[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Bronxville
2-9-1981 as Ch. 29 of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Oil Burner Code
of the Village of Bronxville, New York."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Applied to equipment, accessories, etc., means approved by or in
compliance with the requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters
and the Underwriters' Laboratories.
Comprehending oil burners and equipment connected thereto for heating
buildings or water or for generating power in the village and to the use thereof.
No person shall install, remodel or cause to permit to be installed
or remodeled any oil burning equipment, or any tank for the storage of fuel
oil, in the village without having first obtained a permit to do so from the
Superintendent of Buildings.
The application for the permit required by the preceding section shall
contain complete information as the Superintendent of Buildings shall require
and shall be filed in triplicate with the required fee. Upon the issuance
of the permit by the Superintendent of Buildings, a copy thereof shall be
transmitted to the Eastchester Fire Department.
[Amended 6-13-1988 by L.L.
No. 7-1988; 3-13-1989 by L.L.
No. 4-1989]
The fee for the permit for each burner equipment required by § 200-3 shall be as established by resolution of the Board of Trustees and shall not be refunded if the permit is refused.
A.
All oil burner equipment installed in the village shall
be of approved type and shall be installed and used subject to the limitations
of the approval, and of this chapter.
B.
Semiautomatic and manually operated burners shall be
used only where a paid attendant is continuously in attendance during the
entire period of operation.
A.
Electric supply for any burner shall be through an approved
safety switch located at the entrance to the room where the burner is located.
In the case of all buildings, other than single family dwellings, one means
for completely shutting off the electric supply shall be located at an exterior
door designated by the Eastchester Fire Department.
B.
Automatically operated oil burners shall be equipped
with approved automatic devices to shut down the burner in the event of undue
pressure in a steam boiler or overheating within a hot water boiler or warm
air furnace, and in any event on failure of ignition. Oil burners used in
connection with steam, water or vapor heating systems shall be equipped with
an approved automatic device for shutting down the burner in the event of
low water in the boiler.
C.
Limiting controls and low water shutoffs intended to
disconnect the burner from the electric power supply shall be connected into
the burner supply circuit on the supply side of all other burner circuits.
D.
In systems where either steam or air pressure is used
for atomizing the oil, the oil and atomizing supply shall be interlocked in
an approved manner so that in case of interruption of the atomizing supply,
the oil supply will be immediately shutoff.
A.
Oil burner equipment shall be securely installed in a
workmanlike manner, in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer,
by qualified mechanics experienced in making such installations.
B.
Where oil burners are installed in furnaces originally
designed for solid fuel, the ash door of the furnace shall be removed or bottom
ventilation otherwise provided to prevent the accumulation of vapors in the
ash pit unless the burner is of a type which mechanically purges the ash pit.
The sides of the fire box shall be lined with refractory brick set in fire
clay. The water and steam carrying portions of the furnace shall be capable
of withstanding a minimum hydrostatic pressure of 50 pounds per square inch,
the crown plate shall be in serviceable condition and the feed door shall
be securely closed. Where the conversion is made in a gravity hot air furnace,
the furnace shall first be disassembled and reassembled in order to make all
joints gastight.
C.
Boilers and furnaces in which oil burners are installed
shall be connected to flues having sufficient draft at all times to assure
safe operation of the burner. No smoke pipe dampers shall be used but where
desirable a draft balancing device may be installed.
D.
Complete instructions for the care and operation of the
oil burning equipment shall be conspicuously posted by the owner near the
oil burner and maintained in readable condition.
E.
At least one approved foam-type fire extinguisher shall
be mounted and maintained in operating condition, in a position adjacent to
the entrance to the room or space in which the burner is located.
A.
All tanks, either within a building or outside of a building,
for the supply of fuel to oil burner equipment shall be buried as provided
in Subdivision B in the ground except as permitted in Subdivision C.
B.
Inside tanks shall be considered to be sufficiently buried
if completely surrounded by sand or well-tamped earth for a distance of one
foot in all directions, retained by masonry walls at least eight inches thick
and covered over with concrete not less than four inches thick and so constructed
as to make it impossible for any tank leakage to escape through such surrounding
medium into the compartment containing the burner.
C.
Where unburied inside tanks are permitted, one unburied
tank not exceeding 275 gallons capacity may be located in the lowest story
of a building if not within seven feet of any flame or five feet when shielded
by a masonry wall at least eight inches in thickness or by an equivalent barrier,
and provided that any tank leakage is effectively prevented from approaching
the burner or flame.
D.
No tank whether exposed or buried or enclosed shall be
installed within the walls of any frame building housing three or more families.
A.
In frame buildings housing not more than two families,
an inside tank shall not be of greater capacity than 550 gallons and not more
than one such tank shall be installed.
B.
In fire resistive buildings, an inside tank shall be
of not more than 10,000 gallons capacity and in other buildings shall not
exceed 5,000 gallons.
C.
Every tank shall bear the Underwriters' Laboratories
label, and no tank greater than 275 gallons shall have a gravity outlet.
D.
Pressure tanks are prohibited.
All tanks shall be constructed of steel or wrought iron of a minimum
gauge (U.S. Standard) in accordance with the following table:
|
Capacity
(gallons)
|
Minimum Thickness
|
Wgt. Lb. per sq. ft.
|
|---|---|---|
|
7 to 560
|
14 gauge
|
3.125
|
|
561 to 1,100
|
12 gauge
|
4.375
|
|
1,101 to 4,000
|
7 gauge
|
7.50
|
|
4,001 to 10,000 1/4 inch
|
(nominal)
|
10.00
|
All tanks shall be equipped with an open vent entirely separate from
any other tank connected and visible from the fill point, and the vent shall
be not less than 1 1/4 inches pipe size, extending to the open air without
a trap, and terminating in a flame, excluding the hood which shall be located
not less than two feet above the ground, and not more than 12 feet above the
tank. The vent pipe connection shall not extend more than one inch inside
the tank.
All tanks shall be filled only through fill pipes terminating at least
five feet from the building and closed tight, when not in use, by a metal
cover.
Auxiliary tanks inside the building shall be filled only by an enclosed
pump from a storage tank, shall have an overflow pipe one size larger than
supply pipe returning to the storage tank with no valves or obstructions.
No auxiliary tank or other device shall have any opening by which oil or vapors
can enter the burner room or compartment except to the burner itself.
Where tanks are required to be buried, they shall be covered by at least
one foot of earth, and where unusual external pressures are likely in the
opinion of the Superintendent of Buildings, they shall be more deeply buried
or else be further protected by a reinforced concrete slab of dimensions in
his or her opinion adequate for the situation.
Any fuel oil tank buried or installed at such level that the liquid
level therein may at any time be or rise above the burner oil nozzle, or any
other oil outlet inside the building, shall be equipped with approved means
for automatically preventing flow of oil in the vent of failure of the normal
functioning of the burner, and shall be further equipped with a heat operated
valve for shutting off the flow of oil to the burner, or with a manual valve
for shutting off the flow of oil to the burner which is accessible for operation
without entering the room or compartment in which the burner is located. No
tank-installed at the level herein referred to shall exceed a capacity of
275 gallons unless both the heat operated and manual valves are supplied and
the latter is located outside the building and conspicuously marked "Fuel
oil shutoff."
A.
Test wells shall not be installed or permitted inside
buildings and where permitted for outside service shall be closed tight, when
not in use, by a metal cover. The gauging of inside tanks by means of measuring
sticks is prohibited.
B.
Liquid level indicators or signals shall be so constructed
that neither oil nor vapor can be discharged from the tank into the building
while filling or in any other circumstance.
All piping shall be standard full weight wrought iron or steel pipe
or equivalent copper tubing with standard fittings, not smaller than one-half-inch
iron pipe size, rigidly secured in place and adequately protected from heat
and from mechanical injury by burying underground or in another approved manner.
It shall be made up with shellacked or equivalent joints and ground joint
unions with due allowance for expansion and settlement and so far as possible
shall pitch toward the tank. Oil supply lines to burners shall be provided
with approved strainers unless a strainer is incorporated in the burner.
All valves shall be of an approved type. Where any valve is installed
in the discharge line of an oil pump, an approved pressure relief passage
shall be connected into the discharge line between the pump and the valve
and arranged to return surplus oil to the storage tank or to by pass it around
the pump.
After installation and before being covered, the contractor shall test, in the presence of a representative of the Eastchester Fire Department, the tanks and piping hydrostatically or pneumatically at a pressure not less than 1 1/2 times the maximum working pressure but not less than 10 pounds per square inch at the highest point of the system. In order to be acceptable, the test shall continue for a period of 30 minutes without noticeable drop in pressure. The system shall not be placed in operation until after such test and the filing of the certificate of completion required by § 200-25.
No fuel oil shall be used other than the grade and type for which the
burner has been approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories.
No electric wiring or equipment in connection with oil burning equipment
shall be installed except in accordance with the requirements of the New York
Board of Fire Underwriters.
As to any pertinent matter or situation connected with the subject matter
of this chapter and upon which the chapter is silent, the Superintendent of
Buildings shall have the power to promulgate and file in the Building Department
such rules and regulations consistent with the regulations of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters as are in his or her opinion advisable, and thereupon
and thereafter and on approval by the Board of Trustees, such rules and regulations
shall have the same force and effect as if herein set forth in full. When
the circumstances or conditions of any particular installation are so unusual
as to render the strict application of this chapter impracticable and where
the circumstances and conditions are stated in the application for permit,
the Superintendent of Buildings and the Eastchester Fire Department, acting
jointly, may permit such modifications as will provide a substantially equivalent
degree of safety, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees.
A.
As soon as any installation has passed the inspection
of the Eastchester Fire Department, the Superintendent of Buildings shall
immediately issue a certificate of approval to the permit holder or owner,
as the case may be.
B.
No installation shall be placed in serve until such certificate
has been issued, nor continued in service unless such certificate or a duplicate
copy thereof is fastened to the wall of the room in which the oil burner is
located.
All of the provisions and requirements of this chapter and the prohibitions
therein contained shall apply to oil burning equipment installed before July
11, 1949, and the use thereof, except the provisions for permits and the issuance
of certificates of completion.
A.
The Superintendent of Buildings or the representative
of the Eastchester Fire Department shall have the right to inspect any oil
burner equipment in any premises for the purpose of ascertaining that the
installation and maintenance and operation thereof comply with the requirements
of this chapter. In the event of noncompliance, tending in his or her opinion
to make a fire hazard, the Superintendent of Buildings shall have the right
to revoke any certificate of occupancy outstanding with respect to such premises,
and in the event that no such certificate is outstanding, he or she shall
have the right to stop the operation of the equipment.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or to imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
