§ 1117-29. Plumbing and Plumbing Fixtures Required.  


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  • 1117-29.1 General: Plumbing and plumbing fixtures for dwellings shall conform to the applicable provisions of the Plumbing Chapter 1105 CBC and Table 1117-29 CBC.

    TABLE 1117-29 CBC
    PLUMBING FIXTURES REQUIRED

    Occupancy Type and Number of Plumbing Fixtures Required - Note (b).
    Apartments without
    cooking facilities
    1 water closet
    1 lavatory
    1 bathtub or shower
    Apartments with cooking facilities (dwelling units) 1 sink
    1 water closet
    1 lavatory
    1 bathtub or shower
    Hotels, motels, lodging houses, accessory sleeping quarters, and dormitories For persons not provided with private roominghouses, toilet rooms: Note (a)
    1 water closet for:
     1 to 10 Males
     Each additional 25 males: Note (e)
     Each additional 20 females
    1 urinal for:
     Each 25 males, where 11 to 150 males using the same toilet
     Each 50 males in excess of 150 males using the same toilet room
    1 lavatory for:
     1 to 12 persons: Note (c)
     Each additional 20 males
     Each additional 15 females
    1 bathtub or shower for:
     1 to 10 persons
     Each additional 30 persons
    1 drinking fountain for:
     Each 75 accessory sleeping persons: Note (f)
    All residential buildings Where plumbing fixtures in public toilet rooms are not accessible for use by employees on the premises or where the number of fixtures provided is inadequate for the number of tenants and employees to be accommodated plumbing fixtures for use by employees shall be provided in toilet rooms as follows: Note (a).
     1 water closet for each 25 males: Note (e)
     1 water closet for each 25 females: Note (e)
     1 lavatory for each 25 persons: Note (d)

     

    Note (a): Separate public toilet rooms shall be provided for each sex, to be accommodated and designated accordingly.

    Note (b): Where the required number of fixtures is determined according to a basic number of persons accommodated by one fixture, not less than one such fixture shall be provided for any fraction of such number of persons to be accommodated.

    Note (c): Not less than one required lavatory shall be located in each public toilet room.

    Note (d): For employees, at least one lavatory shall be provided in or adjacent to food preparation and similar spaces.

    Note (e): Urinals may be substituted for one-third the required number of water closets.

    Note (f): Drinking fountains or other equally adequate and sanitary drinking facility; drinking fountains shall not be located in public toilet rooms.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 67-1996, eff. Apr. 5, 1996)