(a) No person shall install, use or cause or permit to be installed or used in any building, a fuel-burning equipment for space heating, water heating or clothes drying unless such equipment is vented so as to prevent the accumulation of toxic or injurious gases or liquids. Such equipment shall have a closed-in combustion chamber with an outer jacket surrounding it. All vents shall conform to the latest American Gas Association regulations.
(b) No person shall install, use or cause or permit to be installed or used in any building, a gas-fired equipment unless such equipment has an operating safety valve which prevents gas from entering the burner upon extinguishment of the pilot.
(c) No person shall install, use or cause or permit to be installed or used in any building, a hot water heater unless the same is equipped with an approved relief valve to prevent excessive pressure causing damage to the line or equipment.
(d) No person shall install, use or cause or permit to be used in any building a gas- fired range or hot plate for other than cooking purposes.
(e) The Superintendent of Buildings is hereby authorized and directed to make inspections to determine the condition of such equipment located within the City. For the purpose of making such inspections, upon presentation of proper credentials, the Superintendent is hereby authorized to enter any building and examine all equipment therein at all reasonable times and the owner or occupant shall give him free access to such building for the purpose of so inspecting it.
(f) Whenever the Superintendent determines that there has been a violation of any provision of this section, he shall give written notice thereof to the violator or leave it at his residence or mail it to his residence by certified mail. Such notice shall describe the violation and set forth the date it is to cease. No person shall fail to comply with such a notice within the time period stipulated therein.
(Ord. 19-58. Passed 11-25-58.)