(a) This chapter shall apply to the installation, alteration, addition to, repair or replacement of all HVAC/R systems utilized in any residential or commercial structure within the City, except as specifically excluded herein.
(b) In all HVAC/R systems, the air ducted distribution portion of the system shall be installed and repaired only by a HVAC/R contractor licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(c) This chapter shall apply to all other wet heat systems and nonducted, nonelectric, heating units and shall require permits and inspections for contractors who install or repair such systems as required by this chapter. Either HVAC/R contractors registered pursuant to this chapter or plumbing contractors registered pursuant to Chapter 1315 may install or repair these systems.
(d) In any wet heat system, HVAC/R contractors may furnish and install all plumbing connections between the HVAC/R unit and the first connection from the supply and return header on both the feed side of the system and the distribution side of the system. This work shall conform to the requirements of the Ohio Plumbing Code. From the first connection from the supply and return header on both the feed side of the system and the distribution side of the system and beyond, any water piping or other plumbing connections shall be completed only by plumbing contractors licensed and registered pursuant to Chapter 1315 and shall require permits and inspections as set forth in Chapter 1315.
(e) HVAC/R contractors may furnish and install all plumbing connections between the HVAC/R unit to the first valve connection in any fossil fuel system. This work shall conform to the requirements of the Ohio Plumbing Code. From the first valve connection to the meter bar and beyond, any fossil fuel piping shall be completed by a City registered plumbing contractor.
(f) In any installation, replacement or repair on any HVAC/R system, the installer or repairer of such system, whether a HVAC/R contractor or a plumbing contractor, may only make electrical connections between the end of the existing feed and the item replaced or repaired. HVAC/R contractors may additionally work on the low voltage control systems within HVAC/R systems which they install or repair, subject to the restriction that they be limited to working on not more than six low voltage thermostats which encompass, by way of example, a thermostat controlling a damper or a duct heater or a variable volume box or a solenoid per project. Registered HVAC/R contractors, or in the case of wet heat systems, plumbing contractors, may not make direct connections of the HVAC/R unit into the service or subpanel wherever located, nor shall they be permitted to work on line voltage wiring, which connections and work shall be performed by City licensed and registered electrical contractors.
(g) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prohibit electrical contractors who are licensed and registered pursuant to Chapter 1313 from installing and repairing electric heating systems. Electrical contractors shall not be required to be licensed and registered under this chapter to perform installations or repair work on such systems, but shall be required to obtain permits and inspections pursuant to Chapter 1313 for such work.
(h) This chapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) Portable, self-contained, noncommercial HVAC/R units which are not attached to permanent wiring.
(2) The installation or repair of high pressure boilers in the City of Canton.
(Ord. 132-2012. Passed 8-27-12.)