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Before any owner or agent shall proceed with the installation or alteration of any boiler or unfired pressure vessel, he shall place on file in the department of buildings plans and specifications of the same. Upon approval of such plans and specifications, a duplicate set of which shall be left on file in said office and the payment of fees and hereinafter provided, the department of buildings shall issue a permit for the installation or alteration of such apparatus.
If such owner or agent shall proceed with the installation of any boiler or unfired pressure vessel and shall fail to place on file with the department of buildings plans and specifications of the same and shall fail to obtain a permit for the installation of such apparatus, he shall be liable to a fine of $25.00 for each day on which he shall have operated such installation without said permit, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any boiler or tank or tanks subject to pressure, other than the pressure in the city water mains, until he shall first have procured a certificate from the department of buildings that such apparatus may be safely used. If such owner, agent or person using a boiler or tank shall fail to notify the said department of buildings of his intention to make any alteration or enlargement of such boiler or tank and shall fail to file plans and specifications for the enlargement or alteration of the same and shall proceed to make such alterations or enlargement without a permit thereof, he shall be liable to a fine of $100.00 for each day on which he shall have prosecuted such alterations or enlargement without said permit and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Prior code § 17-2A.4; Amend Coun. J. 9-23-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.4; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)