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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Chapter 10.36
Section 10.36.210
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.36 Gas Transmission and Distribution

Section 10.36.210 Location of Gas Pipe

Subject to the direction of the director of engineering services in particular cases, every gas franchisee must comply with the following standards for the location of gas system piping:

  1. Pipes are placed in alleys or utility easements.
     
  2. Pipes are placed in the southerly or westerly side of alleys or streets.
     
  3. Pipes have a lateral clearance of four feet from water mains and twelve inches from all other subsurface structures and a vertical clearance of twelve inches from another pipe.
     
  4. Pipes have at least thirty inches of cover or, when in rock, twenty-four inches if properly cushioned.
     
  5. Gas service lines do not occupy the same ditch with water service lines.
     
  6. Pipe is laid in the center of the trench as nearly as possible to equalize the pressure load from backfilling.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)