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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 0560 ORDINANCE N0. 560 AN ORDINANCE GOVERNINCr THE INSTALLATION, USE, TYPE OF HEATING APPLIANCE, FUEL, OIL AND/OR GA5 FEED LINES, OIL 5TOR4GE, VENTING, AIR SUPPLY, B.T,U. RATINGS, FEES FOR PERMITS: ESTABLISHING MINIANM REGULATIONS FOR INSi'ALLATION5, REPAIRS, REPLACE- MENTS, ALTERATIONS, AND INSPECTIONS THEREOF; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION, AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. SECTION 1. Designation of Ordinance. This ordinance shall be known as the "Heating Ordinanee° of the City of Lynwood, and may be cited as such. To provide for the administration and enforcement of this ordinance, the Building Official of the City of Lynwood is hereby charged with its administration and enforcement. He may appoint assistants or deputies who are qualified to assist him in the discharge of the duties of this office.. SECTION 2. Duties of Building Official Re::, Heating; Code. During regular hours the Building Official shall maintain office hours necessary to efficiently administer the provisions of this code, and shall perform the following duties: 1. Require submission of and examine and check plane and specifications, drarr;ings; and/or diagrams necessary to show clearly the character, type, and extent of heating to be installed and cov- ered by applications for a permit and upon approval thereof shall issue the permit applied for. Fees therefor to be paid to City Clerk's office, but record of said permits to be kept by Building Official. 2. Inspect all heating installations authorized by any per- mit, to insure compliance with provisions of~thia code, approving or condemning such work in whole or in part as conditions require. 3. Issue certificate of approval at correct completion of work. SECTION 3, Whenever brought to the attention of the department that any unsafe, improperly vented or dangerous heating appliance regulated by this code is in use, it shall be the duty of the Building Official and/or his deputy to make thorough inves- tigation, and in the event immediate corrections are not made upon written order of the Building Official within 15 days, to order any person, firm or corporation supplying gas to the appliance or premises to discontinue service until corrections have been made. No further service may then be rendered until written notice so to do has been made by the Building Official. SECTION 4, It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to carry on or engage in the business of heating, in the City of Lynwood, until such time as they have secured proper and current business license to carry on such business. SECTION 5. Permits, Inspections, Teats, 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, whether acting as principal, servant, agent, or employee, to do, or cause, or permit to be done, any gas piping, heating, or instal- lation therefor without first securing a permit from the Building Official covering all phases of the work as shown in the application. 2. Any permit required by this code may be issued to any per- son to do any installation regulated by this code in a single family residence used exclusively by himself, or any of its usual accessory, buildings, provided the person applying for the permit is the bona fide ovmer of the building, and purchases all materials and does all labor connected with the installation. City and State licensed contractor is requirement for all others, 3. Cost of Permit: Hot water heater 1.00 permit plus 25¢ each Floor furnace 1.00 permit plus 25¢ each VTall type heater X1.0.0 permit plus 2$¢ each Circulating heater (forced air) X1.00 permit plus 25¢ each ster Electric wall heater X1.00 ~ permit plus 25¢ ea~h Space heaters a1.00 permit plus 25¢ each Unattached gas O. S, to 10 X1.00; over 10, 10¢ each All permits to be secured before work is started, If work is started before permit is secured, fees shall be double. If any of above are part of original plumbing installation, this schedule will not apply. - 2 - SECTION 6. 1. Before any of the work of any heating installation ie covered, inspection shall be called for and made. It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by the permit to not- ify the Building Official when work is ready for inspection. 2. Any work, materials, or portions of any heating device installed that is not in conformance with the requirements oP this code, shall be promptly removed and replaced according to code re- quirements before other progress will be permitted. SECTION ~. Tupea'. Heating devices shall be divided into the following types and classifications: A. Floor furnaces, including flat type furnaces vrith air in- take and heat outlet flat on the floor, single floor type with cold air intake on floor and heat outlet splayed against wall to a height of not to exceed 20°, dual heaters with 2 floor intakes and 2 heat outlets designed to fit in a wall and throw heat to different rooms or compartments. B. Wall type heaters whose total installation is in the lower portion of partition walls and may be either single, facing one room or duals facing two rooms and installed back to back. C. Forced air heaters, where by means of motor driven fans air is forced through ducts from a central heating plant to various rooms, chambers, or compartments. D. Space heaters, being appliances suspended from rafters or other supporting members with fan circulations. E. Any type of electric heating device. F. Any type of console type gas stove or its comparable counterpart. -3- SECTION 8, Installations. 1. All "A" type heaters shall be installed in a 'Double Frame" pocket in the floor, with full double ,Joists running from bearing to bearing with double headers carrying all tail ,Joists, and double framing around all wall portions affected by the installation, with tail studs set on a minimum of ~" header of full wall width, If by nature of the size, depth or ground level, the furnace or any portion of the piping, combustion chamber, controls or enclos- ure of the furnace is lower than a line 2" above the natural plane of the surface of the earth below the house, such installation shall be protected by a 20 gauge metal (galvanized) pan that is water- tight and has been double-coated with red lead, chromite, or asphaltic base paint, suspended from floor ,Joists, or a water-proof concrete pit which edges shall extend 6" above natural surface, or subgrade. Venting shall be by means of copper or galvanized tubing sloped to the unit on the horizontal run and into a. "tee" set on concrete or brick foundation, thence a perpendicular riser. If horizontal run is 6~0" or longer to the riser, riser may be standard J. M, or equal vent. In all cases where horizontal run is less than 6'0" or vent is run directly from top of heating appliance of dual or single wall type floor furnace, riser vent shall be of "metal-bestos" type, run with 1° clearance to all frame of building to a point 6" above all framing in attic space and thence out with ordinary vent through roof. Top plates of wall affected shall be completely removed stud to stud and 24" - 3/16 x 2" strap nailed with W-16 D nails on both sides of plate, with opening closed orith expanded metal or screen. No cement furring will be permitted. In non-bearing walls, 2 headers of full ,joist sizes shall be cut in to hold. severed wall in alignment, - ~ - 2. All wall type heaters shall be installed in double framed wall pocket with corrugated asbestos lining fastened to face of studs before lathing, from top of appliance through the top plate area. Top plates shall be ,treated as described in "l." above. All vents shall be "metal bestos" type a.nd shall be 1" clear of all framing. 3. Forced air heaters may be installed in compartments, attic, or other adequately accessible locations, and shall have sufficient space allocated to be at all times a minimum of 4" to closest wall.. All closet or compartment walla and ceilings where such installation occurs shall be lathed with expanded metal and plas- tered with 3 coats of gypsum plaster. Adequate combustion air shall be supplied from outside of building, either by duct or properly ventilated sub-floor area. All heat transmission ducts shall be installed with a minimum of cutting of frame and. where such cutting occurs 3/16° x 2" metal straps and./or proper framing patching to make structure secure shall be made. All ducts shall be asbestos .wrapped. Venting ehall be as described in "1." above. 4. Space heaters may be installed in commercial or industrial buildings, and where open frame buildings are to be heated neither venting nor combustion requirements sYiall be regarded as long as proper 'metal supports are used to install appliance a minimum of 10'0" above floor or balcony areas with placement of appliance a minimum of 6'0" from any combustible material or structure. Wnere installations are made in enclosed rooms or area.a where plastered walls or other finishes obstruct air radiation, applicant shall provide circulation engineering to show required air supplies and venting, and shall be governed by A.G.A. Tables in all regards to installations and operations of heating units. -5- SECTION 11. Adoption Pro__._.~ceaure• The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a weekly newspaper published, printed, and circulated in the City of Lynt1*ood, California. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council 6th February, 1951, and finally of said. City held on the day of adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council 1951, by the following vote: held on the 2Cth d_ay of Febru~.rv, AYES: COUNCILMEN BrunerySned.don Stroh and t` a? a ' NOES: COUNCILMEND?one ABSENT: COUNC ATTEST: / ) pIT F LY/N4'TOOD I'PY CLERK , -7- STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~ ss. COUNTY. OF LOS ANGELES^ CITY OF LYNWOOD ' f Clerk of the City Ie the undersigned, Ci,~y of Lynwood, and ex®officio clerk. of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that ,he ab°ve is.a true and of Crdinanoe No. 56o adopted by the correct copy City Counoil of the City of Lynwood and that same was paeaed on the date and by the vote therein atated. February , 19-`~1-° Dated this 23rd daY of ~~ 5. All electrical heating devices shall be installed as re- quired in the electrical code, and. as governed by the State safety orders, 6• All console type heatin• vanized g shall be connected by rigid gal- pipe °r copper tubing to gas outlet; shall be installed with proper ventin g to outside and above the roof line of building in vrhich installation occurs and shall be as described, in "1, ~~ a.bove, 7. All gas fired radiator heaters shall be required to be rigid connected, and have pro per venting as described in ul.ii above, 8• Hot t~aater heaters or boil trolled as ere shall be installed and con- described in Section 1518 of Uniform Plumbing Code. 9. For control of .gas"line sizes and B. ence is made to T•U• output, refer- Section 151,3_15-16-17 of Uniform Plumbing Code Ordinance No, !~99, which is the governing ordinance. SECTION g, It shall be unlawful to install, sell or use any op en 'flame heating appliance in the City of Lynwood, and sale use, or installation of such type of heating shall be by fine and/or imprisonment a punishable a herein described, SECTION 10. Penalties ---_____. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a miad.emeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be pun- ishable by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars (9500,00) or imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Lynwood or the County Jail of Los Angeles County, State of California, for a period of time not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, .Each such person, firm or corporation • of a se arate small be deemed guilty p offense for every d.ay during any portion of which violation of any provision 'of this ordinance is committed, con- tinued or permitted by such person firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance, - 6 -