(a) Owners may install heating, ventilating, air-conditioning equipment or fireplaces in a single-family residence which they occupy as their own home or will occupy as their own home. All equipment installed by the owner shall be for themselves without compensation or pay from or to any other persons for the labor or installation. The installation by owner shall comply with the requirements of this Code. The owner shall be required to file plans, apply for and secure a permit, pay fees, and call for all inspections in the manner provided in this Code.
(b) After the work has been commenced, the owner shall make arrangements for the mechanical inspector to inspect the installation. Failure to arrange for an inspection shall cause the permit to expire by limitation and become null and void and the work shall be presumed unsafe in accordance with § 108.7 of the International Mechanical Code.
(c) All homeowner permits shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within 180 days from the date of such permit, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the permit is commenced for a period of 180 days, and all work which has not received a final inspection shall be presumed unsafe in accordance with § 108.7 of the International Mechanical Code.
(1992 Code, § 11-45) (Ord. 94-93, passed 12-6-1993; Ord. 116–96, passed 10-7-1996; Ord. 115-01, passed 12-10-2001; Ord. 24-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 130-15, passed 12-15-2015)