Taft Municipal Code Ch. 6 Plumbing Code

This chapter may be cited as the TAFT PLUMBING CODE. (Ord. 696-02, 10-1-2002)

The Taft Plumbing Code shall apply to new construction, relocated buildings and to any alterations, repairs or reconstruction of buildings in the incorporated territory of the City of Taft. (Ord. 696-02, 10-1-2002)

These regulations known as the “California Plumbing Code,” 2025 Edition, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 5, which incorporate by adoption the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code, with necessary California amendments, including all appendices, as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, 4755 E. Philadelphia St. Ontario, CA 91761, is hereby adopted and made part of this Chapter by reference with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein.

Section 423 of the California Plumbing Code is added to read as:

423 Recreational Vehicle Sanitation Stations. Recreational vehicle sanitation stations shall comply with this sections 423.1 through 423.6.

423.1 Where required. Where a trailer sanitation station is installed to receive the discharge from sewage holding tanks of self-contained vehicles, it shall comply with the requirements of this section.

423.2 Use. Recreational sanitation stations shall be used only for receiving discharge from sewage holding tanks of self-contained vehicles.

423.3 Specifications.

a. Each recreational sanitation station shall be provided with a drain inlet not less than four (4) inches in diameter, discharging into a trap not more than twenty-four (24) inches below the drain inlet. The drain inlet shall be equipped with a hinged cover which shall effectively close the drain inlet when not in use.

b. Each drain inlet shall discharge into a drainage lateral not less than four (4) inches in diameter connected to a public sewer or an approved private sewage disposal system.

c. The drain inlet of each station shall be set in a concrete drain receptor not less than three and one-half (31/2) inches in thickness and not less than two (2) feet horizontally from the drain inlet to the inside of the surrounding curb. The surrounding curb shall be at least four (4) inches wide and two (2) inches above the floor of the receptor. The inside surface of the drain receptor shall be smooth finished concrete and shall slope a minimum of one-fourth (1/4) inch per foot from the bottom of the curb to the lip of the drain inlet.

423.4 Flushing. Water under pressure shall be provided to each recreational sanitation station. A three-fourths (3/4) inch water hose connection shall be installed at each recreational sanitation station to allow connection of a hose for wash-down operation. An approved backflow preventer shall be installed in the water service pipe. Provisions shall be made to store the wash-down hose off the ground.

423.5 Warning Sign. A warning sign shall be located immediately adjacent to the hose connection and shall read: “DANGER UNSAFE WATER. Use this hose to flush holding tank and drain receptor ONLY.” The warning sign shall not be less than eighteen (18) inches by twenty-four (24) inches and lettered in minimum size of not less than one (1) inch lettering in a color contrasting with the background.

423.6 Operating instruction. A sign providing operating instructions shall be posted at each recreational sanitation station.

Appendix Chapter M added as part of the 2016 California Plumbing Code is hereby moved as an amendment to Section 813 to read as:

813.0 Swimming Pools

813.2 Swimming pool wastewater shall be disposed of as hereinafter set forth in this section and the type of disposal proposed shall be approved by the administrative authority prior to the commencement of any work. A means of disposal of the total contents of the pool (periodic emptying) without surface runoff shall be established to the satisfaction of the administrative authority.

813.3 Except as provided in section 813.4, when a public sewer or storm drain of adequate capacity is available for use, swimming pool wastewater shall be discharged there into and permission shall be obtained in writing from the proper authority to do so. A copy of such permission stating the maximum size of the waste line between the receptor and the sewer, and other specific requirements, shall accompany any applications for a permit made to the administrative authority.

813.4 Where space and conditions are such that no hazard, nuisance or unsanitary conditions evidenced, swimming pool wastewater may be used for irrigation by surface or subsurface spreading.

813.5 When no other means of wastewater disposal is available, a drywell may be installed. Each such drywell shall be constructed in the manner described for cesspools in Appendix H of this code, and drywells receiving only filter backwash shall have a capacity of at least twice the amount of effluent discharged during one normal backwash operation, but shall in no case have less than a five (5) foot (1.5m) vertical sidewall. When a pool emptying or other drains are proposed the size and leaching capacity of such drywell shall be proportionately increased to the satisfaction of the administrative authority. No wastewater other than that from a swimming pool shall discharge into any such drywell, and no wastewater from any swimming pool shall discharge into a private sewage disposal system.

813.6 No direct connection shall be made between any storm drain, sewer, drainage system, drywell, or subsoil irrigation line and any line connected to a swimming pool.

813.7 Wastewater from any filter, scum gutter overflow, pool emptying line, or similar apparatus or appurtenance shall discharge into an approved type receptor. The flood level rim of each such receptor shall be at least six (6) inches (152.4mm) above the flood level of the adjacent ground. Each such receptor, when permitted to be connected to any part of a drainage system, shall be provided with a three (3) inch (76.2m) trap.

813.8 Except as provided in section 813.9, the discharge outlet terminal from any pool or filter shall be protected from backflow by an air gap at least six (6) inches (152.4mm) above the flood rim of the receptor.

813.9 No scum gutter drain, overflow drain, backwash discharge drain, or pool emptying line shall enter any receptor below the rim unless the pool piping at its deepest point, the bottom of the filters and the bottom of the scum gutter drain trough or overflow inlets are at least six (6) inches (152.4 mm) above the overflow rim of the receptor.

813.10 A positive point of potable water supply to each swimming pool shall be established and shall be installed as required by Chapter 6 of this code.

813.11 Plans for other that private swimming pools shall be approved by the health officer before any water supply or waste discharge permit is issued.

813.12 All swimming pools shall be equipped with a filtration system which shall be installed in conformance with standards established by the administrative authority, which filtration system will permit the reuse of the water in swimming pools for a period of not less than one (1) year.

A swimming pool is defined as a portable or permanent artificial basin, chamber, or tank which when filled with water to overflow contains more than one thousand (1,000) gallons or is over two (2) feet in depth at any point.

813.13 A private wading pool is exempt from the foregoing requirements, but must be maintained in a sanitary condition. A private wading pool is defined as a portable or permanent artificial basin, chamber, or tank maintained by an individual for wading by small children which when filled with water to overflow contains less than one thousand (1,000) gallons and does not exceed two (2) feet at any point.

813.14 Recirculating water for swimming pools shall be constructed and installed under the same standards and requirements as potable water piping in Chapter 6 of this code. (Ord. 826-17, 6-20-2017; amd. Ord. 834-20, 1-20-2020; Ord. 851-23, 1-17-2023; Ord. 855-25, 12-16-2025)