The following sections of the Fuel Gas Code are hereby amended as set forth in this Section 5-8-2. Subsequent section numbers used in this Chapter shall refer to like numbered sections of the Fuel Gas Code:
Delete Section 101.1 and replace as follows:
"101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Hampshire Fuel Gas Code, hereinafter referred to as this "code."
103.1 Delete Sections 103.1 and 103.2 and replace as follows:
"103.1 General. The building official, or his or her authorized designee, as provided for in the Village of Hampshire Village Code, shall be the code official in charge of administering this International Fuel Gas Code and shall be known as the code official."
106.6 Delete Section 106.6 and replace as follows:
"106.6 Fees. A permit shall not be issued until the fees prescribed in the Village of Hampshire Comprehensive Fee Schedule of the Hampshire Code, have been paid, nor shall an amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any, due to an increase of the mechanical system, has been paid."
106.6.2 Delete Section 106.6.2 and replace as follows:
"106.6.2 Fee schedule. The fees for mechanical work shall be as indicated in village of Hampshire fee schedule."
106.6.3 Delete Section 106.6.3.
108.4 Delete Section 108.4 and replace as follows:
"108.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be subject to a fine of not less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Each day a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense."
108.5 Delete Section 108.5 and replace as follows:
"108.5 Stop work orders. Change last sentence to read: Any person who shall continue any work on the system after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to a fine of not less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Each day work continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense."
108.6.1 Add new subsection Court Costs and Legal Fees as follows:
"In the event noncompliance with this code necessitates litigation, any person who violates a provision of this code shall be liable for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the village of Hampshire."
109 Delete Section 109.1, 109.2, 109.2.1, 109.2.2, 109.2.3, 109.2.4, 109.2.5, 108.2.6 and replace as follows:
"Section 109.1 Application for appeal. A person shall have the right to appeal a decision of the code official to the village board of trustees. Therefore, for the purposes of this code, the board of appeals shall be construed to mean the village board of trustees. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The application shall be in writing and filed with the village manager within 20 days after the decision of the code official."
Appendix A: Adopted by reference.
Appendix B: Adopted by reference.
Appendix C: Adopted by reference.
Appendix D: Adopted by reference. (Ord. 22-27, 10-6-2022)