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TP~ CITY 0F O0LLq,~IA ~IG~S ~0ES 0~I]~:
Section 1. General. The orovisions of this ordinance shall ~overn the construc-
tion, installation, alteration &nd reoairs, hereafter, within the City of Col~bia
Heights, of all i~eating mn~! ~ir-con6itioning -olants, for mil buildings ~,~ithin the City
of Colu~ibia Heights, ~d licensing of heisting Contractors.
Section 2. License Recuired. i'?o person, firm, or corooration shall hereafter
install, alter, or reoair a~ heating system in any buildin¥ or struc~o~e within the
City of Col~r~bia Heights, or engage in or carry on the business of so doing in said
City of Co!~-~bia Heights without first having secured a license from the City Co~cil
of said City, authorizing him to do so and p~r the fee ~d f~ive the bond hereinafter
orovided for.
Section S. License Ao~3lication. Every ~erson, firm, or corooratiou desiring to
engage in or carry on the businesc as above mentioned shall make written a~plication to
the City Council of said City for a liceuse so to do, stating ti~erein the n~me of the
person, firm or corooration desiriu~' such license, and his or t~emr o!sce of business.
~o such license sl~all be issued to any oerson, firm, or corporation ~m~less the above
mentioned o.:~,..l~caut has an established ~iling address in the City of Col~rnbia Hei:.jhts.
Sectio.n <. License Fee ~d Bond. ?~it!~ each such o;~'olication for a license, the
aou!icant shall furnish a surety bond to the Citlr of Color,cia ~ ~ ~ ' ~
~]1,000.00, conditioned that the licens~ shall in all ~%terials and eeuioment by him
f~nished and iu all work bi him done and ?erformed in the constructing, ~!tering, re-
~airing of ~_eatlng at, stems as above mentioned, strictt2~ cornolv with the ~rovisions of
this Or(liuance ~s provicled herein. The fee for each s~ich license is here%j~ fixed at
the stun of '~,,enty-five ($25.00) Dollars, Each such license shall termin~,te December
~lst of each year of ~he year such license has been issued; an~, shall not be assign-
ole or ~ransferab e The o3oove mentioned license fee snal.~ be paid at the tirade of
the filings, of the s~oolication ~6 will be ref~ude8, in case the ao~].icant is rejected
by the City 0o~cil of the ,City of Columbia Heights.
Section 5. Permits. a. It shall be unlawful for any merson, firm, or corooration
to construct or install, alter, reetace or remair stay heating or air-conditioni:eg elant
or ecuipment in or for ~ building within the corporate lim~.ts of said City, v~itho~.t first
obtainin~f a ~ermit therefor from tl~e Inspector of ~ui!dings, ~d u'oon demand of said Ins-oec-
a~ person ap]o].yin~ for such permit s~'~!l f~nzsn him with all necessary vlsns, in
duplicate, for all promosed work and with all ~roper and s~ficient infor~mtion relating
thereto, and s~!l secure the a~omrova! of the Inspector of ~ildings before startlng any
such work.
%. Such ~ermits shall be iss~ed by tl~e Building Inspector only to installers or
heating contractors !icenseS. ,~der this ordinance and t]~e owner or occ~3o~nt of premises
where the wortc is to be done. !~o licensee shall sec~e a verm~t for others ~n~]er his
license. The fee for such permit shall be one per cent (1,j~) of the cost of the work to be
performed, the cost to be determined by the contract bid; in no case shall the fee be less
,~, , ' ~ the ~ui~ ~ing !nspecto~~ shall
t~an One Dollar ~oer ~ermit. ',fi~ere there is no contract bi~,
estimate the cost.
c. ~m,e heating contractor i~astal!ing any heating system of any kir;d shell furnish
~ ' ~ ~=~wa~_~ of the wo~:k to be i~statled,
,the Building Inspector with the !~;-out or meci%anzco~! ~' '~=
indicating r,~c.zat~on" ' , registers, 'oioing, hot air ducts, cold air ret~ns, and the cubic
contempts of rooms to be heated, and to install alt necessarM da.m~3ers, traps and valves.
All joints, seams' a~d all other co.n~.ections to be done in wor!:s~mnli~ce n~nner s,abject to
the ammroval of the ~ui!ding Insmector.
d. ~v ~oerson, firm, or cor~ooration who shall co;tmne~ce sn~~,.g work ,,~t~i~ ...... the sconce of
the provisions of this ordina~ce before te2~ing out a %~ermit flor the same who s)~a].! there-
ai':ter a'oV!y for such oermit, shall be req~.ired to pay a fee double the amount hereinbefore
provided for s~Ich work.
Section 6. Insvections, a. The heating or air-conditioninfl contractor she!! i~-m~ed-
iatety ~otiffy the Building !ns~ector mmo:~ the cormoletio~ of the i~sta].!ation, that the
wor!: for which a oermit has been issued is react for insTpection sm_d test. Test for steslm
or hot-water installation shall no't be less ths~ twenty-five (25) pod%ds per sq?~n, re inch
~a~er installation. The ~iil~ing
for steam, slad forty (s~O) po~ds -ocr senate inch for hot ~
I~spector shall also be notified before any ~%ortion of a 'heating s~stem is con~%ected within
s building, and he shall be give~% reasonable time and opport~_ity to inspect same before
the %uildin~ ' '~'' ~
_ ope~=zzo.,~ progress to a ~oint where such i~eating ~nst~]iation can ~o .longer
be e~:g~ined and insoected.
Section ?. Recuired Design and Ca~3acit.¥ of Heatin#~ System. a. Every heating sys-
tem heresfter installed in say building within said City shall be of such design s_nd
ca.~acity t!~t it will, without danger of causing fire to the building itself, produce and
~intain a temverature within all b~bitgote vortions thereof equ~! to tn~t~ ~ shown in the
followin~ t~ble of air temperatures ass~ned at breathing !~eve! for the respective t~es
building thereir, indicatsd with out-door temperature of 20 degrees below zero ~s]~renheit
and win~ velocity assumed at 1~ miles ~oer
TABLE n~ ASS~;~D AIR TE~,;L~~S AT B~THIifG
T:~-oe of 0ccu~anc~f De~'rees (Fahre:d~.eit)
D, veltin~s (as defined, by ~-~
...~ t~ State Housin~ Act)
Offices, Retail Stores, Places of Assembly, ~eatres, Dance Halls, Restaurants,
or buildings of similar occupancy and all emploMment areas of more or less
sementar~ occuoat ions ................................................. 70
Industrial Soaces
E~p!oyment ~eas - (Dight Labor ............. 65
(Hea~.~ L~oor .............
Storage ~eas .......... ~ .L%ne
Gara o,e s
Storage ~eas ..........
Erupt o~nent ~eas ............................................................
Industrial and storage s~oaces where the man~acture, ?rocessing or storage of n~ter-
iats or ~roducts reouires a temperature lower than those above s~oecifie~ m~, by u~ermiss-
ion of the' Duilding Inspector, be esui~ped~ with ~eating ~,~tem~ of desi~n~ and capacity
lower temverat~es as conditions warrant.
b. I~o heating or oower device wn~cn tkrows off noxious or injurious g~ses s~alt be
instslled in any enclosed room in any building eitt~er for tem~orary or uermgnent use,
unless the ssme shslt be co~mected with smm!e flues or chi~sy, properly constr~cted to
carry off smo[~ie and gases; nor s}ua!t any such device be installed in any t%uventi!ated
oortion of any building or structure during the proces~ of being erected or altered.
'Section %. Chinmeys. In addition to all chin~ey racuirements nrovided in'~uilding
0rdinauce i'~o. 7 of the City of Cot~ubia Heights, and any ~nendments thereto, all chimneys
here~eter erected, and where g~s or oil fuel is used, slml! be orovided with an 8~ glazed
server tile for a flue liner, and in all existing chimneys wl~ere flue lining i~s not been
used there s}~atl be installed ~ '~
~c~a oroof, moisture proof, heat resistant, abrasion resis-
tant ~d high dielectric strength, heavy metal pipe of a prooer size with bsi[ed-on finish
(heresite) or a similar ~i~ of ecmai~ q~,lity baked v_oo.ucv,v ~ ' to be mns~a!led' = inside of
the ordinary flu~ lining.
Section 9. Minim~ Flues - Gas Burners. Minimum sizes of flues for Cas buruer in-
~tallattou~ ~ha!l be a,s follows:
9.oq
P~%ting BTU Der hour
500
94
212
288
$77
477
Area of Flue Outlet Sc. In. Disuueter of Flue Pi~e-ln.
7.0' 3
~00 12.6 4
000 ! 9.6 5
250 28.3 6
750 38.5 7
250 50.3 8
000 63.6 9
Section t0.
Test. Dsta~ Measurements, 1Lati. ngs, Camacities, etc. to be Recorded. Be-
fore a ,~errait shall be issued by the Building !ns.~ector, as herein ~rovided, for the in-
stallation of any stes~m or hot water boiler, warts air furnace, or of any &evice perform-
lng some specific service in connection with any heating or air-cond.itioning system or
~lant, the capacity of which device mi~'ht effect in whole or in mart the ef,ficiency of
the system or plant, the contractor installing such boiler, furnace or device, or the
manufactttrer of same', shall furnish said Inspector with such test data, measurements,
ratings, capacities or other information as ~nay be required.
Section 11.' Furnace Rooms. Rooms in which boiler or furnaces; with installations
of any type of burner are located, shall be provided with adeeuate ventilation to assure
continuous complete combustion.
Section 12. Instructions for Use. Corem!ere instructions for the care and operation
of any gas or oil burner egui~pment sk~!l be posted near the furnace end be r~.intained in
readable condition by user. Ail pipe ds. rapers shall be set so as not to close off more
than 80~ of the pipe area.
Section 13. Fuel Tanks. 0il sump!y ts.~zs, located, inside of buildings shs!], not
exceed 275 gallons individz~ml or 550 aggregate capacity (in one building) unless install-
ed in a fire-'oroof enclosure or casing.
Section 14. Pi~es and Conduits. a. ~!o warm air nine shall rum. within one (1)
inch of any woodwork unless such woodwork or the pipe is covered with asbestos oan, er
wei~hing not less tlmn twelve (12) mou~nds her one nun,red scuare feet, exceuting only
warm air pives leadinff from autontatic controlled heating ,mlants where Bonnet temneratttre
cs~ not exceed 175 degrees Fahrenheit; then all ducts or vi'oes are to be of galvanized
metal. I:a any furnace system i~%ving not more than two (2) warm. air openings:s, at least
one (!) of these openin~:~s shall be without val%ve, or louvers, and the pipe thereto shall
be without ds~aner.
b. Jherever the space between joists is used to convey cold air overnm.d, all
bridging and bracing shall be removed and the bottom covered with sheet metal so construc-
ted ss to extenJ far enough below the bottom of joists to orovide the recuired free srea
through the'duct so formed. The connection from this Man to the boot or shoe shall be
be ~de of g~lvanized iron not lighter than ~'o. 26 U. S. Standard Oa~e, and sh~l! have
a transition fitting, the top ares of which shall be at least ten (10) ~er cent greater
than the area of the connecting pipe.
c. All wooden s~face betv/een such joists shall~ be lined ?~ith metal or other non-
absorbent ~terial.
d. The free area of the cold air faces shall be at least ec~l to the free area
of the ducts to which they are connected.
Section 15. GravitM ~.Tarm Air Heati%~. a. A warm air furnace shall consist of a
direct fired, heater, warm air r~s, to consist of casing collar, da'n'oer, pipe and all
necessary end:les, elbov,~s, boots, box and register; all joists are to be soldered,
riveted or metal screwed and covered with non-combustible material and securely susvend-
ed from the Joist.
b. Ret~n air muir consists of boot or s}~oe-t~e-_ ~ transition duct e~_d reg'ister,
joints of all ~ipes are to be soldered, metal screwed or riveted, and tsmed the ss:ne as
warm ~ir ~i~es.~. Joints in duct are to be of sealed or se~:~ ~'~2~e. Casing joints and
connections are to be secured s~d covered as pipes.
Section !5. Headers. VYnenever it is necessary, installing or altering sn~ warm
air heating plant, to cut joists or summorting members, promer headers ska].i be m~t in,
and additional supports shall be provided when ~ecessary to vrevent wesl~enin~f of the
struct~e, in a monner subject to the approval of the Building Inspector.
Section t7. Validity. Should any section, clause or Vrovision of this or~]i~Yance
be he~d u~.coustitutiona! or invalid by shy co~t, ~1i other sections, .clauses and pro-
visions shsl! nevertheless be d~emed as effective as tkoueh such unconstitutional or
inv~tid sectioa, ciaus~ or mrovision had never ~een inserted in~"~ ordinance.
Section 18. P. ena!t~[. ~y ~erson, firm or cor~3orstion who shall viol.ate any ~ro-
vision of this ordin~nce ~ ~' ' ~
s~s .~ be su~ect upon conviction thereof to a fine of not less
than Five (~S.O0) ~o!l~rs nor more than One H~ldred ($100.00} Dollars, or to ~-' ~ '-
by impriso~neht not exceed, lng ninety daFs.
Section~19. Time of Takin{ Effect. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force thirty (SO) ~%~s after its eassage.
First Reading: February 26, 1946.
Second. Reading: I,Iarch 12, 1946.
Passed this !2th 5~.y of ~iarch, 1946.
Offered by'..
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
~es:
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