SEWER BACKFLOW DEVICES.
Raleigh City Code § 8-2017
in effectSec. 8-2017. - SEWER BACKFLOW DEVICES.
The current North Carolina Plumbing Code requires that where plumbing fixtures are installed on a floor with a finished floor elevation below the elevation of the manhole cover of the next upstream manhole in the public sewer, such fixtures must be protected by a backwater valve. For existing services that have plumbing fixtures installed on a floor with a finished floor elevation below the elevation of the manhole cover of the next upstream manhole in the City sewer system and that do not have a backwater valve installed, the property owner must sign a sewer release, in the form and manner provided by the Raleigh Director of Public Utilities or his designee, waiving the City's liability in case of a sewage backflow from the main into the building. This form will be recorded in the appropriate register of deeds office.
(Ord. No. 2014-337, §7, 9-2-14, eff. 9-7-14)
Source: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/raleigh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=DIVIICOGEOR_PT8PUUT_CH2WASESE_ARTAGEPR_S8-2017SEBADEFetched: 11/1/2026