HomeMy WebLinkAbout2236 ORDINANCE NO. 2238
AN ORDINANCE relating to and regulating the installation and use of
pipes, fixtures and apparatus used or intended to be used to conduct or
consume natural, manufactured or mixed gas in the City of Bremerton, pro-
viding for the issuance of-permits and collection of fees therefor, provid-
ing penalties for the violation thereof and repealing Ordinance Nos. 1617
and 1828o
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section ~.. i~nat two certain documents, three oopies of each which are
on fiIe in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Bremerton, being de-
signated and marked as the "National Bureau of Fire Underwriters Pamphlet
54", dated 1954, and the "American Standard Code for Presaure Piping #ASA B
31.1", dated 1955, respectively, be and the same hereby are, with the follow-
ing additions and addenda, adopted as the gas ordinan~ of the City of Brem-
erton, regulating the installation and use of pipes, Fixtures and apparatus
used or intended to be used to conduct or consume natural, manufactured or
mixed gas, and each and all of the conditions, provisions and regulations,
penalties and terms of the said N.B.F.U. Pamphlet 54 and the Pamphlet #ASA
B 31.1, dated 1955 on file in the office of the City Clerk, are hereby adopt-
ed and made a part hereof as if fully set forth in this ordinance.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, alter or
¥.\repair any gas appliance and/or House Gas Piping in the said City until he
shall first obtain a Gas Appliance Dealer s License from the City Clerk
~~uthorizing him to perform such work by authority of his employer,s license,
provided that said person has passed an examination of competency.
Section 3. No person, firm or corporation shall engage within the cor-
porate limits" of the City of Bremerton in the business of installing, repair-
ing, maintaining gas operated equipment until such person, firm or corpora-
tion shall have filed with the City Clerk an indemnity bond in the sum of
One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars in favor of the City of Bremerton, providing
however, that in lieu of the bond required herein, any licensee hereunder
may submit proof that the City of Bremerton or any of its officers will not
be held responsible by reason of any accident or accidents resulting from
any installatien, maintenance, alteration or repair of any gas equipment, by
carrying liability insurance which shall protect the City in the amount of
Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars damage to any one person, and One Hund-
red ThOusand ($100,000.00) Dollars total damage to property and person per
accident, with surety or sureties to be approved by the City Attorney; con-
ditioned on the faithful observance of this ordinance, and to save and keep
harmless the City of Bremerton, its officials and employees from all damages,
liabilities, losses or judgments that may be recovered against the City by
reason of the negligent installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of
any gas equipment, for a period of one year from the date of the work done
on any gas equipment.
Section 4. The Gas Inspector may issue to an individual not licensed
hereunder a special owner's permit, authorizing said individual to install
gas appliances in or about a dwelling of which said individual is the owner
and resides therein; provided, however, that no such installation authorized
under such special permit shall be done except personally by such owner; if
this oraany other provision hereof shall be violated by the holder~ such
special permit, such permit shall be subject to immediate cancellation by
the Inspector, and the holder thereof shall be liable to the penalty herein-
after provided for violation of this ordinance.
Section 5. Fees for gas appliance permits shall be paid in advance
and shall he computed from the number of such appliances proposed to be in-
stalled, as follows:
~as stoves $ 2.00
~as refrigerators 2.00
gas space heaters
to 70,000 BTU input capacity 2.00
each additional heater 1.00
Gas space heaters over
70,000 BTU input capacity 3.00
each additional heater 1.50
gas hot water tank, residential
up to 60 gallons 1.00
gas hot water tank, commercial
over 60 gallons 4.O0
gas furnaces tu to 180,000 BTU
input capacity 5.00
gas furnaces, 180,000 to 500,000
BTU input capacity 7.50
gas frunaces, 500,000 to 1,000,000
BTU input capacity lO.O0
ORDINANCE NO. 2236 (CON'T)
gas furnaces over 1,000,000 BTU
input capacity 1B.O0
conversion units Same rate as above
small appliances 1.O0
pipe inspection .02 per ft.
for 1st BO ft.
.O1 per ft. over
50 feet
minimum charge 1.O0
call back inspection ~ price
Inspection of used appliances offered for sale, ,first
appliance, $1.00, each additional appliance,
Call back inspection order shall be obtained from the City
Building Department Office.
Section 6. If any portion of this Ordinance be declared invalid or
unconstitutio4al, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions
of this Ordinance which shall continue in full force and effect.
Section 7. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of
the pr°visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding ~300.00 or
by imprisonment in the City Jail for any period not exceeding 90 days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition to fine and imprison-
ment, the license of any person licensed under the terms of this Ordinance
may be suspended or revoked..
Section 8. That Ordinances Nos. 1617 and 1828 be and the same are
hereby repealed.
APPROVED on first reading this 14th day of August, 19B7.
PASSED on second reading by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of
such passage this 21st day of August, 1987.
ATTEST: ~. 0. DOMSTAD,- MAYOR
~:~H.T. McGOWAN, CITY CLERK