This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Oil Burner Code of the Village of Williston Park."
All matters concerning, affecting or relating
to the manufacture, alteration, installation and repair of oil burners,
oil-burning equipment and equipment necessary, appurtenant or incident
to the installation and repair of oil burners within the Village of
Williston Park and the licensing of any and all individuals, corporations
and partnerships who or which may alter, install or repair oil burners
within the Village of Williston Park are presumptively provided for
in this chapter, except insofar as such provisions are or may be hereafter
provided for by present or future state laws or the Village of Williston
Park Municipal Code.
This chapter is hereby declared to be remedial
and shall be construed liberally to secure the greatest public good
and impose no unnecessary hardship on the individual.
As used in this chapter, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
FUEL OIL
Any liquid used as fuel and having a flash point of not less
than 110º F. For the purpose of making a test of such fuel oil,
the Pensky Martens closed-cup tester shall be authoritative. The test
shall be made in accordance with the methods of the test adopted by
the American Society for Testing and Materials.
OIL BURNER
Any device designed and arranged for the purpose of burning
oil or preparing to burn fuel oil, as defined in this section, and
having a tank or container with a capacity for more than 20 gallons
connected thereto.
OIL-BURNING EQUIPMENT
Consists of all equipment connected to an oil-heating burner
and located within the building, including internal and external supply
or storage tanks, and provisions for filling and venting, piping,
wiring and all accessories. Approved equipment shall mean equipment
listed as approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation or his, her or its agents to install any oil burner or
oil-burning equipment within this village unless such oil burner or
oil-burning equipment has been duly approved by the New York Board
of Fire Underwriters and such approval set forth in the manual issued
by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or a certificate is duly
filed with the Village Clerk issued by the New York Board of Fire
Underwriters certifying to its approval of such oil burner or oil-burning
equipment prior to the installation of such oil burner or oil-burning
equipment.
No person, company or corporation shall make any new oil burner installation or replace any existing oil burner or alter any part of present oil-burning equipment as defined in §
146-4 of this chapter within the Village of Williston Park unless he, she or it has a license or a valid registration card issued by the Board of Public Safety or unless he, she or it works under the direct supervision and while in the employ of a person, company or corporation who or which does hold a license and valid registration card issued by the Board of Public Safety.