(a) Permit required.
(1) Upon checking for compliance with this chapter or any other ordinance governing such work, an approval of the plan, except on work done by an owner on his or her own residence, a heating, ventilating, air conditioning or portable heating appliance permit shall be secured from the inspector by the holder of a license to do such work or by the firm or corporation employing a holder of such license or by an owner on his or her own residence, before any work is started on the installation, upon payment
of the fee as required in division (b) hereof, and the permit or copy thereof shall be posted at the site at all times during the course of construction.
(2) This permit shall be required to install or replace any heating, ventilating or air conditioning unit, or to add any air outlets or heating units, including central heating plane, conversion burner, direct-fired unit heater, space heater, portable heating appliance and floor furnace. Permits will not be required for ventilating systems without duct-work.
(b) Space heating appliances. The permit fee for the installation or replacement of each space heating appliance, as defined in Article 10 of the Ohio Basic Building Code and Part IV of the BOCA Code, is based on BTU input for warm air furnaces, including duct work, boilers, incinerators, commercial conversion burners and commercial dryers.
(c) Fee schedule.
Residential | (In Dollars) |
Heating (warm air, heat pump, and the like) | $30.00 |
Cooling | $30.00 |
When installing heating and cooling at the same time | $50.00 |
NOTE: Each unit in a multi-family dwelling shall be considered as a single unit and permitted as such. | |
Alteration to existing systems | $15.00 |
Commercial, industrial and the like | |
Warm air furnaces and boilers | |
Up to 100,000 BTU or 29,300 watts | $30.00 |
200,000 BTU or 58.6 KW | $45.00 |
300,000 BTU or 87.9 KW | $55.00 |
Over 300,000 BTU or 87.9KW add for each additional 100,000 BTU | $15.00 |
Electric perimeter radiant beatings | |
The fee for electric baseboard or radiant heating shall be based on the total wattage as set forth above. | |
Heat pumps | |
1/2 ton but not 1 ton | $40.00 |
1 ton but not 5 tons | $50.00 |
5 tons but not 10 tons | $60.00 |
Each additional 5 tons or fraction | $15.00 |
Air conditioning systems | |
All up to but not 5 tons | $25.00 |
Per ton over 5 tons | $1.00 |
Ventilating systems | |
201 to 1,000 cfm | $12.50 |
1,001 to 5,000 cfm | $17.50 |
5,000 to 10,000 cfm | $22.50 |
Each additional 10,000 cfm | $12.50 |
Commercial alterations, where unit not being changed | |
Per opening | $5.00 |
Fireplaces and chimneys | |
Prefabricated, solid fuel fireplaces either free-standing or constructed exposed against wall, will be considered as a heating appliance and require a permit fee | $20.00 |
NOTE. Flues extended above roof more than three feet or exposed to exterior shall be encased in a decorative chase matching in appearance the exterior finish or dwelling or structure. | |
Steam or hot water heating plant fee | |
New installation, each boiler | $10.00 |
Replacement of boiler or units | $10.00 |
(Ord. 65-93, passed - -1993)