Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-56

they branch into soil pipes, the branch fittings must not be less than three feet from the floor line. Nineteenth: When anything is prohibited in this ordinance, not only the person actually doing the prohibited thing, but also the employes, and all other persons actively concerned therein, shall be liable upon conviction to be prescribed. Twentieth: Upon the removal or alteration of any building or the making of any audition thereto, if any new plumbing fixtures are placed in such building, either in the old or new part of such building, then both such original and additional fixtures and any altered plumbing whatsoever, must comply in all respects with the rules and regulations prescribed in this ordinance. Twenty first: All openings into house connections where water is admitted, except through water closets, must be protected by screens with meshes of not to exceed one half (½) inch. Twenty second. No privy vault or cesspool shall be maintained or allowed after one year from the date of the passage of this ordinance, in any part of the City where a sewer exists in the street or alley upon which the property abuts. In case a new sewer main is laid no privy vault or cesspool shall be maintained or allowed after one year from the date of its completion upon any property abutting thereon. Section 12. No connection shall be made with any public sewer of the City of Las Vegas until a permit therefor be first obtained from the plumbing inspector of said City. An application for such permit shall be made on blanks furnished by the plumbing Inspector by the owner of the premises sought to be drained, or by his duly authorized agent, and it shall certify the location of the premises, by lot and block, or other accurate description, and the character of the building with which the connection is desired, its condition as do plumbing and the name of the plumber to be employed to so said work. If such is desired for a building for which a certificate of acceptance of the plumbing therein has been theretofore issued under this ordinance then the plumbing inspector may issue such permit upon the conditions herein specified; but if no such certificate of acceptance has been theretofore issued for such premises sought to be connected, then it shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to carefully examine all the plumbing to be used with said sewer connection, and if such plumbing be found to be properly and effectively vented with at least one and one-fourth (1¼) inch pipe, and all the openings into the house connections protected by screens, as required by subdivision 21 of section 11, hereof, and if such plumbing be found to be in a sanitary condition, the plumbing inspector shall issue a certificate of acceptance of such plumbing, and the permit for the sewer connection may then be granted; but if such plumbing does not substantially conform to said requirements the plumbing inspector shall notify the applicant for such permit wherein it is defective, and upon such defects being remedied he may issue his certificate of acceptance thereof and grant the application for a permit for a sewer connection. All permits for sewer connection shall be designated the position of the "Y" branch of the street where such connection s may be made, as shown by the records of the office of the City Clerk's office, and shall be granted only upon conditions to be inserted therein that the drainage and plumbing connections therewith shall be executed, and at all times maintained and used strictly in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, and the amendments thereto, and upon the further condition that the permit may be revoked and forfeited by the Board of City Commissioners at any time after due notice given upon the refusal, failure or neglect of the owner or any tenant or occupant of said premises to observe the provisions of this ordinance including the amendments thereto, the plumbing inspector shall charge and collect two dollars ($2.00) for each permit for a sewer connection. Section 13. All connections made with public sewer of the City of Las Vegas shall be made under the supervision of the plumbing inspector and he shall be notified when any such work is ready for inspection, and the same must be left exposed for examination until inspected and approved by him. He may apply the water test or any such test as he may deem necessary, and the plumber who has done the work shall furnish tools, labor and assistance necessary for such test; and he shall remove or repair any defective material or work