928 - Mechanical - Building Department - Jurisdiction/Control Over Air Conditioning/Refrigeration/Heating/Ventilating Work/IncineratorsORDINANCE NO. ?a
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THERE IS HEREBY AN ORDINANCE CREATED BY THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA TO BE ENTITLED MECHANICAL. A SECTION IN THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT WITH JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OVER AIRCONDITIONING,
REFRIGERATION, HEATING, VENTILATING WORK AND INCINERATORS: PRE-
SCRIBING STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INSTALLATION, REPAIR,
MAINTENANCE AND ALTERATION FOR REMOVAL OF ALL SUCH ITEMS;
PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF INSPECTORS AND PRESCRIBING THEIR
DUTIES;,.,CREATING A BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS
AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT, MEETINGS, DUTIES, AND POWERS:
PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGUALTIONS FOR FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND
CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY, CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS, CLASSIFICA-
TIONS OF CONTRACTOR'S CERTIFICATE FEES, PRESCRIBING PROCEDURE
FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY, ASSIGNMENT OF
REGISTRATION NUMBER FOR CERTIFICATE HOLDER, REQUIRING PLACING OF
SIGNS ON BUSINESS VEHICLES USED BY CONTRACTORS: REQUIRING THE
SECURING OF PERMITS BEFORE PERFORMANCE OF WORK AND PAYMENT OF
FEES THEREFOR: PRESCRIBING GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF PERMITS,
AND PRESCRIBING .PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS,
REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA
Section 1. Mechanical Section created.
There is hereby created within the Building Department under the
direction and supervision of the Chief Building Official, a section
to be known as the mechanical section, which section, under the
direct supervision of the Chief Building Official, shall have
jurisdiction and control over all air conditioning, refrigeration,
heating, ventilating and incinerator work hereinafter referred to as
mechanical work, consisting of all mechanical systems and devices
within the City which installation are under the supervision and
control of the Board of Adjustments and Appeals, hereafter referred
to as the Board.
Section 2. Appointment of Inspectors; Duties.
The City of Edgewater, Florida shall employ such inspectors as required,
who shall be qualified in accordance with the provisions of this section.
The Chief Building Official shall have the following powers to direct
and supervise these inspectors in the performance of the following duties
in accordance with this Ordinance.
a) To enforce the provisions of this Code;
b) To inspect all mechanical work within the City;
c) To issue permits and collect the prescribed fees therefor in
accordance with this Code;
d) To report to the Chief Building Official any evidence which may
come to his attention as a violation of any of the provisions of
this Code by any mechanical contractors;
e) To inspect all mechanical installations, devices and appliances
within the City in accordance with this Code;
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f) To pass on all submitted;
g) To require such changes or alterations as deemed necessary to
eliminate any existing hazardous conditions when the same is
dangerous to life or property and shall prohibit the operation of
such systems until such hazard is removed;
h) To carry out and perform such additional powers and duties as shall be
prescribed by this section.
Section 3. Qualifications of Inspectors; Assistants.
The inspector and his assistants must have received a Class " A"
Certification of Competency. in accordance with this Code,. or approved
by the Board of Appeals.
Section 4. Mechanical Contractor defined.
The word "Mechanical Contractor" when used in this Code shall mean
any person who in any capacity undertakes or offers to undertake or
purports to have the capacity to undertake, or accepts any order or
contract either on a fixed sum, cost plus a percentage, or fixed
fee, or any combination thereof, or submits a bid to install, extend,
alter, repair, maintain, or move any mechanical apparatus, or any
device in connection therewith, for air conditioning, heating
ventilating, refrigeration or incinerators, including any person who
for a salary, fixed, fee, wages by the day, or for any compensation,
agrees with the owner, tenent, occupant, or agent of any property
to do any of the foregoing, or have the same done when any part
of such shall be compensation for the supervision, direction, or
inspection but shall not include any persons employed by an owner,
tenant,, occupant, or agent to perform unskilled labor only under the
direction of the owner, tenant, occupant or agent.
Section 5. Journeyman Installer defined.
The word "Journeyman Installer" when used in this Code shall be
determined to mean a person who possesses the necessary qualified
training and technical knowledge to install, extend, alter, repair,
maintain or remove any mechanical apparatus, or device in connection
therewith, for air conditioning, heating ventilating, refrigeration or
incinerators, and who is qualified under the terms and provisions of
this Code and shall have capacity of doing mechanical work under the
supervision of a Mechanical Contractor according to the plans and
specifications furnished to him and in accordance with the rules and
regulations governing mechanical installations within the limits of this
Code. A -licensed mechsAidal'. contractor or journeyman installer shall
be required on each job where a permit is required.
Section 6. Certificate of Competency, License required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business or act in
the capacity of a mechanical contractor or journeyman installer within the
City of Edgewater without first obtaining a certificate of comptetency
and an occupational license where required.
Section 7. False advertising prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, other than a
certified and licensed Mechanical Contractor to expose a sign "Mechanical
Contractor1- and.use -�ahy other advertising., implying that the firm or
corporation is a licensed Mechanicai Contractor in the City of Edgewater.
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Section 8. Permitting false use of license or name .
It shall be unlawful for a contractor to lend his license, or to take
a permit in his name for the use of any other person or to allow the
use of his name directly or indirectly for the purpose of obtaining
a permit.
Section 9. Contractors and Journeyman to be Examined and Certified.
All persons desiring to engage in the business or act in the capacity
of a contractor or journeyman within the City shall first obtain a
Certificate of Competency and satisfy the Board of Appeals, of his
character and integrity. Pass a written examination prepared, graded
and proctored by H. H. Block and Associates of Gainesville, Florida,
and receive a Certificate of Competency. The written examination
shall be such as to test the applicant's knowledge of the fundamentals
of air conditioning, refrigeration, heating, ventilating and incinerators
and the installing of same, the provisions of this Code, the basic
structural layouts of frame and.masonry buildings and the adopted
standards of construction to determine whether or not the applicant is
competent to do and supervise the doing to the class of mechanical
work for which a Certificate is sought.
Mechanical Contractor. The term "Mechanical Contractor" as used in
this code shall be held to mean a person who possesses the necessary
qualifications, training and technical knowledge to plan, layout and
supervise the installation of air conditioning, heating, refrigeration
and incinerators as covered by the provisions of this Code.
Mechanical Contractors who are successful bidders on public works to be
built or constructed by the United States Government or any agency
thereof, The State, the County of Volusia, the County School Board, any
city or any other political subdivision, may perform such public works
contract without complying'with the terms of the Code other than to
pay to the City Auditor and Clerk any amount required for a first year
occupational license applicable for the particular job for which
building permit is issued.
An initial certificate of competency as a mechanical contractor or
journeyman installer shall be issued without further examination to any
person who has taken and passed a written examination for such trade or
occupation prepared, and graded by the H. H. Block and Associates, Gaines
ville, Florida, and who holds a current certificate of competency from
a City which has a mechanical ordinance with jurisdiction and control
over air conditioning, refrigeration, heating, ventilating work and
incinerators similar to that of Volusia County and which grants
reciprocity of Volusia County certificates of competency for such trades.
To secure a certificate the applicant shall furnish to the'mechadicai
inspector'of the County of Volusia g photostatic copy..ofhis current
competency certificate and a certificate from the Chief Administrator's
Office of the City issuing such certificate that the applicant has
taken and passed the appropriate H. H. Block and Associates of
Gainesville, Florida, examination for mechaincal contractors and that
such city has a mechanical code substantially similar to that of the
City of Edgewater and grants reciprocity to Edgewater's certification
of competency for mechanical contractors and journeyman installers.
Section 10. Classification of Mechanical Contractors.
There shall be separate examinations for the classes of contractors as
defined herein. Contractors shall be classified as follows:
1) Class "A^ - Mechanical Contractor unlimited, who shall participate
in all types of installations, or altering and repairing of air
conditioning, heating,:.mechanical..refrigeratton incinerators anQ
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ventilation equipment, and/or their component parts or controls.
2) Class "B" - Mechanical contractor limited, who shall be permitted
to install, alter, or repair air conditioning, heating mechanical
refrigeration, and/or ventilation equipment where no component exceeds
25 HP, where total aggregate tonnage is not over 100 compressor HP
where warm air furnaces do not exceed 450,000 BTU per hour input rating.
3) Class "C" - Mechanical repair and service contractor limited, who
shall be permitted to repair and serve only systems if covered under
Class "B" above.
4) Class "D" - Mechanical contractor limited, who shall be permitted to
install, alter, or repair heating equipment only where no component
exceeds 150.000 BTU per hour input rating.
Section 11. Application and certificate to show class.
The applicant shall specify:. in'.his application,the.classiof..contractor
for which he seeks a certificate of competency and each certificate
of competency shall show the class of contractor for which the holder
is certified.
Section 12. Certificate Fee; Renewals
Before the issuance of the certificate of competency for either an initif
fee or renewal; a fee shall be paid to the City Clerk, said sum in turn
to be deposited in the City's General Fund, Ten Dollars ($10.00) for
Classes "A", "B", and "C" and Five Dollars ($5.00) for Class "D`.' and
journeyman installer. Licenses are due and payable on October 1st of
each year. If the holder of a valid certificate of competency fails
to renew such certificate while the said certificate is in effect, but
files an affidavit with the City Clerk on or before July 15th of the
next ensuing year, setting forth the reasons for this failure to so
renew the certificate as required, herein, the Board of Appeals may,
by unanimous vote, determine that the said affidavit stated good and
sufficient cause to excuse the failure to so renew the certificate,
and may thereafter, by unanimous vote, authorize and direct the
reissuance of thecertificate of competency upon the condition that said
applicant shall forthwith purchase the necessary occupational license
for a full year and upon such other reasonable terms and conditionsyand
as'-the'-said_t6ardtof,:Appeal s--may:deaira=to iiupose.-and without requiring
the said applicant to pass the examination aforesaid.
Section 13. Certification of existing mechanical contractors.
All persons now lawfully engaged in the business or acting in the
capacity of a contractor, currently holding an occupational license in
the City of Edgewater shall before the issuance of a certificate of
competency make application for the class of certificate for work for
which they are now ceritified but shall not be required to take a
written examination. Classes "A","B","C" and "D" contractors who
have been actively engaged in their respective class of work during
the past three (3) years and who shall make affidavit to the effect
shall be issued"the respective certificate without written examination
but subject to approval and classification by the Board of Appeals.
All persons now acting in the capacity of a journeyman installer shall
make application for journeyman certificate within sixty (60) days
after enactment of this Code to the Board of Appeals and shall be
issued the respective certification without examination subject to
approval of the Board of Appeals.
Section 14. Procedure and eonditions for certification by firms.
An occupational license may be issued to a firm or corporation in
accordance with the following procedure and upon the following
conditions:
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a) The individual taking the examination on behalf of any firm or
corporation must be an active partner, officer, or full-time
salaried employee of the firm or corporation and said individual shall
file an application in the same form as other applicants, except
that said application shall also show the name of the firm or
corporation for which he is seeking a certificate of competency.
b) The occupational license, if issued, shall be in the name of the
firm or corporation but shall show on its face the name of the individual
upon whose competency it is issued.
c) An occupational license issued under subsection (b) shall be valid
only so long as the individual k shall remain in or with the firm or
corporation in the capacity required by subsection (a).
d) It shall be unlawful for the individual upon whose competency a
certificate is issued to a firm or corporation to sever his active
connection with said firm or corporation without first notifying the
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e) It shall be unlawful for any firm or corporation to fail to give
notice to the Building Department within five (5) calendar days after
the person upon whose strength the certificate of competency was
issued to such firm or corporation has severed his connection with
such firm or corporation or is no longer acting in the capacity required
in subsection (a).
f) The firm or corporation to whom an occupational license'was
issued upon the competency of an individual who is no longer acting
in the capacity required by sub -section (a) hereof shall, if such
firm or corporation has complied with subsection (a) hereof, surrender
such certificate and designate some other qualified individual to
take an examination. Application and fee must be made in conformance
with Section 10 of this Code. If such individual qualifies, no
payment of additional occupational license fee for the current year
will be required.
Section 15. Records of contractors
The chief building official shall assign to each holder of a
certificate of competency a permanent number and shall keep a register
of certificate holders showing such number, and class of certificate,
the date and basis of any revocation, the date and basis of any
violation or complaint, the date of expiration of any certificate not
renewed within the time herein required and the date of any
re-examination or re -qualification after expiration or revocation of
such holders certificate.
Section 16. Sign required on service or installation vehicle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any service vehicle in the
business or in the capacity of contractor unless the vehicle or
vehicles are identified with the name of the company in letters a
minimum of two (2) inches in height.
Section 17. Revocation of certificates - Grounds.
The Board shall have the power to revoke the certificate of competency
and it shall be the duty of the Board to revoke the certificate in
any case whereone or more of the following grounds shall exist, to -wit:
a) Misrepresentation of any material fact in the application for a
certificate or for a permit;
b) Performance of mechanical work in a negligent, incompetent, or
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unworkmanlike manner; -
c) Engaging in the business of acting in the capacity of a contractor
without a valid city occupational license.
d) Contracting in a name other than the registered with the Chief
Building Official;
e) Misrepresenting the requirements of this Code regulating mechanical
work in order to obtain or increase the scope of the work in any
contract or mechanical work;
f) Allowing any person to do mechanical work under a permit obtained
by said certificate holder when said person is not working both under
supervision of said certificate holder and as a regular employee of
the contractor in whose name the permit is issued.
g) Or, violation of any section of this ordinance.
Section 18. Investigation and report by mechanical inspector.
At anytime that it shall come within the ascertainment of the inspector
that any of the foregoing grounds for revocation may exist as to any
contractor or journeyman it shall be the duty of said inspector to make
a fullfact-gatheringinvestigation and file with the Board a written
report thereof together with a statement as to whether or not such
ground does exist; and in the event that it shall come within the
ascertainment of the Board that any such ground exists as to any
contractor or journeyman the Board may order the inspector to make
such investigation and report.
Section 19. Notice of Hearing.
At any time the report of the inspector shall show the existence of
one or more grounds for revocation or there is filed with the Board
the complaint of any person alleging the existence of any such grounds,
it shall be the duty of the Board to order the inspector to serve
upon the alleged violator a notice of the alleged grounds for
revocation and of the time, date and place of a hearing before the
Board thereupon, which notice shall be served not less than ten (10)
nor more than thirty (30) days prior to said hearing. The alleged
violator shall have the right to appear at such hearing, be represented
by counsel, produce evidence, and cross-examine witnesses.
Section 20. Action By Board.
If after such hearing, the Board shall determine that one or more of
the above grounds for revocation exist, it shall enter a written order
signed by the chairman revoking the certificate of the violator. When
such certificate has been suspended or revoked by said Board, the City
Auditor and Clerk of the City shall likewise suspend or revoke any
occupational or business license dependent upon such valid certificate.
The affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the Board
shall be required for suspension or revocation of a certificate of
competency.
If any person feels aggrieved at a decision of the Board of Appeals
for Mechanical Contractors, the Chief Building Official, or the
mechanical inspector in refusing to grant such person the right to
take examinations, or in refusing to grant such person after he has
passed proper examination, a license, permit or certificate of
competency to carry on or engage in the trade, business or occupation
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of mechanical contractor or journeyman installer, or in revoking or
suspending a license permit or certificate of competency; such person
may appeal to the Board of City Council of the City of Edgewater
within ten (10) days after such decision. Within fifteen (15) days
from the filing of a notice of appeal with the Board of City Commissioner,
the person aggrieved shall be informed of the decision of the Board of
City Commissioners.
Section 21. Re -certification within one year.
No certificate shall again be issued for a period of one year to such
person, or the firm or corporatj.on licensed upon said certificate
except at the discretion of the Board.
Section 22. Permits Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to do any mechanical work within
the scope of this Code in the City of Edgewater without first obtaining
a permit therefor from the City, except when the installation consists
of the following:
a) Air cooled self-contained air conditioning units, less than one (1)
horse power not attached to ducts.
b) Air cooled self-contained refrigeration equipment for meat, dairy,
and food commodities of one HP or less.
c) Repairs and service to an existing installation up to $500.00 on
commerical and $150.00 on residential, on any one job.
But such exemptions shall apply only the requirement for a permit, and
the installation or alteration shall be made in conformity with this
Code.
Section 23. Conditions, form for issuance of permits.
No permit shall be issued until the fees therefore have been paid to
the City of Edgewater all permits shall be issued in writing upon forms
provided therefor by the City of Edgewater, Florida.
Section 24. Permits not transferable; subsequent permits for same work.
No permit shall be transferable and the issuance of a permit:.for
certain work shall not preclude the issuance of a subsequent permit
for the same work.
Section 25. Persons qualified for permits.
No permit shall be issued except to person, to -wit:
a) A person who holds a certificate of competency for the work permitted.
b) Any person regularly employed as a maintenance man by one owner,
occupant or tenant or any commerical or industrial building or buildings
of which his employer is sole owner, tenant or occupant and which such
maintenance man is duly registered in writing with the Building
Department and who possesses a certificate of competency for the class
of work proposed. (Qualifications same as for journeyman instailer.)
c) Any person who is the bona fide owner of a single family dwelling
in which he resides or intends to immediately reside and who.sliall do
all the work himself, shall be governed by the regulations set forth
in this code.
Section 26. Special approval required for dangerous refrigerants.
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No permit for a refrigeration system containing toxic, flammable,
or explosive refrigerant shall be issued and no such system shall
be installed until the approval of the inspector has been given
upon submission of acceptable evidence that no public hazard
will thereby be created.
Section 27. Revocation of permits - Grounds.
All permits issued under this Code shall be revocable by the
Building Department at any stage of the work upon the following
grounds:
a) The permit was issued by mistake of law or fact.
b) The permit is for work which violates the provisions of this
Code
c)
The
permit
was issued upon misrepresentation by
the applicant.
d)
The
permit
violates any ordinance of the City.
e) The work is not being performed in accordance with the provisions
of this Code.
f) The certificate of competency upon which said permit was
issued has become invalid by reason of expiration or otherwise.
g) The work is not being performed upon the supervision of the
holder of the certificate of competency upon which the same was
issued.
h) The work is not being done in accordance with the terms of
the permit or the applications upon which the same was issued.
Section 28. Notice; effect; hearing.
The inspector shall issue and serve upon the permittee written
notice of such revocation and the grounds therefor and it shall
be unlawful for the permittee or any other person with knowledge
of such revocation to continue such work thereafter until said
permit is reinstated or a new permit issued.
Any person who may be aggrieved by any ruling or order of the
inspector shall have the right to request by written notice to the
Board, a hearing to be held within ten days in order to adjudicate
the dispute. The petitioner shall have the right to be represented
by counsel, to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
Section 29. Permit card required; posting.
The inspector shall issue with each permit a notice thereof in the
form of a card showing the issuance of a permit, the number thereof,
the date of issuance, the premises for which issued and the name
of the person to whom issued, and it shall be unlawful to commence
work without first having posted such card in a prominent place
upon the premises upon which the work is to be done, so that such
card may be readily seen from the street upon which such premises _
face and abut and it shall be unlawful for any person to remove
said card either during the progress of the work.
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Section 30. Scope, effect of permits.
The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and
specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit
for/or an approval of any violation of any of the provisions of
this code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or
cancel the provisions of this code shall be valid, except so far
as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful. The issuance
of a permit upon plans and specifications shall not prevent the
inspector from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in
such plans and specifications or from prohibiting the starting
or continuance of work thereunder when in violation of this code
or of other provisions in this code.
Section 31. Expiration of permits.
Every permit issued by the inspector under the provisions of this
code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the
work authorized thereby is not commenced within ninety (90) days
from the date of such permit or if the work authorized by such
permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of sixty (60) days
at any time after the work is commenced, except for delays where
occasioned by Acts of God, or other causes beyond its control;
before such work can be commenced or completed a new permit shall
first be obtained therefor upon payment of the fees for the work
to be done as for an origional permit.
Section 32. Application for permit.
Application for permit shall be submitted on forms provided by
the Building Department, and shall be accompanied by sufficient
description to clearly define the intended work. Where the
installation oralteration of a system consists of components in
excess of twenty-five (25) tons and where the total aggregate
tonnage is over one hundred (100) compressor tons and where warm
air furnaces exceed 450,000 BTU per hour input rating. Drawings
shall be prepared by a professional engineer.
Section 33. Engineer. Drawings.
Drawing accompanying the application shall contain the following
data as a minimum:
a) Plan view drawn to a scale not less than one -eighth (1/8") inch
to the foot, except that where a dimension of the buildings exceeds
two hundred (200) feet a scale of one -sixteenth (1/16) inch to the
foot may be used, showing the location and interconnection of all
equipment, duct work, fire dampers, air outlets and returns,
plenums, piping, auxiliaries and safeties, vertical shafts and
ducts, fans, etc., prepared in such a manner and containing such
large scale partial plans and details as to clearly set forth the
scope and intent of the work described in the application, and to
permit an evaluation of the system as to safety and compliance with
this code.
b) Plan indicating the placement of all buildings on the sites,
the location of the property lines and the location and placement
of all equipment and accessories on the site external to the
buildings, including any inter -connection by piping or other means.
c) Schematic or isometric diagram of all field -installed piping
for water, steam, gas and/or refrigerant related to systems installed
under this code, showing quantity, pressure, temperature and nature
of materials conveyed, sized and materials of piping, valving,
safeties and accessories to be installed.
d) Type and capacities of all equipment, including electrical
requirements.
e) Name of person responsible for the preparation of the drawings,
name of person or party for whom the proposed work is to be performed,
and street address of the property on which the proposed work is to be
performed.
If requested by the inspector, applicant for permit shall furnish
not more than two copies of calculations relative to the system
or part thereof, including structural supports, to indicate
compliance with code requirements.
Section 34. It shall be the duty of the inspector to make an initial
inspection of all apparatus or d6vices that are to be concealed
before concealment and to inspect such mechanical system upon its
completion within twenty-four (24) hours after notification by the
person, firm or corporation making the installation, exclusive of
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and shall leave proper notice of
inspection attached to equipment.
Section 35. Concealment prior to inspection.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permanently conceal any
part of a mechanical installation in a building or structure until
the inspector has made an initial inspection and left upon the
premises a notice of compliance.
Section 36. Correction, reinspection of violations.
In the event the inspector upon said initial inspection shall find
said work not in compliance with the code, the person doing said work
shall promptly do everything necessary to bring said work within the
requirements of this code. The inspector shall then, upon notice
from such person, re -inspect said work and shall make as many
re -inspections thereafter as shall be necessary.
Section 37. Final inspections.
After notice of compliance following the initial inspection, or
re -inspection, the person doing the work shall complete the full
work and then make a request for final inspection. The inspector
shall then make final inspection and if the work complies he shall
attach to the equipment a duly authenticated tag showing the work
t6 be complete in accordance with this code. If the inspector upon
final inspection shall find said work not in compliance with the
provisions of this code he shall notify the person doing the work
specifying in what particulars said work fails to comply and the
person doing the work shall make the same conform to such requirements
and request a final re -inspection. The inspector shall make as
many re -inspections as shall be necessary before he shall issue a
final notice of compliance.
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Section 38. Disconnecting dangerous installations.
At any time the inspector shall find an existing installation upon
or within any premises so dangerous as to place persons or property
in imminent danger of injury or damage, so that an emergency is
created, the inspector shall forthwith disconnect the same from
service. It shall be unlawful for any person to re -connect such device
or apparatus until the same has been made safe and written author- _.
ization has been obtained from the inspector.
Section 39. Applicability A building regulations.
All installations necessitating building alterations shall be
subject to the provisions of the City building code and a separate
building permit shall be required.
Section 40. Applicability of electrical regulations.
All electrical wiring shall be subject to the provisions of the
City electrical code and a separate electrical permit shall be
required.
Section 41. Applicability of plumbing and gas regulations.
All piping of potable water, gas supply to equipment and final
connections to sanitary sewer, and all gas operated devices or
equipment shall be subject to the provisions of the City plumbing
and gas code and a separate permit shall be required.
Section 42. Permit fee when other permits required.
In any case where an installation is subject to an inspection and
permit from any of the above -mentioned bureaus, the cost of that
part of the installation for which a permit is issued by the said
department shall not be included in the mechanical permit which
shall be issued by the building department.
Section 43. Air conditioning, heating and refrigeration:
Consideration as to location to minimize noise nuisance.
When any air conditioning, heating and refrigeration machinery
is installed, special consideration shall be given to the location
of such units to minimize the noise nuisance.
Prior to the issuance of a permit for all new installations,
the mechanical inspector shall inspect the premises and advise the
installer that careful consideration should be given to its
location to minimize the. noise.
Based upon a written complaint from adjacent neighbors, some means
of baffling, approved by the mechanical inspector, by using
acoustics or other approved methods to reduce the noise of these
units in a reasonable fashion by absorbing or reflecting the noise
in a direction which would be less objectionable to all concerned,
may be required by the mechanical inspector.
Section 44. _The following standards are hereby adopted as part
of this code and supplement, but do not supersede the specific
requirements set forth herein:
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a) The American Standard Associations' Safety Code of Mechanical
Refrigeration, A.S.A. B9 1-1953 and subsequent additions or
corrections thereto.
b) The National Board of Fire Underwriters Pamphlet 90A, Air
Conditioning and Ventilating Systems of other than residential
type, August 1955, and subsequent additions or corrections thereto.
c) The National Board of Fire Underwriters Pamphlet 90B, Residential
Type Warm Air Heating and Airy Conditioning Systems, August, 1955,
and subsequent additions or corrections thereto.
d) The American Standards Association Code for Pressure Piping,
A.S.A. B311-1955 and subsequent additions or corrections thereto.
e) The guide published by the American Society of Heating and
Air Conditioning Engineers shall be accepted as a standard of -
good practice, as now published or as subsequently amended.
f) A.S.M.E. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, as now published
and subsequently amended.
Section 45. Definitions.
Air Conditioning System is defined as a system by which the
temperature, humidity, distribution and purity of air are affected
for the comfort of people or the processing of materials.
Refrigeration system is defined as a system by which the temperature
of a material or product is reduced below that of the surrounding
substances by means of mechanical and/or chemical processes to
obtain such reduction in temperature.
Refrigeration equipment is defined as any part of a refrigeration
system.
Commercial refrigeration is defined as any size or type unit used
for the extraction of heat, including the preparation and pre-
servation of food and other similar commodities as an aid or a
part of a chemical process.
Domestic refrigeration is defined as a self-contained factory -
assembled, single unit refrigerator of twenty cubic feet or less
of mechanical refrigerated space, generally known as a domestic
appliance and shall be exempt from all the provisions of this code.
Readily accessible. Capable of being reached quickly for operation,
renewal, or inspections, without requiring those to whom ready
access is requisite to climb over or remove obstacles.
Servicing is defined to mean and include the cleaning, lubricating,
recharging, pumping down and adjusting necessary to maintain,
in efficient operating condition, a system otherwise in good
condition.
Section 46. Wall and Window Type Air Condition Units.
a) All individual air conditioning units installed in walls or
windows shall be securely anchored to the walls by approved methods.
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Units installed over paths of ingress and egress, or more than ten
feet (10£t.) above grade shall be secured to the structure by
bolts or screws to resist horizontal wind loads.
b) Such units cantilevering more than eight inches (8 in.) on
the exterior of a building shall be supported by steel angle
brackets secured by bolting. Bolts to masonry shall be set in lead
shields or adequately secured.
c) Condensate lines shall terminate at not less than ground level.
d) All air conditioners above one and one-half (1 k) horsepower
shall be provided with a 220 volt receptacle.
Section 47. Waste Condenser Water.
a) Special consideration shall be given to the disposal of waste
condenser water, and means of disposal shall be subject to approval
of the plumbing or mechanical inspectors.
Section 48. Maintenance of systems.
All air conditioning, heating and refrigeration systems shall be
maintained by the user in a clean condition, free from accumulations
of oily dirt, waste and other debris, and shall be kept readily
accessible at all times.
Section 49. Signs or labels required.
a) Each air conditioning, heating or refrigeration system shall
be provided with legible and securely attached permanent label or
sign indicating thereon the name and address of the manufacturer,
the kind and total number of pounds or refrigerant required in
the system for normal operations, and the refrigerant leak
field test pressure applied.
b) It shall be the duty of the person in charge of the premises
on which a refrigeration system containing more than seventy-five
pounds (75 lb.) of refrigerant is installed, to maintain a
conspiciously posted card as near as practicable to the refrigerant
compressor giving directions for the operation of the system, _
including precautions to be observed incase a breakdown or leak
as follows:
1) Instructions for shutting down the system in case of
an emergency.
2) The name, address and day and night telephone numbers
for obtaining service.
3) The name and address of the installer shall be on all
air conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment.
Section 50. Location and access.
a). All air conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment
shall be located so as to be readily accessible for inspection
or repair. To be accessible, such equipment shall have reasonable
and adequate work room on all sides and above and all parts capable
of being readily reached.
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b) Air conditioning equipment shall not be installed in an attic
with less than three feet (3 ft.) clearance. A catwalk around the
conditioner and an electric light must be provided. An exception
is permitted for air handlers if approved by the mechanical
inspector and provided proper access panels are installed for
adequate inspection and repairs. An electric light must be
installed and if necessary, a catwalk shall be provided.
c) Air conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment shall not
be installed in a crawl space underneath the flooring less than
two (2) feet high and above grade.
d) Commercial refrigeration equipment shall not be installed on
the roof or in an attic of a building unless the supporting
structure meets the requirements of the Southern Standard Building
Code and approved by the Building Official.
e) Air Conditioning equipment shall be mounted and installed so
as not to create undue tension, stress, or strain and vibration
resulting in objectionable noise level.
f) Heating and air conditioning supply duct work shall be either
externally or internally insulated with all joints of insulation
properly sealed except when in the air conditional space.
g) An Attic, basement, or concealed space in a building shall not
be used as an integral part of a supply system, unless it conforms
to all requirements for ducts.
h) All commercial air conditioning units installed on roofs shall
be provided with adequate vibration elimination so as not to create
objectionable noise or structrual hazard.
Section 51. Persons violating any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be prosecuted by the City Prosecutor of Edgewater
and upon conviction in a court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors
shall be punished by fine not to exceed Five Hundred ($500.00)
Dollars or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed sixty (60) days
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 52. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances and all Resolutions
or parts of Resolutions in conflict herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Section 53. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption by the City Council and approval by the Mayor at second
reading.
Section 54. The City Clerk is hereby directed to advertise this
Ordinance as required by law.
The first reading of the above Ordinance was read in full and
passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 9 day of
1975 and approved as provided by law.
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The second reading of said Ordinance to be at a
meeting of the City Council to be held on the 12 day of
A.D.,
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ATTEST:
FIRST READING
SECOND READING
City Clerk
1975, roll call vote being as follows:
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This Ordinance was prepared by:
Joseph E. Weaver, City Attorney.
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