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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter of the City of Lake City
189
of the stack (Y) branches and one eight bend shall
be used unless otherwise recommended by the in­ 189/257
spector. A brass cleanout shall be placed at the
base of every stack. No opening will be allowed in
the sewer pipes of any building for the purpose of
receiving the surface or ground water or overflows
of any character, even if trapped, unless a special
written permit be granted by the Council on the^
approval of the inspector which permit may at any;'
time be revoked and such connection be discon­
tinued and closed upon the recommendation of the
inspector or order of the Council. Rainwater con­
ductors or gutters shall not be connected with or
emptied into house sewers nor used as soil water or
vent pipes; nor shall any soil water or vent pipes
be used as a rainwater conductor. No cistern or
other overflow shall have a connection with the
sewer. And if such connection in any case is or
becomes necessary a special permit must be se­
cured from the Council upon the recommendation
of the inspectors before the same is made.

Sec. 10. That every fixture shall have a sep­
arate approved trap placed as near the fixture as
possible except in case of wash trays when one
trap may be allowed for a set of three compart­
ments of such fixtures. These traps shall be pro­
tected from syphonage by a special vent pipe of a
size not less than the waste pipe; but vent pipes
for water closets, slop hoppers, urinals and closed
or indoor grease traps shall be of a size not less
than two-inch bore. No more than five fixtures
including only two closets- shall be allowed on a
two-inch vent of forty feet or less; one and one
quarter and one and one half inch to always enter
into two-inch pipe. Where over forty feet and

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