(a) This chapter shall apply to the installation, alteration, addition to, repair or replacement of all heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems utilized in any residential or commercial structure within the City except as specifically excluded hereinafter.
(b) This chapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) The installation, alteration, addition to, repair or replacement of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems within industrial plants and performed by manufacturers with their own employees; and
(2) Portable, self-contained, non-commercial heating, ventilating and air conditioning units which are not attached to permanent wiring.
(c) This chapter shall not apply to high pressure boilers which are inspected by the Division of Boiler Inspection, Department of Commerce, of the State of Ohio; and there shall be no requirement for licensing, permits or inspections for contractors who install or repair high pressure boilers by the City of Massillon.
(d) In all HVAC systems, the air ducted distribution portion of the system shall be installed and required only by a HVAC contractor licensed pursuant to this chapter and shall require permits and inspections as set forth in this chapter.
(e) This chapter shall apply to all other wet heat systems and non-deducted, non-electric heating units and shall require permits and inspections for contractors who install or repair such systems as to this chapter or plumbing contractors licensed pursuant to Chapter 1317 may install or repair these systems. Plumbing contractors licensed pursuant to Chapter 1317 shall not be required to obtain a license under this chapter to perform installation or repair work on wet heat systems and non-ducted, non-electric heating units. Plumbing contractors licensed pursuant to Chapter 1317 who perform installation or repair work on wet heat systems and non-deducted non-electric heating units are, however, required to obtain permits and inspections under this chapter.
(f) In any wet heat system, HVAC contractors may furnish and install all plumbing connections between the HVAC 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 pursuant to Chapter 1317 and shall require permits and inspections as set forth in Chapter 1317.
(g) HVAC contractors may furnish and install all plumbing connections between the HVAC 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 licensed City plumbing contractor.
(h) In any installation, replacement or repair on any HVAC system, the installer or repairer of such system, whether a HVAC contractor or a plumbing contractor, may only make electrical connections between the end of the existing feed and the item replaced or repaired. HVAC contractors may additionally work on the low voltage control system within HVAC 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. Licensed HVAC contractors, or in the case of wet heat systems, plumbing contractors, may not make direct connections of the HVAC unit into the service or subpanel, these connections and work shall be performed by licensed electrical contractors.
(i) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prohibit electrical contractors who are licensed pursuant to Chapter 1313 from installing and repairing electric heating systems. Electrical contractors shall not be required to obtain a license 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.
(Ord. 154-2010. Passed 12-20-10.)