(A) Permits. No person shall install any air conditioning system within the Village without having procured a permit therefor from the Building Director. This provision shall not apply to window type or individual apartment type air conditioning units. AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM is defined as any system using refrigeration to maintain air temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit or
over in an air conditioned space. The permit fee shall be as set forth in § 150.004.
(B) Residential Districts.
(1) In residential districts, the applicant shall be required to furnish plans and specifications indicating the location of any air conditioning system or unit.
(2) Air conditioning units shall be permitted only in rear yards, but not closer to the lot lines than the side yard regulation permitted in the zoned district, except that if a rear yard abuts a public alley, a unit may be installed within the 10 feet of the rear lot line provided that the exhaust faces in the direction of the main building. It is further provided that such units shall be installed at ground level, except that they may be permitted in the basement of the structure or at floor level.
(3) All exhaust from electrically operated units must face toward the rear lot line. Gas operated units must be exhausted upwards and away from buildings.
(4) All units shall be maintained in proper functional order and shall be set on rubber shock mounts. Air conditioning units may be installed in an attached or detached garage upon the conditions set forth in this section.
(C) Operation. All air conditioning installations shall be operated in accordance with the laws of the state and this Code.
(1997 Code, § 23.26) (Ord. CO-08-95, passed 10-12-1995; Am. Ord. CO-09-27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021)