for the installation of fixtures shall tae: fifty (50) cents for
each fixture and one dollar 0:1.00) for the inspeotion of each house
sewer; provided that this sect).on shall not apply to the repair leek
in drains, vent,pipea, waste pipers, faucets, v~'lves or water supply
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pipes or to the removal of obstruction in pipes.
FILING OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATION ~
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Section 15.15,x. When a permit is issued, the application, signed
by the person or persona, firm or corpore.tionP, together with the plane --
and specifications, shall'be filed, with the Building Inspector and
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shall thereafter remain in the custody of said Inspector. UJhen it is
desirable to make changes in the plumbing work from that shown on the
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plans and specifications as filed, the person or persons, firm or
corporation to whom the permit has been issued shall give notice of
Fuch changes, and if`~such changes are found to be in accordance with
the provisions of this Ordinance, such changes shall be allowed, and
the additional fee if any, collected before the changes may be made.
SEWER CONNECTION REd,UIRED
Section 15.160. In the construction, reconstructi®n or alteration
of any building of ar>,y description, in which plumbing fixtures are to
be placed, all plumbing work shall be connected with a public sewer,
where such sewer is accessible, and where there is no sewer accessible,
with a suitable properly constructed and approved cesspool.
A11 buildings in which the plumbing has been done prior to the
passage of this Ordinance, must conform to this Ordinance before being
connected to the sewer, if in the discretion of the Building Inspector
the plumbing is a menace to health or life.
HOUSE SEWEit
Section 15.170. The term "house sewer" as used in this Ordinance
shall mean that part of the drain between the "cleenout" at or near
the property lines, or a cesspool, and to or within five (5) feet of
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the building connected or to be connected with the sewer or cesspool.
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House sewers shall not~beJless them four (4) inches in diameter, j•
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and shall be of cast:iron pipe or salt glazed vitrified pipe, and shall ~
be laid to a true grade, and at least one foot underground, unless the
run is over solid rock or lave, in which case the Building Inspector
may modify the depth at which the sewer shall be placed. Changes in
directions shell be made by "Y" branches and 1-~, 1-8, or 1-16 bends.
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Salt glazed vitrified pipe will not be allowed under or within five
feet of any building. If salt glazed vitrified pipe is used in the
co natruetion'of any:,~sewer, it shall here a fall of at least one-quarter
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of an inch to the foot, the 'joints shall be made of mortar, composed ,
of enual parts of Portland or other good standard cement and clean
screen sand, and said joints shall be covered with cloth in laying. A
disc entirely,.filling the house s®wer pipe shall be kept in the pipe
and drawn forward as each length ie laid. 'JJhen salt glazed vitrified
pipe is used in tidetor surface water, the sums shall be concreted
entirely,~round the exterior of pipe to e thickness of at least four
(4),inches. When cast iron pipe is used all joints shall be packed
with picked oakum and •run with molten lead, be caulked, and shell have
a fall of not less than three-sixteenths of an inch to the foot. In
the construction of any house sewer no intermediate section of salt
• glazed vitrified pipe +a hall be used between sections of teat iron pipe.
The free flow of air shall not be obstructed in any house sewer when ,
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connected'wsth any cesspool or sewer.
HOUSE DRAIIV~.
Section 15.180. The term "House Drain" as herein used shall mean
that part of. the drain under the first floor of the building or structure
and extending five feet outside of the walls thereof. All house drains
shall be of east iron or galvanized wrought iron pipe not less than
four inches'in diameter and shall have a fall of not less than 3-16 of
an inch to the foot. In buildings or structures of over three stories
in height, the~.class of cast iron pipe commercially known as Extra
Heavy, or galvanized wrought iron pipe shall be used for the house
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drain, soil, waste and vent pipes and the fittings shall be of the same
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class. All house drains shall be securely ironed to walls or in chases,
or laid in trenohes of uniform grade, or suspended to floor timbers or
frames by strong iron hangers. In no case shall double hubs he allowed,
and all hubs shall be laid opposite to the fall of the sewer. Brass
cleanout connections, located in accessible places, shall be put in
ell house drai~na at the Poot of eaoh vertical riser and at every ohange
of direotion of the drain.
30II. PIPES'
Seotion 15.190. The term "soil pipe" as used in this Ordinance
shall mean the .vertical pipe to which one or more water closets or
other fixtures are .connected. A11 soil pipes shell be of cast iron
or galvanized wrought iron pipe not less than four (4) inrhea in
diameter, and. if of cast iron, in buildings of over three (3) stories
shell be of extra heavy grade. All soil pipe shall be continued
unobstructed an$~undiminished in size to a point not less than one (1)
foot above the roof of the building. All soil pipes shall be run on
as straight a line as possible and shall not terminate ~.aithin ten (10}
feet of any window or opening. If galvanized wrought iron pipe is
used, all the fittings must be recessed and the pipe reamed to full
bore. ,~
In 'the construction of soil pipes, all cart iron pipes and
fittings shall be covered inside and outside with a coating of asphaltum.
Changes in direction of soil pipes shall be made by "Y" branches, and
1-6, 1-8, or 1-16 bends; and in no case shall double hubs be .used,
except for vent Fittings where the fittings are to be inverted. Sanitary
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"Ts" may be used in vertical: runs. Pipes made from sheet metal of any
kind shall not be used in the construction of soil or waste pipes.
No four by two (4g2j or other heel outlet fittings shall be
allowed to act as a waste or vent pipe through the heel opening, except
on vertical`linyyes. The use of cement of any description to repair
splits or brealts in cast iron pipes or fittings shall not be allowed.
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Not more than the following number of water closets may be
connected on the various sizes of soil pipes designated below:
12 Water Closets on 4-inch soil or branch pipe.
25 Water Cloaeta on 5-inch soil or branch pipe.
60 Water Closets on 6-inch soil or branch pipe.
No soil or draih pipe,ahall be more than six (6) inches in
diameter, and when a greater number than sixty (60) water closets are
in one building,. two (2) soil or drain pipes must be run to the main
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sewer in the street, and shall be continued up to end through the roof
full size;~and where vertical lines of soil pipes extend to water
closets on the third floor, the same must extend full size through the
roof.
WASTE PIPES
Section 15.200. The term "waste pipe" is herein used to mean
any pipe leading from any fixture to a soil pipe or house drain and
receiving the discharge from any fixture. All waste pipes except as
herein provided shall be of iron. Branch waste pipes m9y be constructed
of lead or iron; PROVIDED, however, that if lead is used it shall be
only as a branch to connect with an iron pipe end shall not exceed three
{3) feet in length. The size of waste pipe shall vary according to the
fixtures they are to serve, and in no event shall be less than the
following:
Closets .................4 inches
Slop Sinks ..............3 inches
Floor Drains....... .2 inches
Baths ..................lb inches
Sinka ..................1 inches
Wash Trays .............1~ inches
Urinals . ..............1 inches
Bar Wastea .............1~ inches
Basins.. ...... .1 inches
Drinking.Fountains.....14 inches
All waste pipes from Breese traps shall be in size not, less than
the outlets of same. Waste pipes from refrigerators or other receptacles
in which provisions are kept, shall not connect directly with. the drain,
soil Or vent pipe or discharge upon the ground beneath the building,
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but shall be trapped and the discharge therefrom allowed to drip into
an open fixture in daily use, or be conveyed. to the ground at least three
(3) feet away from the building..
No continuous wastes shall exceed sixteen (lo) feet in length and
the traps for same shall not be less than one and one-half (1~,) inches.
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Continuous wastes for urinals shall not be allowed.
Section 15.210. All fixtures shall be separately and independently
trapped as near the opening thereof ea is practicable. All traps shall
have a water seal of not less than one and one-half (1'~) inches in
depth a~1d sh~l}be set true, to water sealrf The size of every trap shall
be the same as the waste pipe it serves:?
No grease traps shall in any case be placed under a building or
structure. Grease traps shall be used only for restaurants, hotels,
tenements, boarding houses and other building, as approved by the Inspector,
Grease traps shall have ample capacity and. the capacity and details of
construction.ahall be subject to the approval of the Building Inspector.
No bell traps shall be used. in any case.
Anti-siphon traps shall be used only where the Building Inspector
finds that it is impracticable to use any other.
All traps in the ground or in concrete shall be of galvanized. or
cast iron pipe or of other approved pattern and shall be coated with
asphaltum.
All traps with internal partitions or any mechanism forming a seal
not of an approved type, are strictly prohibited.
VENTS
Section 15.220. In every building; or structure where there is a -
water closet, there shall be at least one four (4) inch cast iron vent
pipe, running from the house drain unobstructed and undiminished in size
to a point not less than one (1) foot above the roof of the building or
structure or fire-wall, or if such building pr structure has a fire-wall
within ten (10) feet of said vent, then not less than one (1) foot above
said fire-wall. The terminal of all vents shall. be at least ten (10)
feet from any window or opening.
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All traps within any building or within five (5) feet of any
building, shall be vented by special air pipes of lead or iron, but in
no case shall a vent pipe end in a ohimney or earthenware flue. No
lead pipe shall be used for any vent except ea a branch to connect with
an iron pipe and then only for a distance not to exceed two (2) feet.
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Ygnt pipes may converge into one pipe at any point not less .than three
(3) feet six (8) inches above the floor line oP the building or structure.
A11 vent pipes shall be extended above the roof of the building or ~
structure in the. same manner as the four (4) inch cast iron vent pipe
herein referred to. All vent branches must be taken from the top of
waste or crown of trap.
The size of vent pipes for each fixture shall be not less than
the following:
Basins........ ...1~
Sinks ..............1~
Baths ..............1
Wash trays.........1-
Urinals............1
.Bar sinks..........1~
Bide t ..............1R
Sit baths... ......1
Water Cloaets......2
glop sinks.........2
Dirt catchers......2
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trap ........... ..2
Drinking Fountains 14
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be carried more than twelve (12) feet out of a vertical line to enter
another pipe without increasing one size larger.
Vdhen two water closets are.on a four (4) inch vent stack, such
stack may vent both closets, providing it is within twenty-four (24)
inches of the traps of such closets on the line of the pipe.
The grouping of any other fixtures ast allowed for water closets,
shall be permitted provided the twenty-four (24) inches from the trap
dimension, is not exceeded and that the vents and wastes comply with
the requirements of this Ordinance.
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Whenever fiaturea are grouped the vents therefor shall be lase
then the following:
One 1}" vent on one 1}" pipe;
Two 1~" vents on one ly}" pipe;
Three 1}" vents on one 1}" pipe;
3ia 1}" or five 1~}" or three 2" vents on one 2" pipe;
Ten 1}" or eeven 1}" or four E" vents on one 3" pipe;
Thirteen 1~" or tea 1~" or aia 2" vents on one 3" pipe;
Eighteen 1}" or thirteen 1~" or eight 2" vents on one 3}" pipe;
Twenty-four 1~" or aizteen 1}" or eleven 2" vents on one 4" pipe;
JOINTS OR CONNECTIOIV3
Section 15.230. All ,)ointa of case iron pipe ahall•be peoked with
picked oakum and run with molten lead and shall be well caulked. Joints '
and connections in lead pipe shall be made with wiped ~ointa. Conneotiona
of lead with.osat iron pipe shall be made with brass ferrule and wiped
~ointa. Caulked in oonneotiona oP lead and wrought iron pipe shall be made
with braes soldering nipple and wiped ~ointa, screwed in. Conneotione of
braes and wrought iron pipe shall be made with a brass screw oollar.
WATER CLOSETS
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eeotion 15.240. The use of pan, hopper or plunger closets are
prohibited. No we ter closet, slop sink or uringl shall be placed or
maintained in any room in whioh there ie not a window opening 8lrect to
the eaternal atmosphere; provided that, in lieu thereof, such may be
ventilated by means of a shalt or air duot et least eight (8) inches in
diameter or of equal area and ea near the nailing as poaeible, and carried
thence through the roof. Stop cooks shall be pleoed between the tank and
the Ploor on all supply pipes to water closet tanks.
In feotoriea, workshops, tenements end rooming houses there shall
be provided one (1) water closet for each ten (10) persona, or fraotion
thereof, of each sex. Range oloaeta are prohibited.
Toilets shall be separate in all Daces. All residences shell be
provided with at leant one water closet and one sink.
All water closets, earthen or iron, having traps above the floor,
using lead oonnectiona, shall be f~etened to the floor and made perfectly
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tight with red lead putty connections or by such other method as may be
approved by the Building Inspector. Yrhen iron connections to water
closet traps are used, they shall be cast or galvanized wrought iron pipe
with cast brass flanges not le::s than one-eighth of an inch thick and the
flanges shall be either caulked or screwed on.
Rubber gaskets shall not be used.
URINALS
Section 15.250. All urinals or groups of urinals shall be supplied
with water. The floor and aides around all urinals shall be covered with
non-corrosive, and non-absorbing material.
SAFE WASTES
Section 15.260. No safe wastes shall be used in conjunction with
urinals. Safe wastes from any fixtures shall not be connected directly
or indirectly with any sewer, house drain, soil or waste pipe.
CLEANOVPS
Section 15.270. General rrovisions for All Cleanouts.
(e) All "Cleanouts" shall be se placed as to be accessible, and
where a cement floor is laid, said cleanout shall be bzo ught up flush
with the floor. A11 "Cleanouts" shall be sealed to the satisfaction of
the Bui'_din~ Inspector and shall not be used as floor drains or for
Purposes other then the cleaning of fixtures, house or side sewers.
(b) Cleanouts for plumbing fixtures. "Cleanouts" shall be
installed in all soil and waste pipes, and shall be so placed as to be
acessible.
(c) Cleanouts for house and side sewers. A "cleanout" for house
and side sewer shall be installed in each sewer line between the house
and the side "sewer," and "cleanout" shall be used only for the purpose
of cleaning house and side sewer, and shall be brought up to the surface
of the ground to facilitate cleaning.
R~vIODELING UR RG,V:OVALS
Section 15.280. YVhenever a buildinY is moved or remodeled, the
plumbing work therein must conform in all respects to the provisions of
this Ordinance, and where old fixtures are removed from any 1uilding and
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new fixtures substituted, or :-~~here old fixtures are changed, such work
and the drainage and ventilation must conform to the provisions of this
Ordinance. NJhen a building is moved, the plumbing in the building msy
remain, if, after having been tested the same is found to be water-tight,
and free from all defects. New sewers for .old houses shall be 'deemed
new work.
SINKS OR WASH TRAYS
Section 15.290. No sinks or wash trays of wood shall be
Fonatruoted or used except in hotel or restaurant kitohens or buildings
used •f or indllstriel purposes, and, when so used shall be constructed of
2" thick approved lumber as directed by the Building. Inspector.
LAUNDRIES, POI MAIQUFACTORIES AND STABLES
Section 15.300. All places used for the manufactare of poi for
sale, for the washing of carriages and motor vehicles, for the stabling
of horses, mules and other animals and for the washing of clothes at
laundries shall be provided with a floor of asphalt, cement, the or
other approved. material and shall be connected with the public sewer,
where such sewer is available, and where there is no sewer available,
same shall be connected with a suitable, properl3' constructed. and
approved cese~,oo1.
In all such places the open end of any drain leading to the sewer
shall be covered with a metal screen at least one-fourth of an inch in
thickness and so secured in place that it cannot easily be re!noved. 'Phe
meshes of such screen shall not exceed one-fourth of an inch in diameter.
A11 such places shall be furnished with an efficient dirt catcher.
The discharge pipe from all wash floors, and in all poi factories
shall be trapped and vented.
EXHAUST BLOYU-OFF AND DRIi' FIY!S
Section 15.310. No steam exhaust, blow-off or drip pipe shall be
connected to the public sewer, except upon•the written approval of the
Building Inspector, and in such case, there shall•be interposed a
blowdown sump between the building and. public sewer.
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RAIN, STORM, OR SURFACE 1JATER
Section 15.320. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons,
firm or corporation to allow rein, storm or surface water to enter
directly or indirectly into a house, side or main sewer of a se•nier system
of the County of Hawaii.
REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES O:t
FI7CTURES CONNECTED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM
Section 15.330. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons,
firm or corporation to demolish or remove any bgilding or structure, or
fixtures conrfected directly or indirectly with the public sewer system,
without first notifying the Building Inspector and obtaining approval there-
for,
It shall be unlawful for any property owner or his agent or any
person to allow any opening in the sewer line r.aused by the removal of
any building; or structure or the disconnecting of fixtures to remain
unsealed in such a manner as to allow rain, surface or storm water to
enter a public sewer system of the County of Hawaii.
FIXTURES
Section 15.340. .No open end of any waste pipe or water closet shall
,be placed less than two feet above high tide, as established by °the dstum
used in Government work. No wood work of any description shall be placed
around any fixtures, except for capping or frame work.
EXPOSED F'LUN9BING
Section 15.350. All pipes and fittings shall be left exposed to
view wherever practicable.
Section 15.360.
ISSUANCE OF PEEtMITS
The Building Inspector shall issue to any person,
persons, firms or corporation all necessary plumbin~~ permits on an approved
fox'm, collecting therefor such fees as provided by this Ordinanoe.
TEvTING
Section 15.370. Before backfilling or closing-in e house-sewer,
house-drain, soil, waste and vent pipes, inside and outside of buildings,
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the openings shall be stopped and the entire system filled with water to
the top of the highest vent pipe. `Phe entire system shall be tested in
the presence of the Building Inspector or his deputy and shall be water
tight. No house-drain, house-.sewer, soil, waste, or vent pipe shall be
covered or concealed in any manner until after it has been examined and
approved by the Building Inspector. After all fixtures are co nnected and
traps filled with water there shall be a final inspection made by the
Building Inspector. In no case shall the Building Inspector accept or
approve any installation of plumbing until the same has bean made perfectly ~
tight and made to conform with this Ordinance.
INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATE
Section 15.380. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector or
his assistant"to inspect all plumbing work done in the County of Hawaii,
and if after proper final inspection of any plumbing work the same is
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'found to be properly done and perfectly tight es required by this Ordinance,
he shall issue to the proper«person, persons, firm or corporation, a
Certificate ,setting forth the fact that the work has been inspected and
the same found to have been done according; to the requirements of this
Ordinance. The Building Inspector shall have the right and authority
to enter any building or go upon any premises anywhere in the County of
Hawaii where plumbing is being done, et all reasonable hours, to ascertain
if the provisions of this Ordinance have been or are being complied with.
LYhen work has been tested or completed, the Building Inspector shall
be notified in writing on forms furnished by his office, which notice
shall state the time when such work will be ready for insp~ ction and
the location thereof, and the work shall be left open and convenient for
two (2) working days after such notifications, or until inspected.
The Building Inspector shall inspect the work within two (2)
working days after having been notified that-such work is xeady for
inspection. No work shall be considered ready for inspection unless all
pipes are tested and securely strapped in place with iron hangers made
of not less than one-quarter inch. round galvanized iron hangers, placed
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not more than five feet apart, or if near the ground, by good and
substantial masonry piers back of the hub and not more than five feet
apart. No plumbing work shall be used until final inspection has been
made or permission granted by the Building Inspector and. a final
Certificate of approval issued by him to the. plumbing. contractor or to
the owner of the premises or his agent.
The Building Inspeotor shall keep a complete record of ell permits
granted, registrations, inspections made and certificates of inspection
~iasued, and shall make a report of the same each quarter to the Board
of SupervisorA of the County of Hawaii.
DEFECTIVE WOkti
Section 15.390. If upon inspection, it shall appear that the work
already completed or the material used therein does not in all respects
conforrn to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Building Inspector
shall notify the person doing the work, and also the perrson holding the
permit therefor, that said work and materials do not conform to this
Ordinance and shall by such notice specify Duch changes in. workmanship
or materials as will make the same conform in e11 respects to the
provisions of this Ordinance, then and in that avant all further plumbing
work shall be immediately stopped until the provisions of this Ordinance
shall have been fully complied with. If any registered Plumber shall be
twice convicted of violating this Ordinance by a refusal to comply with
the provisions of this section after being notified of defective work
as in this section provided, he shall upon a third notification end
refusal thereof, his plumbing license shall be suspended for a period
not exceeding one year.
ADDITIONAL IPiw~PECTIUIQS
Section 15.400. If any additional inspection becomes necessary
by reason of any non-compliance with the provisions of this Urdinance,
or because the work is not ready for inspection at the time stipulated
on the plumbing permit or when the Building Inspector shall have been
notified that it would be ready, a charge of three dollars shall be made
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for_each such additional inspection. All fees for additional inspection
shall be paid to the Building Inspector or his duly authorized agents,
who shall issxe a receipt therefor, and no additional inspection shall
be made until said fees are paid. ,
' PENALTIES
Section 15.500. Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating
eriy oS'the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a
m~edemeanor and upon coupiction thereof shall be fined in a sum not
exceeding Fire Hundred Dollars (500) in the discretioxi of the Court..
Section 15.510. All ordinances, sections and partrs of sections
ofd Ordinances of the County of Hawaii, in eonflict.herewith, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
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