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It shall be unlawful to install, or use, ~or put into operation, or connect to the domestic water supply of the City of Santa Aha, any water operated aspirator, vacuum pump, or any other similar water operated appliance, unless such aspirator, vacuum pump or similar appliance is equipped with a check valve and air siphon breaker approved by the Plumbing Inspection Department. All water pipes, faucets, valves or fittings supplying water to any fixture, appliance or pool, shall be installed toterminate at a point not less than one (1) inch above the highest possible water l~ne of such fixture, appliance or pool unless each individual water supply line to each fixture, appliance or pool is equipped with an air siphon breaker and check Valve. It shall be unlawful to install any plumbing fixture, construction, de,ice, valve, fitting, apparatus or connection which will provide a cross connection between a distributing system of water used for drinking and domestic purposes, and a drainage system, so as to permit or make possible the back flow of sewage or waste into the water supply system. All flushometer valves installed to operate the water supply to any toilet, bidet or similar fixture shall be equipped with an air siphon breaker and check valve. The siphon breaker shall be built as an integral part of the flushometer valve." (I) That Section 179 of said Plumbing COde is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 179. Flashings. Pipe flashings shall be installed on and over all plumbing ventilating pipes which extend through any portion of a tile, shake, shingle, or imitation tile, shake, or shingle roof or roof covering. Flashings shall be made of either sheet lead of not less weight than two and one,half (2~) pounds, or sheet copper of not less weight than fourteen (14) ounce, or galvanized sheet metal of not less weight than U.S. twenty-six (28) guage, or other material impervious to water and having weather resistance equal to the said metal flashing, and shall be of the following size: Pipe size of Flashing Size of Roof Plate One and one-half (1~) inches Fifteen (15) by eighteen (18) inches Two (2) inches Fifteen (15) by eighteen (18) inches Three (3) inches Seventeen (17) by Twenty (20) inches Four (4) inches Eighteen (18) by Twenty-one (21) inches Provided however, that any pipe sleeve erected on any flashing roof plate, shall be so situated that its outside walls shall be at least six (8) inches in any direction from the edge of the flashing roof plate, and also provided that the entire surfaces of all galvanized flashings shall be coated with a coat of red lead paint." (J) That Section 208 of said Plumbing Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 208. Unions in Gas Lines. It shall be unlawful to use or install unions in gas piping at points other than at the meter and ~pliance connection or in unconcealed places, provided however, that no union connection shall be installed in gas piping which is erected in walls, ceilings or other concealed places which are not readily accessible. Ail unions used in connection with gas ~iptng shall be iron to brass or iron to iron ground Joint seats. (K) That the portion of Section 218 commencing at paragraph four (4) of sub-section B of Section 215, and ending at p~ragraph seven (7) of sub- section B of Section 215 be amended so as to read as follows: "All vents and vent flues shall be carried undiminished in size at least four (4) inches through and above the roof, and be capped by a suitable flashing made of fourteen (lA) ounce copper or galvanized sheet metal of not less weight than twenty-six (26) guage, or other material impervious to water and having weather resistance equal to said metal flashing. Sumh cap flashings shall be so constructed as to be proof against reverse draft circulation, and of a pattern acceptable to the plumbing inspection department. The ventilating cowl of the flashing, when installed, shall in all cases be established on a horizontal plane, and all portions of the'cowl shall be elevated a minimum distance of six (6) inches above the roof cover~g.