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

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for licenses; to issue certificates therefore to qualified applicants who have paid the prescribed fees and to revoke or suspend any license on the grounds set forth in this Ordinance. New licenses or renewals shall not be issued without written approval of the Board. The Board shall supervise the Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilating department. The Board shall establish the necessary rules and standards for the operation of the department, including the standard of inspection, equipment and its installation and the rules for the operation of the department: Continued disregard of instructions by the Board shall be sufficient reason for the Board's recommendation to the Mayor that such employees be discharged. Three (3) members of the Board present at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for any meeting's transaction of business, but any action taken at any meeting shall require the affirmative vote of at least three (3) members. SECTION 7. STANDARDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND VENTILATING EQUIPI�:EATT: All installations of heating, air conditioning and ventilating equipment shall be reasonably safe to persons and property and in con- formity with the provisions of this Ordinance. Conformity of installations of heating, air conditioning and ven- tilating equipment with Ordinance Bind with applicable regulations set forth in the rules, regulations and statutes of the State of Indiana, the current manuals of the National 'Harm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Association, and the Guide for Installers as issued by the American Gas Association and the Local Electrical Ordinance #3913 shall be prima facie evidence that such installations are reasonably safe to porsons and property. The Board shall have the power to grant permits for trial installat- ions of new types of heating, air conditioning or ventilating equipment or any new methods of installing such equipment. All gas equipment must be installed according to the American Gas Association rules and regulations for the particular type of equipment being installed. Gas lines shall be run to within 12" of the gas meters only. Connect- ions into the gas meter by the installing contractor shall be made only with special permission of the Utility and the Inspector. Unless factory assembled within the housing of the unit, main gas shut- off valve shall be located a minimum of four (4) feet above the floor. Rhen gas conversion burners are installed in any type of heating egTip- ment, the bottom of the draft diverter shall be above the highest_ point of the heat exchanger. An approved electric switch shall be installed on heating or air conditioning device or equipment for the purpose of disconnecting all undergrounded conductors. All electrical wiring for heating, air conditioning or ventilating equipment shall be installed by a licensed electrical contractor and in conformity with the local electrical ordinance. A separate electrical circuit of proper voltage and capacity shall be run from the main service to heating and air conditioning equipment. This circuit shall be used for this equipment only. Oil tanks or other equipment shall not be placed within three (3) feet of the electric service fuse panels or breakers.