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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No.13-1966` MICRordLMED ® 19E1 EALE9 3.13 -80 ORDI14AIlCE NO. 13 -66 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL PIPING EXTENDING FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY OF GAS FOR USE AS A FUEL AND DE- SIGNED TO CONVEY OR CARRY THE SAME TO GAS APPLIANCES, AND REGULATING THE INSTALLATION AND 1AINTENANCE OF APPLIANCES DESIGNED TO UTILIZE SUCH GAS AS FUEL, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL; PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF SAID PIPING AND CERTAIN APPLIANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SAID PIPING AND CERTAIN APPLIANCES AND THE COLLECTION OF INSPECTION FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDIND FOR THE LICENSING OF PERSONS ENGAGING IN THE BUSINESS OF INSTALLING, REPAIRING, OR MAINTAINING SAID PIPING OR CERTAIN APPLIANCES; "ADOPTING THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS GAS APPLIA14CE AND GAS PIPING BOOKLET, ENTITLED NFPA NO. 511, AND ASA Z21.30: ADOPTING STANDARD OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS FOR THE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GASES PUBLICATION KNOWN AS NBFU 140. 58 "; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, as follows: SECTION 1. TITLE This Ordinance shall be known as the "Gas Code" of the City of Cape Canaveral and may be cited as such. SECTION 2. PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide minimum standards, provisions and requirements for safe installation of consumer's gas piping and gas appliances. All such gas piping and gas appliances installed, replaced, maintained, or repaired within the corporate limits of the City of Cape Canaveral shall conform to the requirements of this Ordinance and to the specifications, rules and regulations entitled "Installation of Consumer's Gas Piping and Gas Appliances" Southern Standard Gas Code, approved and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Southern. Building Code Congress, at its meeting held on the 29th day of October 1964, by resolution, which specifications, rules, and regulations are hereby Incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein. MICROFILMED 3.13.80 Copies of such specifications, rules, and regulations shall be kept on file in the office of the Clerk of the City of Cape Canaveral. In any instance wherein the said resolution, adopted on October 29, 19611, shall be in conflict with any of the pro- visions of this Ordinance, the latter shall govern. SECTION 3. USE OF EXISTING PIPING AND APPLIANCES Notwithstanding any provision in this Ordinance to the contrary, consumer'apiping installed prior to the adoption of this Ordinance or piping installed to supply other than natural gas may be converted to natural gas, if the Inspector find, upon inspection and proper tests, that such piping will render reasonably satisfactory gas service to the consumer and will not in any way endanger life or property; otherwise, ouch piping shall be altered or replaced, in whole or in part, to conform with the requirements of this Ordinance. SECTION 4. BOND AND LICENSE (a) No person shall engage in or work at the installation, extension, alteration, of consumer's gas piping or certain gas appliances, until such person shall have secured a license as hereinafter provided, and shall have executed and delivered to the Clerk of the City of Cape Canaveral a good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of $1,000.00, with corporate surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of all such work, entered upon or contracted for, in strict accordance and compliance with the pro- visions of this Ordinance, except that the valid holders of a Plumbing Contractors license, who are in the opinion of the Inspector qualified, shall be entitled to pipe and /or install gas equipment by virtue of such Plumbing Contractors license. The bond herein required shall expire on the last day of August next following its approval by the City Clerk, and thereafter on the first day of September of each year a new bond, In form and substance as herein required, shall be given by such person to cover all such work as shall be done during such year. (b) Upon approval of said bond, the person desiring to -2- MICROFILMED e 3.13.80 do such work shall secure from the City Clerk a non - transferable license which shall . run until the last day of August next succeeding its issuance, unless sooner revoked. The person obtaining a license shall pay an annual license fee of $75.00 to the City Cleric; provided, however, any license obtained after the lot day of March of any year shall be computed at the rate of one half (0 of the annual fee. (c) Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting an individual from installing or repairing his own appliances or Installing, extending, replacing, altering or repairing consumer's piping on his own premises, or as requiring a license or a bond from an individual doing such work on his own premises; provided, however, all such work must be done in con- formity with all other provisions of this Ordinance, including those relating to permits, inspection, and fees. SECTION 5. OAS INSPECTOR AND ASSISTANTS To provide for the administration and enforcement of this Ordinance, the office of Gas Inspector is hereby created. The Inspector, and such assistants as may be necessary in the proper performance of the duties of the office, shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral and the compensation for such office shall be determined at the time of appointment. SECTION 6. POWERS AND DUTIES OF INSPECTOR (a) The Inspector is authorized and directed to enforce all of the provisions of this Ordinance, and the Inspector, upon presentation of proper credentials, may enter any building or premises at reasonable times for the purpose of making inspections or preventing violations of this Ordinance. (b) The Inspector is authorized to disconnect any gas piping or fixture or appliance for which a certificate of approval Is required but has not been issued with respect to same, or which, upon inspection, shall be found defective or In such condition as -3- • MICROFILMED 3.13.80 y to endanger life or property. In all cases where such a dis- connection is .nade, a notice shall be attached to the piping, fixture, or appliance disconnected by the Inspector, which . notice shall state that the same has been disconnected by the Inspector, together with the reason or reasons therefor, and it shall be unlawful for any person to remove said notice or reconnect said gas piping or fixture or appliance without authorization by the Inspector and such gas piping or fixture or appliance shall not be put in service or used until the Inspector has attached his certificate of approval in lieu of his prior disconnection notice. (c) It shall be the duty of the Inspector to confer from time to time with representatives of the local Health Department; the local. Fire Department, and the Gas Company, and otherwise obtain from proper sources all helpful information and advice, presenting same to the appropriate official from time to time for their consideration. SECTION 7. PERMITS (a) No person shall install a gas conversion burner, floor furnace, central heating plant, air conditioner, vented wall furnace, water heater, boiler, consumer's gas piping, or convert exiat3ng piping to utilize natural gas without first obtaining apermit to do such work from the Building Official; however, permits will not be required for setting or connecting . other gas appliances, or for the repair of leaks in house piping. (b) When only temporary use of gas is desired, the Inspector may issue a permit for such use, for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days, provided the consumer's gas piping to be used is given a test equal to that required for a Final Piping Inspection. (c) A franchised Gas Company shall not be required to obtain permits to set meters, or to extend, relocate, remove or repair its service lines, mains, or other facilities, or for -4 s- MICROPiLMED • ^ 3.13 -80 , work having to do with its ,own gas system, except as required for breaking, paving, sidewalks and curbs. SECTION 8. INSPECTION (a) ROUGH PIPING INSPECTION shall be made after all new piping authorized by the permit has been installed, and be- fore any such piping has been covered or concealed or any fixtures or gas appliances have been attached thereto. (b) FINAL PIPING INSPECTION shall be made after all piping authorized by the permit has been installed and after all portions thereof which are to be concealed by plastering or otherwise have been so concealed, and before any fixtures or gas appliances have been attached thereto. This inspection shall include a pressure test, at which time the piping shall stand an air pressure equal to not less than the pressure of a column of mercury six (6) inches in height, and the piping shall hold this air pressure for a period of at least ten (10) minutes without any perceptible' drop. A mercury column gauge shall be used for the testa All tools, apparatus, labor, and assistance necessary for the tests shall be furnished by the installer of such piping. SECTION 9. CERTIFICATES The Inspector shall issue a certificate of approval . at the completion of the work for which a permit for consumer piping has been issued, if after inspection it is found that such work complies with the provisions of this ordinance. A duplicate of each certificate issued covering consumer's gas piping shall be delivered to the Gas Company and used as its authority to render gas service. SECTION. FEES (a) The total fees for inspection of consumer's gas piping at one location (including both rough and final piping inspection) shall be $1.50 for one to four outlets, inclusive, and $0.50 for each outlet above five. -5- 1 MICROFILMED ®1 3.13.80 (b) The fees for inspecting conversion burners, floor furnaces,, boilers, or central heating plants shall be $1.50 for each unit. (c) The fees for inspecting vented wall furnaces and water heaters shall be $1.00 for each unit. (d) If the Inspector is called back, after correction of defects noted, an additional fee of $5.00 shall be made for each such return inspection. (e) Any and all fees shall be paid by the person to whom the permit is issued. SECTION 11. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES Any person that shall fail to comply with or violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $150.00, Or the license of such person may be revoked, or both fine and revocation of license may be imposed. SECTION 12. NON - LIABILITY This Ordinance shall not be construed as imposing upon the Inspector of the City of Cape Canaveral or upon the City Of Cape Canaveral any liability or responsibility for damages to any person injured by any defect in any gas piping or appliance mentioned herein, or by installation thereof, nor shall the City of Cape Canaveral, or any official or employee thereof, be held as assuming any such liability or responsibility by reason of the inspection authorized hereunder or the certificate of approval issued by the Inspector. SECTION 13.• VALIDITY If any section, sub- section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason held to be unconstitutional (or invalid) such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral hereby declare(a) that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub - section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one S AAICROFIL'MED 0~ 3.13.80 or more sections, sub - sections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION 14. DEFINITIONS The following definitions, along with those contained in said Resolution approved and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Southern Building Code Congress, at Ito meeting held on the 29th day of October 1964, are provided . for the purpose of interpretation and administration of this Ordinance: (a) "Inspector" means the person appointed as Inspector, and shall include each Assistant Inspector (if any), from time to time acting as such under this Ordinance by appointment of the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral. (b) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm corporation, or any other organized group of individuals. (c) "Gas Company" means any person distributing gas within the corporate limits of the City of Cape Canaveral or authorized and proposing . to so engage. (d) "Certificate of Approval" means a document or tag Issued and /or attached by the Inspector to the inspected material, piping, or appliance Installation, filled out, together with date, address of the premises, and signed by the Inspector. (e) "Certain Appliances" means conversion burners, floor furnaces, central heating plants, air conditioner, vented wall furnaces,wall heaters and boilers. SECTION 15• "The National Fire Protection Association Publication entitled NFPA No. 54, ASA - Z21.3O as amended is hereby adopted by this reference and the Building Official is hereby instructed and directed to enforce the same where not in conflict with this Ordinance." SECTION 16. "The Standard of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the storage and .handling of liquified petroleum Cases .cited as NBFU No. 58 as amended, is hereby adopted by this reference for enforcement within this City by the Building Official in all instances wherein such standard does not conflict with this Ordinance." -7- MICROFILMED ® -� 3.13.80 SECTION 17. ORDINANCES REPEALED All Ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, on this day of-- �i.,.�;./ 1966. -- Mayor � ATTEST: City Cl er r Approved to Form: City Attorney - -8-