As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR
A UL-listed device which will sound an alarm before dangerous
levels of carbon monoxide (CO) accumulate.
HOME HEATING SYSTEM
Any residential burner, forced warm air or hydronic heating
unit, or any direct-fired water heating unit which uses, as its primary
fuel, No. 2 fuel oil, natural gas, or liquefied petroleum gas/propane.
INSTALLER
Any natural person, corporation, unincorporated association,
firm, partnership, limited-liability corporation, joint venture, joint-stock
association or other entity or business organization of any kind who/that
installs a home heating system.
[Added 12-20-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
RESIDENCE
Any one- or two-family house or dwelling accommodation located
in a building owned as a condominium or cooperative in the County
of Suffolk.
VIOLATION
The failure of an installer of a home heating system to fulfill its obligations in accordance with §
360-3B and
C below.
[Added 12-20-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
[Added 12-20-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
A. Any violation
of this chapter shall result in the imposition of a fine upon an installer
in an amount not to exceed $750 for a first violation and $1,500 for
any subsequent violation, and/or the suspension or revocation of the
installer's license issued pursuant to Chapter 345, Licensed
Occupations, Article XI, of the Suffolk County Code, and/or the denial
of an application for the renewal of the installer's license
issued pursuant to Chapter 345, Licensed Occupations, Article XI,
of the Suffolk County Code.
B. No license
issued pursuant to Chapter 345, Licensed Occupations, Article XI,
of the Suffolk County Code shall be suspended or revoked nor a fine
imposed until after a hearing has been held before the Director of
the Suffolk County Office of Consumer Affairs upon at least seven
business days' notice to the installer. Such notice shall be
served either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the last known address of the installer and shall state the date
and place of the hearing as well as enumerate the grounds constituting
the allegations against such installer. The installer may be represented
by counsel and may produce witnesses in his or her own behalf. A record
of the hearing shall be taken and preserved. For purposes of such
hearing, the Director of the Suffolk County Office of Consumer Affairs
may administer oaths, take testimony, subpoena witnesses and compel
the production of books, papers, records or other documents deemed
pertinent to the subject of the hearing.
[Amended 12-20-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
The requirements in §
360-3B and
C of this chapter, as they pertain to an installer of a home heating system, shall be enforced by the Suffolk County Office of Consumer Affairs.
This chapter shall apply to residential home heating system
installations subsequent to the effective date of this chapter.