(A) The Inspector, and his or her authorized assistants, shall have the right, during reasonable hours, to enter any building or premises in the city for the purpose of making any inspections or tests of any fuel oil burner or gas burner, or parts thereof, contained therein.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Inspector or his or her authorized assistants to inspect all fuel oil and gas burning equipment covered by this chapter at the time of its installation and all oil-fired and gas-fired heating equipment installed previously to the enactment of this chapter, which, due to its construction, installation or condition, may be dangerous to life or property.
(C) The Inspector, and his or her authorized assistants, may make such other inspections and tests as are deemed necessary for the purpose of safety and the enforcement of this chapter.
(D) Whenever any fuel oil burner or gas space heating burner, or part thereof, or any accessory thereto, is found to be unsafe or in a condition so as to be dangerous to life or property, the Inspector or his or her authorized assistants are hereby empowered to condemn the unit or the part thereof and no such unit or part thereof, shall thereafter be used until put in a safe condition and approved by the Department.
(E) (1) Whenever any fuel oil burner oil-burning or gas-burning space heater, or part thereof, has been condemned, the Inspector shall place thereon a warning tag listing the causes for the condemnation. It shall be unlawful for any owner, occupant, firm, partnership, association or corporation having control or management of any such unit or part thereof, to use, or permit to be used, such unit or part thereof, until such causes for the condemnation shall have been remedied and the unit, or part thereof, has been put in safe condition and approved as such by the Department.
(2) Licensed contractors will be permitted to place such equipment in operation in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) Correct the cause of condemnation;
(b) Notify this Department by telephone that the hazardous condition has been corrected;
(c) Upon receiving the permission of the Department, place the equipment in operation; and
(d) Sign the warning tag with the name of the company holding the contractor’s license, countersigned by the worker responsible for making the corrections and leave the signed warning tag attached.
(F) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Fire Department and the Board of Health in making supplementary inspections under these respective safety regulations.
(Ord. 19, passed 1-7-1955) Penalty, see § 156.999