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ORDINANCE NOS 725
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE INSTALLATION
OF CERTAIN TYPES OF UNDERGROUND PIPE IN THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS AND TO PROHIBIT THE IN-
STALLATION OF GALVANIZED UNDERGROUND WATER
PIPING IN CERTAIN INSTANCES DUE TO THE HIGHLY
CORROSIVE ACTION OF THE SOIL ON GALVANIZED
PIPE IN THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF SAME; REPEALING PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful to install galvanized water piping
underground up to and including two inch (2") pipe.
Section 2. Water piping under a slab type building foundation shall
there
be type K copper tubing and/shall be no sweated joints used under the slab
foundation. Under a conventional type building with crawl space of less than
eighteen inches (18"), type K copper tubing shall be used with no sweated joints.
Section 3. Water piping under a conventional type building with eighteen
inches (18") or more, of crawl space shall be type L or type K copper tubing and
sweated joints will be permitted.
Section 4. Cold water service pipe or yard lines shall be type L or
type K copper tubing from the City Water Meter to the building stop and waste
valve or building cut-off. All copper pipe shall be of domestic make and shall
be so marked.
Section 5. There shall be no diolectric union or other insulation placed
in this line after leaving the City Water Meter until reaching the hot water heater
within the building, and then only if dissimilar metals such as galvanize are used.
Section 6. The City Building Inspector shall be charged with the
responsibility of enforcing this Ordinance.
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Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation,
partnership, firm, association or other entity to violate any provisions of
this Ordinance, and upon conviction thereof, a fine of not to exceed $25. 00
may be assessed for each violation of said Ordinance, or double that sum
for each repetition of such violation. If a thing prohibited or rendered un-
lawful is, in its nature, continuous in respect to time, the fine or penalty
for allowing the continuance thereof, in violation of this Ordinance, shall
not exceed $15.00 for each day that the samemay be unlawfully continued.
Section 8. Portions of any Ordinance adopted in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
Section 9. It being determined by the City Council of the City of
West Memphis, that the soil conditions within the City of West Memphis require
uniform regulations and restrictions on the use of certain types of underground
piping within said City in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the
inhabitants of said City, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
approval as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of April, 1972.
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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