(a) Certificate Required. No person shall supply gas or electricity to a system or piping or wiring in a building until a certificate from the Building Inspector for this wiring or piping has been issued.
(b) Permit Application. Prior to the commencement of any installation, an application for heating, ventilating, air conditioning or portable heating appliances permit shall be made at the Division of building Regulation. Such application shall include plans and specifications showing location of equipment distribution elements and safety devices if required by the Inspector.
(c) Permit Required. Upon compliance with this chapter or any other ordinance governing such work, a permit shall be secured from the Inspector or by the firm or corporation employing a holder of such license or by an owner on his own residence, before any work is started on the installation, upon payment of the fee as required in subsection (d) hereof, and the permit or copy thereof shall be posted at the site at all times during the course of construction.
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 plant, conversion burner, direct-fired unit heater, space heater, portable heating appliance and floor furnace. Permits will not be required for ventilating systems without ductwork.
(d) Space Heating Appliances. The permit fee for the installation or replacement of each space heating appliance, as defined in Chapter 9 of the Ohio Mechanical Code and is based on the current edition.
(e) Fee Schedule. Fees shall be as established by Council in the Building Department Fee Schedule.
(f) Doubling of Fees:
(1) The amount of any and all fees shall be doubled if ordered by the Inspector if work is commenced on any boiler, air conditioning, ventilating or heating unit installation or replacement work before an application for a permit for such work has been filed with the Inspector.
(2) Double fees shall not apply to any emergency work, if a permit is obtained at the earliest possible time and the Inspector is advised of the urgent necessity of such work before application.
(g) Reinspection Fee: Defects in which no effort has been made to correct within seven work days shall be subject to a reinspection fee equal to the original fee to be assessed when the next application is requested.
(Ord. 14-06. Passed 5-22-06.)