Ordinance - 1209ORDINANCE NO. 1209
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTIONS 5245 AND 5245.1
OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE
KIND AND SIZE OF SEWER PIPE.
• The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5245 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
5245. KIND AND SIZE OF PIPE
All pipe shall be clay, cast iron, or plastic. All pipe
eight inches or more in diameter shall be first class vitrified
clay, either glazed or unglazed, and shall have bell and spigot
ends. All clay pipe six inches or less in diameter shall be first
class vitrified, ceramic glazed on the inside. All cast iron pipe
shall be standard cast iron soil pipe. All plastic pipe shall not
exceed four inches in diameter and shall be ABS schedule 40 pipe
or better. All joints in clay and cast iron pipe shall be made in
accordance with Section 208-2 of the latest edition, including
supplements of the "Standard Specifications for Public Works
Construction", adopted by the City Council and on file with the
City Clerk. All joints in plastic pipe shall be made in accord-
ance with the manufacturers recommendation.
SECTION 2. Section 5245.1 of said Code is amended to
read:
5245.1 SAME. SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR DIFFERENT PORTIONS
That portion of the pipe extending from the public sewer,
to the property line, shall not be less than six inches in internal
diameter. That portion extending from the property line to the
house or building shall be not less than four inches in internal
diameter, for house connection sewers laid on a grade of one-fourth
inch per foot or more, and serving one hundred eighty fixture units
or less, as shown in the following table:
FIXTURE UNIT EQUIVALENTS
Kind of Fixture
Units
Drinking Fountains .............................1
Wash Basins....................................1
Sinks..•.....................................2
Bath and Shower ................................2
Laundry Tubs...................................2
WallUrinals...................................2
Floor Drains...................................2
Trough Urinal..................................4
Pedestal Urinal..... .........................6
Water Closets or Clinic Sinks..................6
Sand Interceptor...............................6
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and not less than six inches in internal diameter for all portions
of house connection sewer serving more than one hundred eighty
fixture units, with the following exceptions:
For waste lines only, two inch cast iron pipe, not to
exceed twenty-five feet in length, may be used to receive the
discharge from a vented waste pipe sized two inches or less.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be pub-
lished as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 27th day of
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November ,1972.
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West
Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1209
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of November,
1972. That thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and
passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 27th day
of November, 1972, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
C i i 7 Atto(3' y
C i t 3r Clerk
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