(a) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any air contaminant source or control equipment or any equipment pertaining thereto for which a permit to install or modify was required or was issued under this Code until an inspection has been made by the Commissioner or his or her representative. Such inspection shall be performed within five (5) working days of notification of completion of the installation or modification of such source or control equipment. If an inspection is not performed within five (5) working days, the application for the permit to install or modify will serve as a conditional permit to operate for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. The person responsible for the installation or modification of any air contaminant source or control equipment or any equipment pertaining thereto for which a permit to install or modify is required shall notify the Commissioner when the work is completed and ready for final inspection. No air contaminant source or control equipment shall be operated for any other purpose or in any other manner than that for which the permit to install or modify was approved and for which a permit to operate has been issued unless otherwise authorized in writing by the Commissioner. After the permit to install or modify has been issued and it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the air contaminant source or control equipment can be operated in compliance with this Code, an initial permit to operate shall be issued by the Commissioner. Emission tests may be required by the Commissioner before issuing of an initial permit to operate. Such permit to operate shall be kept posted on or near the installation for which it was issued.
(b) If a new air contaminant source or control equipment that has been installed or if an existing air contaminant source or control equipment that has been modified in accordance with the provisions of a permit to install or modify, and otherwise in accordance with applicable law, is unable to comply with the applicable provisions of this Code on emission limitations as of the date of start-up of operations, the Commissioner may grant, at his or her discretion, a conditional permit to operate such air contaminant source or control equipment for a period not to exceed six (6) months from start-up of operation, provided the period is used to remedy any defect which prevents such compliance and the applicant affirms that such air contaminant source or control equipment will be operated in accordance with all other applicable provisions of this Code for the duration of the conditional permit. Conditional permits to operate may not be renewed and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Commissioner determines necessary and appropriate.
(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)