(a) No person shall construct, install or alter any fuel-burning equipment or any equipment pertaining thereto, other than that to be used to serve a dwelling, for use within the City, until an application, including suitable plans and specifications of the fuel-burning equipment and structures or buildings used in connection therewith, has been filed in duplicate by the person or his agent in the office of, and has been approved in writing by, the Commissioner of Air and Water Pollution Control.
(b) The abovementioned plans and specifications shall show the form and dimensions of the fuel-burning equipment and, more particularly, the proposed boiler, furnace, fuel burner, stack and ducts, including any other types of equipment such as kilns, cupolas, etc., together with the description of the building or part thereof in which fuel-burning equipment is to be located, including the means provided for admitting the air for combustion. The character of the fuel to be used, the maximum quantity of such fuel to be burned per hour, the operating requirements and the use to be made of such fuel-burning equipment shall be stated.
(c) However, maintenance or minor alterations which do not change the capacity of such fuel-burning equipment and which do not involve any change in the method of combustion, or adversely affect the emission of smoke, dust, gases or fumes therefrom, may be made without such written approval. Further, an emergency repair may be made prior to the application for and issuance of the written approval in the event an emergency arises and serious consequences would result if the repair were to be deferred. When such repair is made in an emergency, application for the written approval therefor shall be filed in duplicate by the person or his agent in the office of the Commissioner on the first business day following the starting of the work.
(d) An application shall be approved or rejected within ten days after it is filed in the office of the Commissioner.
(e) Without the approval of the Commissioner no construction, installation or alteration shall be made which is not in accordance with the plans, specifications and other pertinent information upon which the written approval was issued.
(f) Substantial deviation from the plans and specifications on which the written approval was issued shall be sufficient cause for the Commissioner to stop all work; he is hereby authorized to seal the installation. Work shall not proceed until the Commissioner is assured that such deviation will be corrected and that the work will proceed in accordance with the plans and specifications upon which written approval was issued.
(g) No person shall violate the seal of any equipment that has been sealed at the direction of the Commissioner unless authorized by him in writing to do so.
(h) Each day of work of such construction, installation or alteration in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
(i) If construction, installation or alteration is not started within one year of the date of the written approval of the Commissioner, such approval shall become void.
(j) The issuance by the Commissioner of any written approval shall not be held to exempt the person to whom such written approval has been issued from prosecution for the emission of smoke, dust, gases and fumes prohibited by this chapter.
(k) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the fine provided in Section 1321.99.
(Ord. 574. Passed 6-22-64.)