O#59PLU~v~BI~,~G ORDINANCE NO. 59
of the
Town of Boynton, Florida.
A~ ordinance creating the office of Pl~mbing
Inspector for the Town of ~oynton, Florida,
and prescribing the powers and duties; ~ro-
viding for the appointment of a plumbing in-
spector; fixing and prescribing rules and re-
gulations governing the business or trade of
plumbers and requiring compliance therewith
by persons engaging in s aid trade o? business;
and prescribing penalties for any violation
of said Ordinance.
Be It ordained by the Commissioners of the To~n
of Boynton~.~ ~lorida:
Section 1: That ~ ~
~]~ following rules and regula-
tions be and the same hereby are adopted for the cma-
struction, maintenance and ~pair of plumbing in the
T~n of Boynton, Florida.
Section ~: Ail plumbing done in the To~a~ of Boynton,
Florida, shall be done under the oo~trol of a Plumbing
Inspector, to be appointed by the Town Commissioners.
Section ~: It shall be the duty of the Plumbing
Inspector to examine and pass on the qualifications of
all who desi?e to engage in the business of plumbing
within the To?~n of ~oynton, Florida, which said quali-
fications sha~L1 be that said ap?licant shall have com-
plied with all requirements of the lav~s of ~lorida in
such cases made and provided.
Section ~. (a) it shall be the duty of the Plumb-
ing Inspector to issue a competent ~lumbers proper license
and it shall be unlawful for any person not thus licensed
to engage in the business of trade of plumbing within the
Town of Boynton, Florida.
(b) The term plumbing used in this o~dinance shall
be held to include and govern all works and material used:
(1) In introducing, maintaining and expending a
supply of water through a pipe or pipes, or any appurte-
nances thereof in any building, lot or premises:
(2) in connecting or repairing any system of drain-
age whereby foul, waste, or surplus water or other waste
matter is discharged through a pipe or pipes from the
building, lot or premises, into any public or private
sewer or drain on public or private property:
(3) In excavating in any public or private pro-
perty for the purpose of connecting or repairing the
service pipe of any building, lot or premises:
(4) And generally in performing all classes of
work usually done by plumbers.
(c) It shall be unalwful for any person to make
any cut or trench in any highway, street, reservation
or public space in the To?~n of boynton, ~'lorida, or to
disturb or rem~e any public work, or materials, therein,
or to turn, lift, remove, raise, or tamper with any cover
of any manhole, basin, inlet, or other appurtenances of
any public sewer without a permit from the Superintendent
of Streets or Public L'orks; this permit must be kept on
the work to be exhibited to persons authorized to examine
the same.
(d) No person shall do any act or thing ~.'~hich may
impair or obstruct the flow of any public sewer or clog
up an? appurtenance thereof, or place therein any sub-
stance, solid or liquid, other than the waste products
for which sewers are provided.
Section 8: Every master, employing, or journeyman
plumber carrying on his business or trade in the Town
of Boynton, Florida, who l~s not heretofore receiYed a
license, ahall appear in person at the office of Plumb-
ing Inspector and pass an examination as to his compe-
tency as required by law; but all licenses heretofore
issued to any person shall continue in force for the
term for which they have been issued.
Section ~i It shall be required of every person
obtaining a master plumber's license, before engaging
in the business of master or employing plumber, to pay
to the city treasurer, the sum of Thirty-five (,~S$.00)
Dollars for a license to conduct said business, and to
execute a bond payable to the '£o~ of Boynton, ~lorida,
in the sum of Five Hundred (,i~800.00) Dollars, with re-
sponsible surety acceptable to the Plumbing inspector,
conditioned to protect said negligence of the principal
therein in failing to properly execute and protect all
work done by him or his employes or under his direction
or supervision, and from all loss or damage occasioned
by or arising in any manner from any such work done by
said principal him or his employes or under his direc-
tion or supervision, which is not cuased by the negli-
gence of said city or its agent or employes; conditioned,
further, that the principal therein will keep a~nd ob-
serve all ordinances at any time enacted by said city
relating in any way to plumbing or pl~mmbing work.
(a) Before doing any plumbing work a journeyman
plumber must be examined by and obtain a license from
the Plumbing Inspector and shall pay for .such examina-
tion the sum of Two and One-half ((~2.50) Dollars; and
before any master plumber shall engage in the p'lumbing
business, he shall obtain a license from the Plumbing
Inspector, after being examined by said inspector .
~o street, sidewalk or pavement shall be torn up, mo-
lested, or interfered with without permit in writing
from the Plumbing Inspector; and prior to the issu-
ance of any such permit a deposit of Twenty-five (~2~5.00)
Dollars shall be required to be made by the applicant
~:zith the Plumbing Inspector; the To~.vn will replace and
repair the portion of the sidewalk, street, or pavement
sto torn up, and shall deduct the expense thereof from
said sum of Twenty-five ('~i~25.00) Dollars, and will repay
the balance to the applicant.
Section V. Ail licenses and bonds shall expire
on and shall be null and void after October 1, of any
year, and no plumbing ~ork shall be done by and no
permits shall be issued to any master or employing
plumber who has not such license and bond as herein-
after provided, in full force and effect, smd all li-
censes granted under this ordinance shall be renewed
without further examinatioz~.
Section $: No licensed plumber shall allo~.'~ his name
to be used by any person or party, directly or undirectly
either for the purpose of obtaining a pe~it or to do
any work under his license.
Section 9: No master or employing plumber shall
send any person on any job (requiring a license) in the
capacity of a plumber without such person being in
possession of a license.
Section 10: A pe~it will be required to do any
plumbing of any character, repair any plumbing, make
any changes, extensions or disconnect plumbing or change
the location of any fixture, except repairs of leaks,
the opening up of stoppage, ~nd the replacing of broken
fixtures.
Section 1!: Permits to do plumbing work sba!! be
issued to master plumbers only and master plumbers shall
)~ave and maintain a bona fide place of business, and on
the front of such place of business a master plumber or
firm of master plumbers shall display a sign bearing the
words "Licensed Plumber", in addition to the name or
names of the persons or firm and the said words "Licensed
Plumber", and shall be ~in letters not less than three
(3) inches high.
Section 12: Application for a permit to do plumb-
ing work shall be made 'to the Plumbing Inspector in
writing, and shall have attached thereto the date of
the proposed work, and no permit shall be issued until
the application and plan have been appro,~ed by the
Plumbinf Inspecto.~~ and the applicant has paid the follow-
ing fees to the inspector: The sum. of One ((~1.00) Dollar
for each and every fixture roughed in, either in new, re-
constructed or additional plumbing work and Two (i~2.00)
Dollars for each and every sewer connection, and any
job exceeding fifty fixtures shall be charged at the
rate of Twenty-fiv~ (~.~o8) Cents for each additional
f i× tur e.
Sectio~ 1~: No plumbing work or fixture found to
be in an insanitary condition after having been examined
by the plumber shall be replaced, but the same shall be
reported to the Plumbing Inspector, or placed in such
conditio~ as to comply ~th rules and regulations
governing plumbing.
Section t~: The term "fixture~ used in this ordi-
nance shall include water closets, bath tubs, sitz tubs,
cat~.~basins, slop sinks, kitchen sinks urinals, wash
trays, wash basins or lavatories, pantry sinks, s~owers,
drinking fountains, floor drains, cuspidors, la~ndry
tubs, and each section of sectional fixtures.
Section 1~: Sewers to be connected-That e~ery
building in the sewer district, wher~ public sewers
are provided within two hundred feet shall be connected
therewith thirty ($0) days after notification by in-
spector.
Section i~: Tile pipe may be used for house
sewer, provided i'~ can be covered ~¥ith twelve inches
of earth at the highest point and to have not less
than 1/4 inch fall to the foot; joints to be filled v:ith
1/2 Portland Cement and 1/2 sand, and troweled smooth.
"Y" cleanouts -to be placed 25 f~i[:lot apart, measurin~ from
the main sewer and cleanouts to be extended to 6 inches
of surface.
Section 17: (a) No person shall connect or cause
to be connected the drainage system of ar~ building, lot
or premises, otherwise than with the portion of the
public sewer intended for it, as sho,~n by the records
of the engineering depa?tment.
(b) Ail repairs, including obstructions, to
laterals in the streets will be affected by the sewer
department and ,,vhen caused by the negligence of the
plumber the cost of the same shall be charged to him.
The cost of removing all subseeuent obstructions
will be charged to the plumber ordering the v~ork done.
(c) If soil stack and fixtures are added to any
existing plumbing system connected with a public sewer
otherwise than as required by Section 17, separate
sewer connection may be provided for the premises in
accordance with said section.
SectiOn 18: Ail iron sewers shall have approved
cleanouts, placed every ~venty-five feet and brought
above floor level, or provided ~vith doors in floor so
as to give access to same, such sewers shall be sup~oorted
on brick piers, laid in trenches, securely fastened to
the walls, or suspended f,om tl~e floor timbers by strong
iron hangers, as the inspector may direct.
iSection 1~: ~all soil was~.~~ and vent pipes shall
be of tar-coated cast iron, lead or brass pipe and no
?~roug~t iron or steel pipe shall be used in any cas~ on
the sewer side of traps.
Section ~0: i.io soil, drain, ¥~aste, vent or supply
pipe shall be built into masonry or concrete walls, bu~
the same shall have suitable chases arranged for them,
such chases may be lathed and plastered so as to con-
form to ~all.
Section 21: Ail soil and waste lines must be as
direct as possible, and shall have 1/~ inch to foot fall
toward the sewer. Soil, ~¥~ste a~d vent stacks shall
extend one foot above the highest opening i~ the main
roo~. ~tl soil stacks carried to the second floor,
must be extended full size through the roof. Stacks
shall be flashed with an approved flashing, or with a
roof collar of lead, galvanized iron or copper and then
counter-fZas]~ed by a sleeve caulked on to the stack,
all stacks being left open at the to~. ~= brass clean-
ou~ shall be placed at the foot of all soil stacks.
Section ~o~: Fittings for soil, drain, waste
or vent pipes shall correspond in weight and thickness
with the pipe in which they are used, ~nd opendings
and changes of direction for fi~.tures shall be made
~ith "Y's" 1-8, 1-8 or 1-1~ bends. Sanitary tees,
crosses, double "Y~s" or 1-~ bends shall not be used
in horizontal lines, but the same may be used in ver-
tica! lines, provided that at the foot of vertical
lines a sweep bend shall be used.
Section 23: ~L~I1 cast iron pipe and fittings used
in buildings over fi ft~? feet in height above the curb
shall be of extra heavy pipe of uniform thickness and
quality, which shall weigh per lineal foot as follows:
2-inch, 8-~ poun~s; ~-inch, ~- pounds; ~-inck~, t~ poun~s;
S-inch, 17 pounds, and 6-inch ~0 pounds.
Ail brass ferrules used in connection with extra
heavy pipe shall be not less than four inches in length
and shall weigh not less than ~-inch, 1~ ounces; 3-inch,
28 ounces and ~-inch, ~0 ounces, and brass ferrules used
in connection with standard pipe shall be not less t?~an
~ inches in length and shall weigh not less than ~-inch,
12 ounces; S-inch, 20 ounces, and ~-inch, ~0 ounces.
The use of tapering ferrules is prohibited.
Section 2~: No connections sh.~l! be allowed with
cast iron soil pipe except those made ~.~th brass ferrules
and lead pipe with wiped joints, and the weight of the
lead shall be '~D" lead.
Section 28: Ail joints in cast iron shall be
cau!k~d with oakum and lead, with not less than 1~
ounces of lead per inch diameter to the joint being
used.
Section 26: Ail concealed lead work ~ithin a
~ilding shall be made ratproof by covering it with
galvanized wire clot~ '.veil fastened on.
Section ~7: Ail lead traps and bends shall
correspond in weight p~r lineal foot with the respec-
tire weight of "D" lead pipes, nickel plated brass traps
shall not be lighter in weight than number 18 "B" and
"S" wire guage.
Pot or dr~ traps may be used on bath tubs and
no bell traps or traps having a moving part or depend-
lng on a partition for their seal will be allowed.
S ' (a) hvery fixture shall have a sepa
ectmon ~8: _
rate approved trap, placed as near the fixture as possi-
ble, except wash trays, which may have one trap for a set
of three compartments. Trays and waste pipes shall be
not less than two inc~es for urinals showers or slop
sinks, one and a half inches for bath tubs, sinks, wash
trays and one a~d one-quainter inch~_~s for wash basins,
cuspidors or drinking fountains.
(b) ~iieans s~'~a!l Oe provided for thoroughl~z flush-
ing all soil, drain, w~s___~t pipes, ~ater closets or uri-
nals and a sufficie~t a~ount of water shall be used to
mai~tain such pipe and f.~ures in a cleanly sanitary
condition at all times.
(c) Dental cuspidors may be put in by connecting
ti~e trap adjacent to a vented waste lines extension
made therefrom to the c~nector plates, provided, how-
ever, that said plates are not more tic. an ~$ feet dis-
tant along said extension~ which e~tension shall not
be less than 1-inch in diameter.
(d) Every cock, spigot, bib, faucet, hydrant
or other outlet from a water supply pipe, when ~'~ithin
a building, shall disci~arge over a properly trapped
and vented fixture connected with a sewer.
Section 29: Ail tr~ps shall be protected from
syphonage by a revent pipe, except that water closets
may be vented with nlt less than a 2-inch pipe. Three
closets may be vented into one S-inch vent pipe, six
into a b-inch, twelve into a 4-inch, eighteen into a 5-
inch and twenty-four into a 6-inch. Said vent pipes
shall be increased one size for every fifty feet ver-
tical and for every t,,.;enty-five feet horizontal. Two
basins, bath tubs or similar fixtures shall be con-
sidered as equal to one closet.
Section ~0: '.,",~aere a line of not more than six
closets are in a row, and not over thirty-six inches
apart from center to center, reventing may be omitted
by continuing the ~.~;aste line full size in the form
of a loop back to the stack above all fixtures, or
into a separate vent stack. Four basins may be put
in as above, using a 9-inch waste pipe with a one-
half "S" trap to eacl~ basin.
Section [51: The waste pipes from any fixture
other than water closets may be installed on a com-
bined waste and vent systen~ as follows: A waste
stack shall be run from the swear direct through
the roof undiminished in size3and as many 2-inch
branches allowed, the combined areas of which do
not exceed double the area of said stack, provided
said branches are placed so as to use one-half "S"
traps, and that the waste pipes of said branches
do not exceed five feet in length between the stack and
the seal of the t:~,ap, and that not more than one ~-inch
waste is placed in a ~-inch stack. One-half "S" traps
shall be placed so that the lowesv point of the branch
shall not be any lower than the b.~.~ttom of said trap.
Section ~: V£~enever practicable, plumbing shall
be put in on the continuous or wet vent system as
fol!ov~s:
The revent shall be taken out of the v~ste
pipe between the stack and the fixtures, and as many
waste branches, the combined area of which does not
exceed the area of said revent, may be connected under
the same conditions governing combined waste and vents,
provided that in a sink or urinal waste the recent
shall be not less than 'three inc!~es, but may be reduced
to two inches after rising above the sink or urinal,
said revent shall then be connected with stack above
all fixture, or into a separ~te vent stack, or be
carried through the roof separatel]z.
Each vent pipe shall be connected above tlne
highest fixture into the adjacent soil pipe if distant
therefrom not mo?e than five feet, provided, however,
this regulation does ~ot apply to Section 31.
No vent shall ~e extended throt~h the roof,
smaller than two inches.
No vent line sh'~ll be constructed or main-
tained which opens below the top of an within fifteen
feet of a window, but the vent must be extended above
the top of the v~indow. The builder or o~ner of an
adjoining premises erected to a higher level st~il
be responsible for the carrying up of any vent opening
contrary to this regulation.
Section .3.~5: U~laere it is impracticable to
revent a fixture, as in making additions to old work
or where a fixture must be placed in a position away
from any wall, non-syphoning traps may be used, of such
makes as the inspector may approve.
Section ~: (a) The water supply pipes of
a buildiag shall be of galw~nized iron of ~AA" lead
pipe, ~nd shall not be less than three-fourths inch
to the farthest riser. On every supply pipe, there
shall be placed in any easy accessible place an approved
stop and waste cock. Range boiler, s shall have an
approved stop cock placed in supply at top of boiler
and sediment cock in ~e bottom of said boiler. ',~here
lead is used all joints being allowed.
(b) The water service pipe for any buildi~g
lot, or premises, shall ~iot be laid over or through
any other building, lot or premises, and no person
shall connect or cause to be connected any building,
lot or premises, with the ~ater service pipe belong-
ing to or supplying any other building, lot or pre-
mises, excepting that stables or other outhouses in
the rear of building used in connection with same,
may be supplied from same service pipe. I~or any vio-
lation of this section the water may be cut off until
the same is corrected.
(c) It shall be unlawful to connect a
power pump directly with a service pipe or street
main, for supplying ~ater to a steam boiler, tank
or receptable in a building, premises or establish-
ment, or to maintain such connection.
(d) No person shall lay or cuase to be
laid a water service pipe in a trench excavated for
a house sewer or within eighteen inches thereof.
Section ~$: No opening shall be allowed
in the sewer pipe of any building for the purpose of
receiving the surface or ground wate~ of the cellar
or basement or area, unless a special permit is granted
by the Plumbing Inspector and Engineering Department,
which permit may at any time be revoked, and such connec-
tion discontinued and closed upon order of either the
Plumbing Inspector or the Engineering Department, or
both.
Section ~_~6~ Rain water conductors shall
not be connected with or empty into house sewers,
nor used as soil, waste or vent pi'oes; nor shall
any soil, waste or vent pipe be used as rain water
conductor. Rain water conductors, when placed '~zithin
the walls, or under the floor of any enclosed build-
ing, shall be of cast iron with caulked joints,
wrought iron with screwed joints or copper pipe
with soldered joints, and every conductor shall be
so arranged as to empty on the street at the curb
or into the storm sewer as directed by the Plumbing
Inspector.
Section 37: The use of house traps and
fresh air inlets is prohibited, except that ~?~ey may
be placed only when deemed necessary by the Plumbing
Inspector.
Section 38: Each residence, store, building,
or tenement and eac~ apartment of every flat or apart-
~ent house, shall be supplied with one water closet and
one kitchen or slop sink, and each school, factory,
office building, hotel, rooming house, or any other
public building, shall be supplied with one woter closet
for every fifteen occupants or fractional part thereof.
Section ~?): ~.¥ater closets shall be of vitre-
ous china syphon jet or syphon wash down. The use of
enameled iron water closets with short hopper and trap
is prohibited, l~o water closets shall be placed more
than three feet horizontal and one and a half feet ver-
tical from a vent. An approved stop cock or valve shall
be placed above the floor on every closet supply. E~ery
water closet shall be sup!~lied with water from an inde-
pendent tank or cistern for each closet, and the flush-
ing pipe shall not be less than one and a quarter inches
in diameter for high ta~s and t',.'~o inches in diameter
for low tanks, l~o water closet shall be used except
those of such makes as have the traps above the floor.
?,~ere earthenware closets are used a brass floor flange
or approved make shall be soldered to the lead pipe
where it comes through the floor, which brass plate
must be screwed to the floor, and the said closet se-
curely bolted to the plate with an approved compound
fo r joint.
Section 40: No water closet or other fixture
shall be installed in any 'basement, cellar or area, the
top of which closet or fixture is below the level of
the natural grade in the streets abutting said prop~rty.
Provided, however, a permit v/ill be used ccnditioned
that the owner or owners take all risk or damages that
may result from water setting back in to premises from
the main sewers; and in order to prevent as mucha s
possible the setting back of water, the owner is hereby
required, at his own cost and risk, to put in a self-
acting or other valve in all cases where the back flow
from a sewer is to be apprehended; and it shall be the
duty of the owner to keep said valve in order, and he
shall be responsible for its action in all cases. This
valve must be arranged so as to not interfere with the
operation of the plumbing system above street level.
Section 41: In every building, the water
closet or urinal apartment shall have a window not
less than four square feet in area, arranged so as
to open direct to the outside air, or into a light
shaft with an area of not less than four square feet
for every water closet or urinal compartment opening
into same. Said light shaft may be built square,
round or rectangular, no one dimension of which shall
be less than 24 inches, but must have glass top v:ith
louvres on sides of same a~?ea as shaft. In all build-
ings where tl-~e water closet or urinal apartment is par-
tioned off from a room used for other purposes, the
partition shall extend up to the ceiling of the room
or be celled over, and said partitions must be to all
intents and purposes air tight, said compartment shall
be ventilated as hereinbefore provided.
No water closet or urinal apartment shall be
ventilated by any window opening through the wall of
the building when said wall is built on the party line.
Section 4~: In all public buildings the
water closet or urinal apartment, including the- floor
and the walls to a height of three feet above the
floor, shall be constructed of non-absorbant materials.
The term public building, includes schools, office
.buildings, hotels, factor,s, or any building, the w.~ter
closets and urinals of which are open to the use of
persons not living on the premises.
Section 43: Sediments, blow off or steam
exhaust pipes from boilers and tank overflow pipes
shall not be connected ~-~ith the sewer.
S~ction 44: ?faste pi[~es from refrigera-
tors or other receptacles in which provisions or
food are sotred, shall not be directly connected with
the sewer. Such waste pipes when connected ¥~ith the
sewer shall be emptied into other fixtures when prac-
ticable, but in all cases there must be an open air
space between the said waste pipe and the connection
with the sewer which connection shall be properly trapped
and vented.
Section 45: Hereafter when sewer connections
are made or where they have already been made and only
a water closet has been put in, a sink must be provided
for the disposal of waste water, properly connected to
the sewer, and trapped and ventilated. Grease traps
shall only be used when considered necessary by the
Plumbing Inspector.
Section 46: The waste pipes from bar sinks,
soda fountains, ice boxes or drinking fountains may be
emptied into a catch basin or slop sink placed in the
floor close to the fixtures, provided that the catch
basin or slop sink used shall be of such make as can
be caulked into the sewer, and that no waste pipe is
put in over five feet in length between the catch basin
and the fixture, said waste pipe to be trapped. ~':~ere-
ever it is practicable the basin may be constructed of
concrete as the inspector may direct.
Section 47: Hereafter the wastes from the
floors of buildings used as automobile garages, stores
or warehouses occupied by a person or persons, firrf, s
or corporations engaged in the sale or storage of in-
flammable oils, car barns, carriage houses or for the
stabling or housing of horses, mules or cows, shall
empty into catch basins, constructed so as to inter-
cept gasoline oil or sand before entering the house
sewer; said catch basin to be of a form of construction
approved by the Plumbing Znspector and Engineering De-
partment and to be subject at all times to inspection
or co~demnation by either the Plumbing Inspector or
Engineering Department, or both. :.~J~ere it is imprac-
ticable to connect any sewer, the waste shall be con-
ducted into a septic tank built on the lot accordi~
to specifications which '~ill be furnished by the Board
of Plumbing Commissioners.
Section 48: Hereafter where drinking foun-
tains are put in, or where they have alre~ty been put
in for ~ublic use, they shall be arranged so as to be
an approved bubbling cup type.
Section 49: It shall be the duty of a master
plumber to construct and co~.~plete all plumbing ~.~ork in-
terested to his care without unreasonable delay and with
all possible speed. U~ere work is ordered done by the
Plumbing Inspector and the master plumber fails to do
the work within a reasonable time by ]~is o,,~aa neglect
or by reason of the request of the party for whom he
is to do the ?~ork, he may be fined for the first offense
in any sum not 1,~ss than ,,;~5.00, nor more than ..i;i00.00,
and said license may Oe revoked by the Plumbing Inspector.
Section 50: ~ny journeyman plumber violating
an[? of the sections nu~bered from No. 8 to 46, inclusive,
of this ordinance shall be fined in any sum not less
than '.~1.00 nor more than ~jl00.00 for the first offense;
for a second offense he may have his license revoked
by the Plumbing Inspector.
Section 51: U:~ere any plumbing work is
sufficiently advanced for t~sting and all necessa~y
lead connections or spuds are in place to receive the
~'ixtures, notice in writing stating the location of
ti~e work, the name of th.e owne~, tt,~e name of the master
plumber having the permit and the name off the plumber
doing the :~'ork shall be given to the Plumbing Inspector
at the department building. As soon as practicable
thereafter the inspector ','~ill notify the plumber in
charge of said work when he will inspect the same and
the plumber shall test the work in tl~e presence of the
Insp~ctor by filling the '~zhole sy~:~tem of plumbing with
water from a point three feet outside the build!.~ g to
the roof level. In large and complicated jobs the work
ma.~z be tested in sections on the approval of the Inspector.
Notice to inspect work r,~ust be given into tt:e office,
for morning inspections, before 5:00 o~clock P. ~..[. the
preceding day, and for afternoon inspections before 1:00
P. ~¥[. the same day. If after the first visit to a job
on a written notice to inspect the sa,,,~e, it is necessary
to return to reinspect any part of the work, whether
from a defect or the work not being ready, the inspector
~,~zi!l return only o~ another written notice, and not less
t[ban twenty-four hou~,s, thereafter, and shall charge a
fee of ,jl.O0 for so doing, all other notices taking
precedence.
After the entire co_repletion of the work, a
notice, the same as the foregoing, shall be given the
Inspector for a final inspection and if he finds the
work t~as been satisfactorily done, he shall issue a cer-
tificate of approval upon the request of the plumber
or owner. This certificate does not relieve the plumber
of his responsi'oitity for any defective work which may
have escaped the notice of the Inspector, and a "Pepper-
mine Test" (as the same is understood and applied in 'the
plumbing trade) shall be applied to all finished wo?k.
Ail plumbing ~?~ork shall 'be done in a worlananlike manner
and to ~J~e entire satisfaction of the Plumbing inspector.
Section 5~: After any plumbing work has been
inspected by ti~e Inspector and he finds that it has been
done according to the prescribed rules, he shall place
thereon seals sho~.'zing the work has been inspected and
passed, and no ~erson shall cover up or conce~! any
plumbing ~.~ork which does not bear said "inspected~' seals.
If the work is not properly done the Inspector will place
thereon "condemned" seals.
Section 53: No owner or agent shall allow any
new building in the sewer district to be occupied by
any person nor shall th~i~ water be turned on by the L'ater
DePartme~t until after the plumbing in said buildi~
shall have been approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
~ection 54: Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction be-
fore the municipal court, be punished by fine of not
less than Twenty-five (~,~S5.00), nor mo?e than Five ilun-
dred (~$00.00) Dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding
thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Section $8: ~e Plumbi~-~g Inspector shall
be appointed by the Town Commissioners and all fees
collected by him shall be retained by him in i'uit con-
sideration of his services.
Section ~,6: The above Ordinance ~io.
having been resd in full at a meeting of the
Commissioners of the To~'.~ of ~3oynton, Florida, held
on the 18th day of ~ugust A. D. 1~9~$, was adopted
and passed at a regular meeting of said Commissioners
held on the 1st day of September ~. D. 19~8, and a
copy thereof posted at the front door of t?~e To~n Hall
of Boynton, i~!orida, on the 2~nd day of September ~. D.
J. H. i,'Jeyers (Signed)
Commissioners of the
~'own of Boynton, ~'la.