Section 25-A2602. RETENTION, DRAINAGE, AND DELIVERY - BACKFLOW PREVENTION

 

2602.1Except as specified in §§ 2602.2 through 2602.4, a direct connection shall not exist between the sewage system and a drain originating from equipment in which food, portable equipment, or utensils are placed. P 

 

2602.2Subsection 2602.1 does not apply to floor drains that originate in refrigerated spaces that are constructed as an integral part of the building.   

 

2602.3A warewashing machine may have a direct connection between its waste outlet and a floor drain when the machine is located within one and a half meters (1.5 m) or five feet (5 ft.) of a trapped floor drain and the machine outlet is connected to the inlet side of a properly vented floor drain trap in accordance with the D.C. Plumbing Code (2008) incorporating the International Plumbing Code 2006, as amended by the D.C. Plumbing Code Supplement (Subtitle F of 12 DCMR). 

 

2602.4A warewashing or culinary sink may have a direct connection in accordance with the D.C. Plumbing Code (2008) incorporating the International Plumbing Code 2006, as amended by the D.C. Plumbing Code Supplement (Subtitle F of 12 DCMR).

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6304 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).