5575 ADOPTING THE ILLINOIS STATE PLUMBING CODE AND ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN INSTALLATIONS

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.' ' . . f �.,' .... � • 9 and thereon the vent connector shall be of corrosion resistant material the same size as the draft hood, strong enough to withstand damage not connected to the smoke pipe of a coal or oil furnace, made as short as possible and in no case longer than 75% of the chimney height installed with a rise toward the flue of a minimum of 1/4 inch per foot of length. Water heaters, except electrical heaters, shall be installed with suffi- cient clearance between the heater or vent connector and any nearby combus- tible material so that the temperature of such material does not increase more than 90 degrees F. above room temperature when fuel is be ing burned in said heater. Automatic gas water heaters shall be equipped with an ap- proved type safety pilot and gas pressure regulator. All water heaters shall be equipped urith a combination temperature and pressure dip tube re- lief valve installed directly into the top of the tank or into the side of the tank not more than 6 inches below the top or on the hot water outlet within three inches, of the tank and of sufficient capacity to prevent water temperature in excess of 210 degrees F. the valve whereof shall be receding with a try-lever and approved by the American Gas Association or other the recognized testing agency and capable of relief in B.T.U. of 10� over the rated input of the water heater, equipped with a discharge pipe terminating not more than 10 inches from the floor with an unthreaded end, and in new ' construction over an open fixture or, if in a basement or utility room, over the floor not more than 6 feet from a floor drain. Section 40. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in said code or in othe r ordinance, rule or re gulation of the State of Illinois or the City of Decatur, Illinois, no connection shall be made to a sanitary sewer which will permit surface or storm water drainage into said sewer, and no connection shall be made to a surface or storm water drain or se wer which will permit sanitary sewage to be admitted into such surface or storm water drain or sewer. No connection shall be made to an existing combination sewer unless evidence satisfactory in the judgment of the Director of Public Works is submitted to him to clearly show that the existing use thereof along with the additional use as a result of the proposed connection are less than sixty per cent of the capacity of the existing se wer under all reasonable condi- tions, and that there is no reasonably feasible alternative to pzovide ser- vice other than by the connection proposed. Section 41. Appeals from the orders or decisions of the Inspection Division shall be to the Constructinn Board of Appeals in the time and man- ner provided by the City Code. Section 42. In case any provision of this ordinance is found to be in conflict with a provision of any other ordinance of the city or with a pro- vision of the code adopted by this ordinance, that provision which estab- lishes the higher standard for the promotion and protection of the health and safety of the people shall prevail. This ordinance replaces Ordinance gQo. 5055, passed by the Council of the City of Decatur, Illinois, on the 19th day of August, 1968, and all amendments thereto since said day to the effec- tive date hereof which said ordinance and amendments be, and the same are here by, repealed along with those parts and provisio ns of other ordinances existing on the effective date hereof which are in conflict herewith which are to the extent of such conflict only here by repealed.