The Gas Inspector shall have supervision over all gas fitting and installation work done in the municipality and shall perform the duties as are hereinafter prescribed. He or she shall have the right during reasonable hours to enter any building in the municipality for the performance of his or her duties. He or she shall have the assistant or assistants as the Governing Body may provide and when appointed by the Governing Body, the assistant shall have the same powers and duties as the Gas Inspector. The Gas Inspector shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. The Building Inspector may be appointed Gas Inspector at the discretion of the Governing Body. When the Building Inspector serves as Gas Inspector he or she shall not receive any additional compensation for his or her services as Gas Inspector; provided, that if no other official is appointed Gas Inspector, the Building Inspector shall be Gas Inspector ex officio. It shall be the duty of the Gas Inspector to inspect all gas installation work done in the municipality and if after having made the proper final inspection on any job of gas fitting or installation work the same is found to be properly done, it shall be the duty of the Gas Inspector to issue to the gas fitter in charge of the work a certificate of completion setting forth the fact that the work has been tested and inspected and the same found to have been done according to the requirements of this municipality. It shall be the duty of the Gas Inspector to investigate all reported cases and complaints referred to him or her in writing of the imperfect workmanship of any job of gas fitting or installation or the violation of the provisions of the Gas Code and he or she may further request the Municipal Attorney to file a complaint against any person for violation of the provisions of this code, the Plumbing Code, and to prosecute the same without unnecessary delay when the Gas Inspector signs the complaints. The Gas Inspector shall have the power and authority to enter any building or upon any premise at all reasonable hours to ascertain if the provisions of this code, the Gas Code, or any ordinance relating to gas installation have been or are being violated. Whenever defective work is found, it shall be the duty of the Gas Inspector to notify the agent or owner of the premise on which the same is found to forthwith cause the work to be changed and to conform with the terms and requirements of this municipality. The owner or agent is hereby required within ten days after receiving the notification to comply therewith, and upon failing or neglecting to do so he or she shall be considered as maintaining defective gas installation appurtenances and appliances and violating the requirements hereof. It shall be the duty of the Gas Inspector to make a complaint against the owner or agent and cause him or her to be prosecuted. The Gas Inspector shall keep a complete record of all inspections and tests made by him or her as Gas Inspector and make the reports as may be required by the heads of other departments, except it shall not be necessary to report the tests made on old work. It shall be unlawful for the Gas Inspector to engage in the business of gas fitting or to perform any work as a gas fitter during his or her term of office.
(1972 Code, § 1-220) Penalty, see § 31.99