No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter install and operate equipment
for the burning of fuel oil or the storage of oil in connection therewith,
or for the burning of gas, either natural or manufactured, for heating purposes
in any building in the Borough of Berlin, without first obtaining a permit
therefor as is hereinafter provided.
No such permit shall he issued except for the use of oil-burning equipments
and/or gas-burning equipments tested and listed by the Underwriters' Laboratories
and installed in accordance with the regulations for the installation of such
equipment and for the storage and use of fuel oil in connection therewith
as recommended by the National Fire Protection Association and approved by
the Middle Department Rating Association.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring such permit shall make application in writing to the Borough Fire Marshal, stating the make of such equipment, by whom manufactured, the location in the Borough where it is proposed to install the same, and the method of the proposed installation, which application shall be accompanied by a fee of $3 for each oil-burning equipment or gas-burning equipment, and additionally, a fee of $2 for each tank for the storage of fuel oil, which fees shall be paid to said Fire Marshal. Immediately after the installation of such equipment, it shall be inspected by said Fire Marshal, and if found to comply with the provisions of §
179-2 hereof, he shall endorse his approval on said application and deliver to the applicant or the owner of the building a permit signed by him authorizing the operation of the said oil-burning equipment and/or gas-burning equipment as installed. No such equipment so installed shall be placed in operation, except to test the same, until such permit shall have been obtained.
The Borough Fire Marshal may, at any time, reinspect the equipments
installed under the provisions of this chapter, and shall revoke the permit
where dangerous conditions are found. lie may also at any time inspect oil-burning
equipments and/or gas-burning equipments installed prior to the enactment
of this chapter, and if, in his judgment, any such equipments are of such
character or so installed as to create a fire menace, he shall prohibit their
operation until such condition is remedied in which case they shall not be
operated thereafter until a permit is secured as provided herein.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not
exceeding $100 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days, or both.
Each day that such violation shall continue shall be deemed a further and
separate offense under the terms of this chapter, subject to the penalties
herein prescribed.