SEVERE HAZARDS.

Raleigh City Code § 8-2147

in effect

Sec. 8-2147. - SEVERE HAZARDS. (a) The following shall be classified as severe hazards: (1) Severe hazards include, but are not limited to: pumps, tanks or any other container for conveying, storing or otherwise handling sewage, radioactive, lethal, or toxic substances, boiler and steam connections, sewer waste lines, low inlets to receptacles containing toxic substances, coils or jackets used as heat exchangers, bacterial and viral materials, private wells or other private water supply, irrigation systems, water systems or hose connections, with booster pumps such as fire department connections (FDC) and private hydrants used in conjunction with FDC's, carbonation equipment, or similar severe hazard potential as determined by the cross connection coordinator. (2) Any location at which the nature or mode of operation within a structure are such that frequent alterations are made to the plumbing or at which there is a likelihood in the determination of the cross connection coordinator that protective measures may be subverted, altered, or disconnected. (3) Any structure which contains, but is not limited to, a bottling plant, cannery, five (5) or more building stories, battery manufacturer, exterminator, lawn care companies, greenhouse, chemical processing plant, dairy, dye works, film laboratory, car wash, hospital, other medical facilities including psychology and psychiatric offices that administer medications, commercial laboratory, laundries, tattoo parlor, metal fabricating operation, mortuary, swimming pool, morgue, x-ray equipment, medical office with laboratory, aspirator, medical washing equipment, packing house, plating plant, poultry house, power plant, nuclear reactor, those fire sprinkler systems equipped with facilities for introduction of freeze preventive chemicals or other substances other than water, dental office, any radioactive material, restaurant, shopping mall with a tenant conducting any activity listed in this section and sewage pump or treatment facilities. (b) All installations classified as severe hazards pursuant to §8-2147(a) above must have a containment assembly in the form of a reduced pressure zone backflow assembly installed pursuant to §8-2149 of this Code. (c) Exemption. The owner of a property that was developed before February 21, 2015 and that is approved for mixed uses but who agrees in writing to use the property only for uses that do not present a severe hazard may apply to the Raleigh Director of Public Utilities or his designee for an exemption to install a reduced pressure zone backflow assembly as required by §8-2147(b) above. An application for an exemption shall be made pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Raleigh Public Utilities Handbook. In the event that such exemption is approved, the owner shall install a containment assembly pursuant to the procedures established in the Raleigh Public Utilities Handbook and shall comply with all conditions of the approval of such exemption. Any exemption from the requirement to install a reduced pressure zone backflow assembly that is granted to an applicant shall be in effect only as long as the property is used for the purposes described in the application for exemption. If any conditions or uses of the property for which an exemption is granted change, the owner of the property shall re-apply for an exemption pursuant to this §8-2147(c). (d) Any person who fills any tank or tanker from the public water supply shall have an approved reduced pressure backflow assembly properly installed on the tank or tanker and an air gap. Tank or tankers include but are not limited to the following: those containing pesticides, fertilizers, or other toxic chemicals or their residues, flush trucks, street sweepers, and nonpotable water tankers. (Ord. No. 2015-397, §1, 2-16-15, eff. 2-21-15; Ord. No. 2018-874, §2, 9-18-18)

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_ARTDWAQUPR_S8-2147SEHAFetched: 11/1/2026