Section 118-22 ADOPTION OF STANDARDS; MODIFICATIONS.

There is hereby adopted by the Council, for the purpose of regulating plumbing, plumbing equipment, plumbing fixtures and appurtenances thereto, that certain code known as the "State Plumbing Code," adopted by the State Board of Health on May 6, 1959, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which the Code of the Town of Front Royal, Virginia, shall take effect, the provisions thereof so adopted shall be controlling in the regulation of plumbing, plumbing equipment, plumbing fixtures and appurtenances thereto, in the town; provided, however, that the State Plumbing Code adopted in this section is amended, modified and changed as follows:

A. Paragraph 2.17.1 is amended to read as follows:

2.17.1 Sewers and water service piping shall be installed below the lowest recorded frost penetration, and in no case shall there be not less than two (2) feet of earth cover over sewers and not less than three (3) feet of earth cover over water service piping.

B. Paragraph 5.2.4 is deleted in its entirety.

C. Paragraph 5.3.6 is amended to read as follows:

5.3.6 Prohibited Traps.

a. No trap which depends on its seal upon the action of movable parts shall be used.

b. Bell traps are prohibited.

c. Crown-vented traps are prohibited.

d. Drum traps are prohibited.

D. Paragraph 5.4.9 is added to follow Paragraph 5.4.8, as follows:

5.4.9 Building Sewer Junction. There shall be a cast-iron forty-five-degree Y-branch cleanout at the junction of the building sewer with the public sewer (at the property line). The cleanout shall be extended with cast iron to the finished grade level.

E. Paragraph 7.13.1 is amended to read as follows:

7.13.1 Separate Connections. Domestic food-waste-disposal units shall be connected and trapped separately from any other fixture or compartment. Units may have either automatic or hand-operated water supply control. (See Paragraph 10.4).

F. Paragraph 10.10.2 is added to follow Paragraph 10.10.1, as follows:

10.10.2 Water-distributing pipes of copper shall be copper water tube Type L, conforming to ASTM B-88-58, or better when used inside, aboveground. Water-distributing pipes of copper shall be of copper water tube type K or better when used underground, inside or outside of building.

G. Paragraph 10.17.4 is added to follow Paragraph 10.17.3, as follows:

10.17.4 Pockets or Low Places in Water-Distributing Pipes. All pockets or low places in water-distributing pipes shall be equipped with a drain valve or a removable screwed plug or cap in order that the entire water distribution piping may be drained.

H. Paragraph 11.1.3, is amended to read as follows:

11.1.3 Underground Piping within Building. All drains within buildings, when underground, shall be of cast-iron soil pipe. For buildings under three (3) stories in height, the pipe shall be service weight.

For buildings three (3) stories or more in height, the pipe shall be of extra-heavy weight.

When approved by the administrative authority, the use of vitrified clay pipe with acidproof joint material may be used underground within the building, provided that it is encased or cradled with plan or reinforced concrete in such a manner as to sustain the anticipated overburden.

The following materials may be used underground when approved by the administrative authority: galvanized steel or galvanized ferrous alloy, lead or copper pipe or copper tubing. Where threaded joints are approved for use in underground, they shall be coated and wrapped after installation.

I. Paragraph 11.2.1 is amended to read as follows:

11.2.1 Generally. The building sewer shall be of cast-iron sewer pipe (service weight minimum) with leaded joints. Joints shall be watertight and rootproof. The building sewer shall be tested with a ten-foot head of water or equivalent and found to be tight.

J. Paragraph 11.2.2 is deleted in its entirety.

K. Paragraph 11.2.3 is deleted in its entirety.