(A) (1) No person shall erect, construct, reconstruct, install, alter or repair any fuel-burning equipment unless and until he or she shall have first procured a permit known as an installation permit from the inspector. Application for a permit, shall in addition to the required fees be accompanied by plans and specifications, in duplicate, of the fuel-burning equipment and all work proposed in connection therewith, including the form, description and dimensions thereof, and of the building, if any, in which the fuel-burning equipment is or is to be located, the means provided or proposed for admitting air for combustion, the character of the fuel to be used, the maximum quantity of fuel to be burned per hour, the operating requirements and the use to be made of such fuel-burning equipment, and generally all particulars necessary to establish that the fuel-burning equipment and all proposed work in connection therewith for which application is made complies with this subchapter.
(2) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to require a permit:
(a) In the case of routine maintenance work or minor alterations or repairs which do not change the capacity of fuel-burning equipment or the method of combustion or do not adversely affect the production, emission or discharge of smoke, dust, fly ash, soot, fumes or other solid or gaseous product of combustions; and
(b) In the case of any emergency repair where serious consequences would otherwise result; provided that, application for the necessary installation permit is filed otherwise, in accordance with this section on the first business day following commencement of the repair work.
(Prior Code, § 30.1-27)
(B) (1) The work of erecting, constructing, reconstructing, installing, altering or repairing fuel-burning equipment shall be commenced and proceeded with within one year from the date of the installation permit otherwise such permit shall be void.
(2) Upon the completion of this work, the inspector shall inspect same and, if such work conforms to the application, plans and specification filed therefor, and to the provisions of this subchapter and the regulations, shall issue a permit, known as an operating permit, which shall be posted in a conspicuous position adjacent to the equipment.
(3) No person shall operate or use or cause, suffer or allow to be operated or used any fuel-burning equipment in respect to which an installation permit has been issued unless he or she shall have first procured an operating permit.
(Prior Code, § 30.1-28)
(C) Whenever an operating permit is refused, revoked or cancelled, the inspector is authorized to seal immediately the fuel-burning equipment until the owner, lessee or other person required to procure the operating permit shall have complied with the provisions of this subchapter and its regulations.
(Prior Code, § 30.1-33)
(Ord. 775, passed 12-3-1984) Penalty, see § 94.999