Town of Westford annual report 1956-1962, Part 56

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1048

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MECHANICAL DISCHARGE SYSTEM

SECTION 13. Fixtures that discharge into tank and from tank to pump or eiector shall be protected from siphonage with not less than a four-inch pipe up and through the roof. Tank shall be vented and vent pipe from tank may be connected to vent stack not less than twenty feet in height from tank. No gravity fixture shall be vented into this system. Tank vent shall be same size as waste or soil pipe. No fixtures shall be connected to the discharge pipe from an ejector or pump between the ejector or pump and the point where it enters the house drain or sewer. When the drain is subject to backflow a check valve shall be used.

HOT WATER TANKS AND SAFETY APPLIANCES

SECTION 14. No range boiler, tank, vessel or container, ferrous or non-ferrous, in which water is to be heated or stored under pres- sure for domestic, culinary or sanitary purposes, in this section and in sections eighteen and nineteen referred to as hot water tanks, shall be sold or offered for sale unless it is plainly marked by the manu- facturer, by stamping into the metal of the tank, or on a metal plate permanently attached to the tank, in a conspicuous place, as follows : -

A. Manufacturer's name or registered trade mark

B. Rated capacity of hot water tank in United States gallons

C. Hydrostatic pressure in pounds per square inch at which

the tank has been tested by the manufacturer, follow- ing the words "Tested to"

D. Maximum allowable working pressure in pounds per square inch

Notwithstanding the requirements of the preliminary paragraph and paragraphs A to D inclusive, of this section, the markings therein re- ferred to shall not be required, in the case of cast iron hot water fronts, so called, or hot water tanks that are insulated or enclosed in a jacket or casing, to be stamped into the metal thereof or to be stamped on a metal plate permanently attached thereto; provided, that any manufacturer selling such hot water fronts within the Commonwealth shall in writing certify to the Department of Public Safety and the Board of State Examiners of Plumbers that every such water front sold by him complies with the pertinent provisions of law; and, provided further, that any manufacturer of hot water tanks that are insulated or enclosed in a jacket or casing which are to be sold within the Commonwealth shall certify in writing to the Department of Public Safety and the Board of State Examiners of Plumbers that every such tankless water heater coil or element, or hot water tank manufactured by him complies with the pertinent provisions of law, and shall per- manently attach to the largest segment of said jacket or casing, in a conspicuous place, a metal plate which has stamped into the metal thereof the requirements of paragraphs A to D inclusive.

SECTION 15. No hot water tank shall be repaired, relocated or installed and connected unless it meets the following construction re- quirements : -

A. The actual capacity of a hot water tank shall be within seven and a half percent of the capacity stamped on the tank.

B. A hot water tank shall be so constructed by riveting, welding or otherwise as to withstand the stamped test pressure without visible permanent distortion and be so designed as to have an ultimate strength sufficient to withstand a hydrostatic pressure twenty-five per cent higher than the stamped test pressure.

c. Solder which melts at a temperature below seven hundred degrees Fahrenheit shall not be used to hold the tank together but may be used to make it water tight, cis- tern tanks excepted .

D. A hot water tank in which water is to be heated or stored under pressure greater than fifteen pounds per square inch shall have a stamped test pressure of not less than two hundred pounds per square inch.

E. The maximum working pressure at which a hot water tank may be installed shall not be greater than forty-two and a half per cent of the test pressure marked on the tank.

SECTION 16. No hot water tank shall be installed and connected unless it is protected with safety devices as follows : -

A. A hot water tank in which water is to be heated or stored under pressure greater than fifteen pounds per square inch shall be equipped with a suitable pressure relief valve installed in a tapping in the tank or in the cold water supply line, or the hot water outlet line, with no shut-off valve between the relief valve and the tank. The pressure relief valve shall be set by the manufacturer to operate at a pressure not more than twenty pounds above the maximum working pressure stamped on the tank or jacket or casing and shall be so constructed that said setting cannot be exceeded by nor- mal means of adjustment.

B. A hot water tank to which a heating device or appliance capable of delivering water to the tank at a temperature greater than two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit is connected shall be equipped with a suitable tempera- ture relief valve so adjusted and installed as to pre- vent development of, or accumulation of, water which is at a temperature in excess of two hundred and twelve de- grees Fahrenheit. Said temperature relief valve shall be installed in a tapping directly in or on the tank, within twelve inches of the top of a vertical tank, or within six inches of the top of a horizontal tank, with no fittings between the valve and the tank, except that a bushing may be used to reduce the tapping to fit the valve, or the valve shall be installed in the hot water outlet pipe as close to the top of the tank as possible. In no case shall the heat sensitive member of the tem- perature relief valve be more than five inches away from the top of the tank. The discharge outlet of the tem- perature relief valve shall be connected by means of a non-ferrous pipe or tubing not less than three-eighths inch inside diameter, with no shut-off, to an open plumbing fixture, or to within twelve inches of the basement floor. A thermostatically controlled hot water tank may be protected by an automatic fuel shut-off de- vice in addition to the thermostat. Such shut-off de- vice shall be installed in the same location and perform the same function as said temperature relief valve.

c. All parts of temperature and pressure relief valves which are in contact with water shall be made of non- ferrous metals or materials having suitable corrosion resisting properties. All pipe and fittings between re- lief valves and the hot water tank shall be of non-fer- rous metals.

D. Relief valves shall be marked by the manufacturer, by stamping or casting in the metal of the valve, or on a metal tag permanently attached to the valve, as fol- lows : -

1. Manufacturer's name or registered trade mark.

2. The type or style, or the type and style, of the valve.

3. The pressure setting of the valve in pounds per square inch.

4. The temperature setting in degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Temperature relieving capacity in B.T.U. per hour.

Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph B of this Section, the protective devices specified therein shall not be required in the case of that portion of tankless water heaters which contain water to be heated or stored under the provisions of Section 17. Said portion of tankless water heaters shall be equipped with a pressure relief valve and an automatic tempering device, set to deliver water not ex- ceeding one hundred and eighty degrees Fahrenheit and located between said tankless water heater and any hot water supply pipe which it serves .

All pipes and fittings between the tankless water heater and the pressure relief valve and the tempering device shall be of non-ferrous metals. All parts of the tempering device which are in contact with the water shall be of non-ferrous metals or other materials having suitable corrosion-resisting properties. Said tempering device shall be marked by the manufacturer by casting or stamping in the metal of the device, or on a metal tag permanently attached to the device, as follows : -

1. Manufacturer's name or registered trade name

2. The type or style, or the type and style, of the device

3. The temperature settings, in degrees Fahrenheit, plainly marked

E. Temperature and pressure relief valves and other devices referred to in this section shall be subject to the ap- proval of the Inspectors of Plumbing or other proper authorities.

F. All pipes and fittings in the circulating system between a hot water tank and the heating device or appliance shall be non-ferrous, and of ample size so as to make it possible to heat seventy-five per cent of the available water in the tank without raising the temperature of any part of the water above two hundred and twelve degrees Fahrenheit.

G. No hot water tank shall be installed without being equipped with an approved device located so as to pre- vent any partial vacuum therein. Every water tank heat- er using coal, gas or oil fuel shall be properly con- nected to the nearest chimney or smoke pipe by a pipe of suitable size.

CROSS CONNECTIONS

SECTION 17. Any connection in piping, whereby a public or pri- vate water supply used for drinking or culinary purposes is connected with a secondary supply or a supply of questionable quality or whereby polluted matter may enter the supply used for drinking or culinary purposes, shall be considered a cross connection.

No cross connection shall be installed. All cross connection in- stallations shown by test or inspection to be of such type or condi- tion inadequately to protect the drinking or culinary water supply shall be removed.

Where the use of a supplementary private or secondary water sup- ply is necessary it is permissible to install an approved swing joint connection from the potable water supply to the plumbing system or an above rim inlet from the potable water supply to said system.

SECTION 18. DEFINITIONS

Air gap in a water supply system is the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between thelowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank or plumbing fixture and the flood level rim of the receptacle.

Backflow means the flow of water or other liquids into the distrib- uting pipes of a supply of potable water from any source. Back siphonage is one type of backflow.

Backflow Preventer (sometimes called vacuum breaker) is a device for installation in a water supply pipe to prevent backflow of water into the water supply system from the connections on its outlet end .

Branch is any part of a piping system other than a main.

Building drain is that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage pipes inside the walls of any building and conveys it to the building (house) sewer beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.

Building (house) Sewer is the extension from the building drain to the street sewer or other place of disposal.

Critical levels of a backflow preventer is the level to which a pre- venter can be immersed in water before backflow begins.

Dead End is a branch leading from a soil, waste, vent, house drain or house sewer which is terminated at developed distance of two feet or more by means of a cap, plug or other fitting.

Emergency is the installation or replacement of piping or fixtures on plumbing systems which must be made at such times as to prevent the filing of an application for a permit to do the plumbing be-

fore starting said work.

Flood level in reference to plumbing fixture is the level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of the fixture.

Floor drain is a drain for carrying off surface, overflow and clean waters from a floor surface.

Journeyman Plumber is a person who himself does any work in plumbing and is registered and licensed under the law.

Local vent pipe is a pipe through which foul air is removed from a room or fixture.

Main of any system of continuous piping is the principal artery of the system to which branches may be connected.

Master Plumber is a plumber having a regular place of business and who by himself or journeyman plumbers in his employ performs plumb- ing work and who is registered and licensed under law.

Plumbing is the work or business of installing, repairing or altering in buildings the pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for bring- ing in the water supply and removing liquid and water-borne wastes. The term is also used to denote the installed fixtures and piping of a building.

Plumbing system of a building includes the water supply distributing pipes; the fixtures and fixture traps; the soil, waste and vent pipes; the building (house) drain and building (house) sewer; and the storm water-drainage pipes; with their devices, appurte- nances and connections all within or adjacent to the building.

Plumbing fixtures are receptacles which receive and discharge water, liquid or waterborne wastes into a drainage system with which they are connected.

Repair of leaks shall mean such repairs as are necessary to protect property and public health but do not involve any rearrangements or change in plumbing or of any pipes of fixtures.

Size and length is the nominal size unless otherwise stated by which pipe or tubing is commercially designed. The developed length of a pipe is its length along the center line of pipe and fittings.

Soil pipe is any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets or fixtures having similar functions with or without the discharges from other fixtures.

Special waste pipe or indirect waste pipe is any pipe or fitting which does not connect directly with a house drain or soil stack.

Stack is a general term for the vertical main of a system of soil, waste or vent piping.

Trap is a fitting or device so designed and constructed as to provide a liquid seal which will prevent the back passage of air without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water through it.

Trap seal is the vertical distance between the crown weir and the dip of the trap.

Vent system is pipe or pipes installed to provide a flow of air to or from a drainage system or to provide a circulation of air within such system, to protect trap seals from siphonage and back pres- sure .

Waste pipe is any pipe which receives the discharge of any fixture, except water-closets or similar fixtures and conveys the same to the house drain, soil or waste stack. When such pipe does not connect directly with a house drain or soil stack, it is an indi- rect waste.

Water service pipe is the pipe from the water main to the building served.

Water distribution pipe is one which conveys from the water supply service pipe to the plumbing fixtures and other outlets.

Nothing in these rules and regulations shall be construed as applying to the business of steam fitting, refrigeration, heating and ventilating or gas fitting beyond the point where any connection is made with the water distribution system carrying water for drinking or culinary purposes or the waste pipes carrying wastes or sewage or the vent system. Such connections shall be made subject to the approval and inspection of the plumbing inspec- tors.

PENALTIES

Every person violating any provision of sections one to seventeen inclusive, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

said Code to be numbered ARTICLE XVI of the Town By-Laws .

ARTICLE 12. Voted by a standing vote of YES 55 and NO 33, counted by the Tellers, to dismiss sub-section (1) of this Article relative to adopting a Building Code for the Town.

Voted to change numbering of ARTICLES in Town By-Laws as follows:

(2) By renumbering the present ARTICLE XV, ARTICLE XVII

(3) By renumbering the present ARTICLE XVI, ARTICLE XV

(4) By renumbering the present ARTICLE XVII, ARTICLE XVIII

Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting. Voted to dissolve the meeting.

A True Record, Attest:

Charles L. Hildreth TOWN CLERK

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - NOVEMBER 1, 1961

At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall on Wednesday, November 1, 1961 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:

James Wilkins, Carl O. Benson, Dorothy I. Mann and Sonja A. Loney, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. The attendance at the meeting was 72.

Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order, a quo- rum being present.

ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the sum of One Hundred Seven- ty (170) Dollars be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds for the purchase of a new Adding Machine for the Town Accountant, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen. Approved by Finance Committee.

Voted to take up Article 9 at this time

ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously (1) that the Town adopt the fol- lowing amendment to its By-Laws by adding after ARTICLE XVI the fol- lowing new ARTICLE: - - - ARTICLE XVII. Gas Inspector. There shall be a Gas Inspector appointed annually by the Selectmen during the month of March for the term of one year, or until his successor has been appointed and qualified, whose duty shall be the enforcement of the Rules and Regulations adopted by the Board established under Sec- tion Twelve H of Chapter Twenty Five of the General Laws, as most re- cently amended. He shall receive from the Town compensation to be fixed by the Selectmen; (2) to renumber ARTICLES XVII and XVIII, ARTICLES XVIII and XIX, respectively.

ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the sum of Fifty (50) Dollars be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds to defray the ex- penses of the Gas Inspector for the balance of the current year. Approved by Finance Committee.

ARTICLE 3. Voted that the sum of One Hundred (100) Dollars be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds to defray the expenses of the Plumbing Inspector for the balance of the current year. Approved by Finance Committee.

ARTICLE 4. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a Committee of five (5) voters, to be known as the Building Code Committee, whose function and duty shall be to investigate and study the advisability of adopting a Building Code for the Town, said Committee to make its report and rec- ommendations at the next Annual Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 5. Voted unanimously that SECTION 4 of ARTICLE XIII of the Town By-Laws be amended by striking out said Section and inserting in place thereof the following Section: - SECTION 4. Sand and gravel may be removed from any parcel of land, except within 300 feet of a street or way, provided a permit therefor has been issued by the Board; provided, however, that the Board shall impose such reasonable conditions as to the disposition of top soil and the re-establishment

of ground levels and grades as it may deem necessary.

ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously (1) that the sum of One Hundred Ninety Four (194) Dollars be transferred from the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated under Article 18 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of the current year for defraying the expense of new ceilings and fixtures in the lower Town Hall; (2) that the further sum of Seven Hundred Seventy One (771) Dollars be transferred from said unexpended balance to the Account entitled "Town Hall - Altera- tions", said sum to be used for such further alterations, renovations or repairs to the lower Town Hall and offices as the Selectmen shall determine, all of said projects to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.

Approved by Finance Committee.

ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Resi- dence B District to an Industrial B District the following two parcels of land, both situated in Graniteville, belonging to C. G. Sargent's Sons Corp., and thus severally bounded and described:

FIRST PARCEL: Beginning at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway Street; thence turning and running Southwesterly along said Main Street One Hundred (100) Feet; thence turning and running South- easterly Fifty (50) Feet; thence turning and running Northeasterly One Hundred (100) Feet to the Southerly side of Broadway Street; thence turning and running Northwesterly to the point of beginning.

SECOND PARCEL: Beginning at the intersection of Broadway Street and Pond Street; thence turning and running Southwesterly Two Hundred Thirty Two (232) Feet, more or less, to land of the Graniteville Meth- odist Episcopal Church; thence turning and running Northwesterly to Stony Brook; thence turning and running Northeasterly along Stony Brook to Broadway Street; thence turning and running Southeasterly along the Southerly side of Broadway Street Two Hundred Three (203) Feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.

Approved by Planning Board.

ARTICLE 8. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to an amend- ment to the first paragraph of SECTION 1 of the Plumbing Code concern- ing the appointment of the Plumbing Inspector.

ARTICLE 10. Voted unanimously that SECTION 3 of ARTICLE I of the Town By-Laws be amended by striking the words "seven (7) days" in the second sentence thereof and inserting in place thereof the words "five (5) days".

Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.

Voted to dissolve the meeting.

A True Record, Attest:

Charles L. Hildreth TOWN CLERK

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - DECEMBER 14, 1961

At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall on Thursday, December 14, 1961 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:

James Wilkins, Carl O. Benson, Dorothy I. Mann and Sonja A. Loney, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. The attendance was 75.

Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order, a quo- rum being present.

ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the sum of $4,800 be appro- priated from Unappriated Available Funds in the Treasury for the pur- pose of defraying the cost of additional architectural fees and ex- penses and of all necessary professional services, opinions, cost- estimates, specifications and necessary and incidental data or infor- mation in connection with the construction of the proposed new Middle or Intermediate School Building to be located on the northwesterly side of Prescott Street; and that the further sum of $1,600 be appro- priated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury for the purpose of defraying the operating, clerical and other expenses of the Secondary School Building Committee appointed under Article 33 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1960, said total sum of $6,400 to be added to the amount voted under Article 3 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 22, 1961.

Finance Committee approved.

ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Resi- dence A District to a Business District, a certain parcel of land be- longing to Arthur L. Healy, situated on the northwesterly side of Prescott Street in Forge Village, being shown as Lots 3 and 4 on a plan entitled, "Plan of Land in Westford, Mass., belonging to Lena T. Robinson, April 12, 1957, Brooks, Jordan and Graves, Civil Engineers", which plan is recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 88, Plan 179, and thus bounded:

Southeasterly by said Prescott Street, three hundred seventy five and 65/100 (375.65) feet;

Southwesterly by Lot 2 on said Plan, one hundred fifty (150) feet; Northwesterly by Lot 1 on said Plan, one hundred twenty five (125) feet;

Southwesterly again by said Lot 1, one hundred fifty (150) feet; Northwestesterly and Northerly by land now or formerly of Gerard S. Provost, as shown on said Plan, a total distance of two hundred thirty six and 50/100 (236.50) feet; and

Northeasterly, by various courses, by land of the Town of West- ford, a total distance of three hundred ninety five and 56/100 (395.56) feet, more or less.

Planning Board approved.

ARTICLE 3. Voted that the office of Town Treasurer and the of- fice of Collector of Taxes be consolidated and that the Treasurer act as and perform the duties of Collector of Taxes, said consolidation to take effect at the next Annual Meeting held for the election of Town

Officers; that the term of office of said Treasurer-Collector be three (3) years; and that all necessary action be taken by the appro- priate Town Officers to provide for the election of such Treasurer- Collector at the next Annual Meeting held for the election of Town Officers.

Article 4. Voted that the sum of $500 be appropriated from Un- appropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to defray the cost of publishing various amendments to the Town By-Laws following their ap- proval by the Attorney General.

Finance Committee approved.

ARTICLE 5. Voted unanimously that the sum of $4,000 be appro- priated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to defray the additional expenses of snow and ice removal for the balance of the current year.

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Town of Westford annual report 1956-1962, Part 56

Author: Westford (Mass.) Publication date: 1956 Publisher: Westford (Mass.) Number of Pages: 1048

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1048