[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 1]
The following words and phrases, as used in this Part 3, shall have the following meanings:
1.
The terms
"air-conditioning system" and "refrigeration system" shall include
any combination of air-cooling equipment, whether of compressor or
of other type, by which the accumulated or effluent heat is wholly
or partially removed by the use of water.
2.
"Air-conditioning
system" shall mean an installation for maintaining temperature, by
heat removal, at not less than 60° F.
3.
"Refrigeration
system" shall mean an installation for maintaining temperature, by
heat removal, at less than 60° F.
5.
"Direct
water cooling" shall mean the use of water as a refrigerant.
6.
"Indirect
water cooling" shall mean the use of water to extract heat from a
refrigerant in a water-cooled condensing unit.
7.
"Air-cooled
system" shall mean any unit or apparatus in which air is used as a
refrigerant or as an indirect coolant.
8.
"Installation
shall mean an installation of new equipment or the modification, alteration
or change of existing equipment involving the use of water or the
discharge thereof into the Borough's sewer system.
9.
"Person"
shall mean and include an individual, partnership, corporation or
association.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 2]
No person, firm, or corporation shall, hereafter, in a structure
or building in the Borough of Fountain Hill, install, operate, use,
or maintain any air-conditioning equipment or refrigeration system
or equipment, or modify, change, operate, use, and maintain any air-conditioning
equipment or refrigeration system or equipment heretofore installed
in any building or structure from which any waste results without
having first filed a written application for a permit therefor and
obtaining approval to install, operate, use, and maintain, or modify
or change, any air-conditioning equipment or refrigeration system
or equipment from the Borough Secretary. Said written application
shall set forth correctly the following information:
1.
Name and address of applicant.
2.
Location of proposed installation.
3.
Name and address of owner of premises.
4.
Manufacturer's name and other relative information pertaining to
system to be installed.
5.
Quantity of water required under maximum operating conditions.
6.
Proposed source of water and disposal of wastewater.
7.
A drawing showing general arrangement of apparatus showing in detail
all points of connection to water supply system and drain piping.
8.
The name of any legally qualified person, firm or corporation employed
by applicant to perform installation.
9.
Any additional information required.
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Approval to install, operate, use or maintain any air-conditioning
equipment or refrigeration system or equipment, or modify or change
any such air-conditioning equipment or refrigeration system or equipment,
shall be granted in the form of a permit, and no installation of such
air-conditioning equipment or refrigeration system or equipment or
operation, use, maintenance, modification or change of either of said
air-conditioning equipment or refrigeration system shall be commenced
until the proper permit has been obtained from the Borough Secretary.
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[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 3]
The following schedule of fees shall be applicable and be paid
at the time of the filing of each application for permit:
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Description of System
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Fee
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1.
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Air-cooled system
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No fee or permit required
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2.
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Water-cooled system up to 3 tons/24 hr.
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$5
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3.
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Water-cooled systems over 3 tons/24 hr. and up to 10 tons/24
hr.
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$10
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4.
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Water-cooled systems larger than 10 tons/24 hr.
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$20
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[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 4]
Whenever any air-conditioning or refrigeration equipment herein
permitted is connected with the Borough's storm sewer system for the
purpose of disposing of said equipment's wastewater, each such installation
shall be equipped with a municipal water meter for the purpose of
measuring the discharge of all water for any such equipment. A charge
for each installation as herein provided for of $0.05 per $1,000 gallons
of water consumed (or discharged into the Borough's storm sewers)
is hereby imposed for storm sewer purposes and maintenance.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1954, § 5]
No direct water-cooled system shall discharge any water used
as a cooling medium into the Borough's sanitary or stormwater sewer
systems.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 6]
1.
A water-cooled system of total capacity of 1 1/2 tons or less
shall not use municipal water directly (or indirectly, except when
used with approved conservation equipment and provided with approved
water meter).
2.
A water-cooled system with a total capacity of more than 1 1/2
tons but not exceeding three tons may use water directly from the
municipal water supply at a rate not exceeding 2.0 gallons per minute
per ton, provided it is equipped with a water meter installed by the
Borough, or its water supplier, and an automatic regulating valve
which will stop the flow of water when the refrigerating machine is
shut down, and will throttle the flow of water down to the momentary
requirements of the system.
3.
A water-cooled system having a total capacity exceeding three tons
per 24 hours shall be equipped with evaporative condenser, cooling
tower, spray pond or other water-cooling equipment satisfactory to
the Borough Engineer. Such equipment shall be of sufficient capacity
to ensure that the use of water for make-up purposes shall not exceed
0.1 gallon per minute per ton when operating under full loading at
maximum summer temperature.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 7]
Except for seasonal flushing and draining of the system, no
water-cooled air-conditioning, refrigeration, or other water-cooled
system shall be connected to the Borough's sanitary sewer system.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 8]
1.
On installations which operate with use of water directly from the
municipal water supply, every direct connection shall be equipped
with an approved brass body, spring-loaded brass-fitted check valve,
placed in a position satisfactory to the Borough Engineer, in the
branch supply line to each unit.
2.
Discharge connections for disposal of wastewaters shall be in strict
accordance with applicable statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations
of state and local health and regulatory bodies.
3.
Cooling water which is to be reused for other purposes shall be provided
with free, above-the-rim discharge before entering other equipment
unless otherwise permitted in writing by the Borough Engineer.
4.
On installations other than those described above, there shall be
a physical break between the municipal water piping and the piping
of the installation, so arranged as to make backsiphonage to the municipal
water supply impossible.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 9]
All systems shall be provided with devices which shall afford
positive protection against development of excessive pressures and/or
temperatures in either the refrigerant system or the water system.
Such devices shall meet the general standards of the refrigeration
industry.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 10]
The owner of premises in which an individual or collective air-conditioning or refrigeration system has been installed prior to the passage of this Part 3 is required to inform the Borough Secretary within one month after the effective date of this Part 3 of the existence of every such system. He shall furnish the Borough Secretary all such information, in writing, as is required from an applicant for a permit to install a new air-conditioning or refrigeration system, on forms furnished by the said Borough Secretary.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 11]
All electrical equipment and service installation necessary
to properly and adequately install any air-conditioning or refrigeration
system must be made in compliance with the National Electrical Code.
All work shall be subject to inspection and approval by Borough officials
or their duly authorized employees. So far as may be necessary, the
Borough's officials, or their duly authorized employees, shall have
the right, upon exhibiting their credentials, to enter any structure
or premises in the Borough to inspect any air-conditioning, refrigeration
or other water-cooled equipment.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 12; as amended by Ord. 348,
1/4/1982]
1.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part 3 or any order or regulation made pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction by a District Justice or other court having jurisdiction, pay a fine not exceeding $300 for each offense and costs, or be subject to imprisonment for not more than one day for each $10 of the unpaid balance of fine and costs. All fines and costs imposed and collected under the provisions of this Part 3 shall be paid to the Borough Secretary.
2.
Any master plumber or journeyman plumber violating any of the provisions of this Part 3 shall, upon conviction thereof before a District Justice or other court having jurisdiction, in addition to being subject to the penalties in Subsection 1 hereof, lose his license to practice in the Borough of Fountain Hill as a registered plumber or journeyman plumber for a period of one year from the date of his conviction.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 13]
The provisions of this Part 3 are deemed to be urgent for the preservation of the public peace, health, and comfort of the citizens and shall become effective immediately after its enactment by Borough Council; provided, however, that all persons who have heretofore installed, used, maintained and operated air-conditioning equipment and refrigeration systems and have not complied with the provisions of this Part 3 shall have 60 days from the date of the enactment in which to comply with the provisions hereof as hereinabove provided.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 14]
Nothing herein contained shall prohibit or be deemed to prohibit
any person, firm or corporation from using water in any manufacturing
process wherein water so used becomes a part of the manufactured product.
[Ord. 213, 8/4/1958, § 15]
This Part 3 is enacted for the sole purpose of preventing the needless wasting of municipal water supply and to protect its sewage system under existing conditions, and the Borough shall have the right to amend or supplement this Part 3 by additional ordinances or completely repeal the same whenever scientific improvements to air-conditioning systems and refrigeration systems warrant the same.
