HomeMy WebLinkAbout2099 ORDINANCE NO. 2099
AN ORDINANCE regulating the installation and the use of oil ~urners,
~il storage tanks, oil stoves, oil burning furnaces and other mechanical
d~vices and equipment used to store or burn f~uid fuel; Providing for the
is~aance of permits for and inspection of such installation; Providing
penalties for the ,violation thereof, and repealing ordinances nos. 1324 &
1V79kand all othe~ ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith.
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T~E CITY OF BRE~ERTON ~ES ORDAIN:
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Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation,
to make or install any oil burner, oil storage tank, oil burning stove, oil
burning furnace, or any other device or equipment or combination of devices
or equipment, used or intended to be used, to store or burn liquid fuel, of
whatsoever king or nature or for whatever purpose, in or about any dwelling
house, hotel, apartment house, store, factory, or other structure within
the corporate limits of t~e City of Bremerton, without having secured from
the City of Bremerton, a permit therefor. The permit shall be issued Oy
th~ City Building Inspector. The approval of the City Building Inspector
shall be secured as follows:
A written application for a permit to install such liquid fuel burning
devices or equipment shall be filed with the Building Inspector of the City
of Bremerton, on a form approved by said Inspector, which shall contain
complete data regarding such installation, together with a copy of the
specifications and directions of the manufacturer of each unit of tb_e pro-
posed installation.
The said inspector shall have the right to require the filing of
additional data regarding said proposed installation, if he does not deem
the application as originally filed to be complete. If the Building
Inspector believes the proposed installation conforms with the provisions
of this ordinance, he shall issue the said permit; otherwise he shall reject
the application and notify the person, firm or corporation applying for the
permit, of such rejection, and the reason or reasons therefor. Any person
feeling aggrieved by such rejection shall have the right of appeal to the
City Council by filing with the Council and the Building Inspector, duplicate
copies of an appeal, in writing, anr~ the City Council shall set a date Z~or
the hearing of such appeal within ten (10) days from the filing thereof.
Section 2. After the shall have been made pursuant to
such permit, and while the said fuel burning equipment remains
uncovered and all parts thereof' are plain view and can be readily
inspected, the person, firm, or corpo to whom such permit was issued,
shall notify the Fire Chief of the Cit of Bremerton, who shall inspect such
installation personally or by a duly ~horized representative, within
twenty-four (24) hours after such no ation.
Section 3. Any and all fluid fuel ?ning equipment described herein
shall be installed in accordance with the cifications and directions of
the manufacturer of such equipment.
Section 4. The issuance of a permit as ereinbefore set forth shall
not be considered a substitute for the is of an electrical permit,
under the Electrical Code of the City of B on, and any person, firm or
corporation, installing fluid fuel burning as hereinbefore
described, which is operated by electricity or uires any type of elect-
rical connection for the operation thereof, shall in addition to the permit
herein referred to, secure a permit in conformance th the ordinances of
the City of Bremerton relating to permits for ele wiring and electrical
installations.
Section 5. Any and al~ fluid fuel burning floor ~urnaces installed in
the City of Bremerton shall be so installed that there ~hall be at least
t~elve (12) inches of open space between the bottom of t~e furnace and the
g~ound level below the bottom of the furnace. Such groun~ spac[ to be
covered with concrete and carried up the sides above groun~ surrounding
slab, with enough room to keep clean and so there will be a~ ooening on
the o~tside of the building, whereby easy entrance and exit ~a~ be obtained,
through said opening to the furnace approximately three (3) f~et square.
The distance to such furnace shall not be more than twenty (209 feet, from
the opening, with an overall clearance between the bottom of t~ floor joists
and the ~,round level of at least three (3) feet. The space between the joist
h ' ~"
and the furnace casing s all be covered w~th ~ asbestos mill bo~d or equal.
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Section 8. Fuel tanks of an~ and all fluid fuel burning stoves or
heaters, where such tanks are an mntegral part of such stove-or furnace,
shall not have a capacity in excess of six (6) gallons, and no ta~s~or
containers used, or intended to be used, as a container of fluid fuel~ havin~
a~.¢apacity in excess of ten (10) gallons, shall be permitted above the
fivst floor of any building; and for the purpose of~ this ordinance a
bas~ment or cellar of any building, where a basement or cellar exists,
shai{~\~ be considersd the first floor of such building.
~n cases where a tank or container of not more than ten (10) gallons
capaci~y, not an integral part of a stove or furnace, is used as a container
for flPSd fuel, to supply a stove or furnace above the ~first floor of any
or container shall be located not more than three (3)
building~ such tank
feet from the stove or furnace which it serves.
SectiO~ 7. Above Ground 0il Storage Tanks.
Not moB~ than one (110) gallon gravity tank or one (~$) gallon drum
shall be allgwed in the number one and two fire zones for each fluid fuel
burning device, and no more than one (110) gallon tank or two ($5) gallon
drums shall be~-allowed in the number thr~ Fir~ Zone for each £1ui~ fu~l
ourning device~ No more than one (110) gallon tank or one ~7~ gallon tank
or two ($~) gallon drums shall be allowed outsid~ of Fire Zones (1-~-~).
According to the specifications above.
Ail tanks shall be constructed in accordance with ~he requirements
of The National Board of Fire Underwriters, and bear the UL label: Except
the (~8) gallon drums. The tanks in this section mentioned may be located
in basements if they are encased in concrete, back filled with sand, and
filled and vented from the outside of the building in Fire Zones number one,
two, and three, N.B.F.U. Specifications to be followed on concrete encase-
ment for tanks, and in other areas without concrete encasement ii' tanks are
located at least (5) feet from any source of open flame. Tank mountings
in Fire Zones one and two, are to be on concrete or brick saddle type and
protected from mechanical damage by barrier of strength equivalent to a
six inch steel pipe set in concrete (30) inches below the ground and (30)
inches above the ground; Except the (55) gallon drum which may be mounted
on the building with metal rack, when not subject to mechanical damage.
Tank mountings in other areas may be of either (l~) inch pipe standard
or of concrete or brick saddle type, tank locations shall be according to
zoning ordinance.
Specifications or tank mountings For (ll0) gallon or (275) gallon
tanks shall have a 4" thick concrete slab under the tank that extends (12)
inches horizontally beyond the outline of the tank in all dire~'tions,
concrete or brick saddles or pipe standards to conform to diagram furnished
when permit is issued.
Tanks or drums mentioned herein shall have vents of not less than
l~ inch with approved type venting hood, all tanks and dr~nns to have top
of tank fill pipes and vents, such fill and vent pipes shall be at least
(2) feet vertically or horizontally from a~ny building opening. Approval
of location and size of tanks shall be given by the Fire Department in
Fire Zgnes one, two and three.
Section 5. Height of Tanks:
The top of the tank s~mll not be more tha~ six (6) feet above the
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control valve on the fluid burnin~ device, nor ~hall the ~o s
than one foot above the control valve on the fluid burning device.
Section 9. Under Ground Storage Tanks:
Shall conform to requirements of pamphlets #3Ik of the National Board
of Fire Underwriteys.
Section 10. The rules and regulations 0y the Na~onal Board of Fire
Underwriters now on file and as the same may be hereaf~er amended, be and
the same are hereby adopted in detail, as the rules and~regulations to be
enforced in the City-of Bremerton, in regard to the manner and method of
installation of liquid fuel burning equipment and thesto~age thereof;
and said rules and regulations shall govern the Building~~t~I~spector and the
Fire Chief of the City of Bremerton in the issuance of perm~ts and approval
of installations herein referred to. It shall be unlawful tp use or
cause to be used any liquid fuel burning equipment that has b'.ecome unsafe,
or is in imminent danger of becoming unsafe, through leaks or'~0ther causes,
after twenty-four (24) hours notice of the unsafe condition by.the Fire
Chief or his representative to the person in charge of the premises where
such equipment is in use.
Said notice shall be in writing and shall be posted conspicuously on
or near the supply or storage tanks where the liquid fuel is kept'~and
delivered to the person in charge of the premises. Thereafter, un~l
said notice has been revoked, it shall be unlawIul for any person e~gaged
in selling or distributing liquid fuel to place such fuel in such ta~ks
without a permit from the Fire Chief to so do. Whenever, upon inspec\tion,
the Fire Chief determines any liquid fuel 'burning device or equi~ment\to
be safe, it shall be his duty to affix to or near the storage tanks wh~re
the fuel is kept, a notice of his approval.
Section 11. Any member of the Fire Department of the City of
deemed the authorized representative of the Fire Chief\
Bremerton shall be '
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of the City of Bremerton, for any purposes set forth in this ordinance.
Section 12. PER~[IT FEES, REQUIRED BY THIS ORDINANCE ARE:
Oil burning heater or range and barrels ....
Tan~ or barrels ................
Furnace and ducts ............... ~2.00
Floor furnace, no ducts ............ ~2.00
Conversion burner ............... $2.00
Burner and tank ................ $$.00
Pressur~ burner ..... · , .......... ~1.00
Section 13. Penalty. Any person who shall violate any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be ~eemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished'h~ a fine of not more than $300.00 or
by imprisonment in the City Jail for a '~t~rm not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. '~
APPROVED on first reading this 12th day~f January, 1955.
PASSED on second reading by the City Counc.~t~ of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested 0y the City Cler~,~in authentication of such
passage this 19th day of January, 1955. ·
SJ W. YOWE~L, Mayor
ATTEST:
E.H~ T.' ~'iC GO,fAN,' City Clerk-