Safeguarding Persons and Property and Promoting the Welfare of the Public; Creating the Office Warm Air Heating etc.

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page 1. SECTION I. A. Person as herein used shall include natural persons, firms or corporations, who for a consideration and as independent contractors or employees of independent contractors, do the things and acts included in this ordinance. B. Warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating equipment, systems, inspectors, examining and control boards, licenses or contractors as used herein shall include all devices for warm air heating, residential cooling, humidifying, de- humidifying or ventilating all or parts of any public or private building within the City of South Bend, Indiana and shall include all parts thereof. C. Sheet metal work shall include any and all parts or devices of warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating equipment or systems as above defined which are a part of such systems or connected with them. D. As used in this Ordinance, "reasonably safe to persons and property" as applied to warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating installations and equipment, means safe to use in the service for which the installation or equipment is intended without unnecessary hazard to life, limb or property. SECTION 2c INSPECTOR - QUALIFICATIONS AND APPOINTMENT. There is hereby created the office of Warm Air HeatingP Residential Air Conditioning and ventilating Inspector, hereafter referred to as the Inspector. The person chosen to fill the office of Inspector shall be of good moral characters shad be possessed of such executive ability as is requisite for the performance of his duties and s:a::l have a thorough knowledge of the standard materials and methods used in the installation of warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating equip- ment or system: shall be well versed in approved methods of construction for the safety to persons and property, the Statutes of the State of Indiana relating to warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating work, and any rules, orders and regulations issued by the authority thereof, and the current mana-mls of the National ?farm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Association, 145 Public Square, Cleveland. Ohio and the Guide for Installers as issued by the American Gas Association, and all local regulations and ordinances, shall have had at least six years experience in the lines of warm air heating, residential air conditioning and /or ventilating installation for which he would be responsible as Inspector, or in lieu of such experience shall be a graduate of some recognized Heating, air conditioning and ventilating college or univer- sity, and in addition shall have three (3) years practical experience in warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating installations. The Inspector shall be appointed by the Mayor as provided by law, The Inspector shall have police powers restricted to the enforcement of this Ordinance only. The salary to be paid to the Inspector shall be determined by the Mayor and City Council. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, he shall file a bond in the sum of One Thousand ($$1,000) Dollars payable to the City of South Bend, said bond to be approved by the Mayor and filed with the City Controller and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The Inspector shall also take and subscribe an oath, which together with the certificate of his appointment, shall be filed with the City Clerk. The office of the Inspector shall be combined with the Electrical Inspection Department. SECTION 3. DUTIES OF THE INSPECTOR. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. He shall, upon application grant permits for the in- stallation or alteration of warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating equipment or system, and shall make the inspections of warm air heating, residential air conditioning and ventilating installations, all