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Borough of Sharon Hill, PA
Delaware County
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AIR INLET
A pipe connected with the drainpipes for the purpose of admitting fresh air from or near the surface of the ground.
BONA FIDE PLACE OF BUSINESS
The home or residence of the person holding the license and conducting the business. The home or residence of a member of the firm or corporation. A shop or store or portion of the same. An office or space in an office building displaying a sign on the front of his or their place of business, "Registered Plumber," bearing the name or names of the person, firm or corporation.
HOUSE DRAIN
The horizontal drain and its branches extending to and connecting with a private sewer or public sewer or septic tank.
MAIN SEWER
The main or principal kind of drainpipe connected to a septic tank or sewer, and to which branch drainpipes are connected.
MASTER PLUMBER
A person or persons who have served four years' apprenticeship and two years as a journeyman plumber and who have a bona fide place of business.
PLUMBING
The art of installing in buildings the pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid and water-carried wastes.
PRIVATE SEWER
The sewers not owned by the Borough of Sharon Hill or by any sewer authority.
PUBLIC SEWER or BOROUGH SEWER
The sewers owned by the Borough of Sharon Hill.
RELIEF VALVE
A suitable pressure-relief valve shall be installed on hot-water storage tanks. Suitable means shall be taken on the hot-water system to prevent the heating and storage of hot water heated to a higher temperature than boiling point at atmospheric pressure (212° F.).
SOIL PIPE
Any vertical pipe extending through the roof or not, which receives the discharge of any one or more water closets, with or without other fixtures.
VENT AND ANTI-SIPHON PIPES
Any special pipe provided to ventilate a system of drainage and to prevent trap siphonage and back pressure.
WASTE PIPE
Any pipe receiving the discharge from any fixture except water closets, and also any vertical pipe extending through the roof receiving the same character of discharge.