[Adopted as Ch. 16 of the Village Code]
A. 
All gas appliances and accessories hereafter installed, sold or offered for sale in the Village shall conform to reasonable standards of safety.
B. 
The presence on a gas appliance or accessory of a safety seal or label of a nationally recognized testing agency or a certificate or letter of approval from such agency or the inclusion of an appliance or accessory in the approved listing by such agency shall be prima facie evidence that such appliance or accessory conforms to reasonable standards of safety. Such nationally recognized testing agency shall be one qualified and equipped to perform and one that does perform periodic inspections of current models of gas appliances and accessories.
A. 
All gas appliances, accessories and piping systems shall be installed to conform to reasonable standards of safety.
B. 
Installation of appliances, accessories and piping that complies with the International Mechanical Code (IMC), 2009 Edition, shall be considered prima facie as conforming to reasonable standards of safety, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as though set forth in full. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall keep available a copy of such code or its revision in his office for study and inspection by any interested parties.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, excepting an authorized agent or employee of the gas supplier, to turn on or reconnect gas in or on any premises where and when gas service is not at the time being rendered. This shall not prohibit an installer from turning on the supply of gas temporarily for the purpose of testing the installation made by him or from turning on gas that he had temporarily turned off for the purpose of connecting an appliance or making repairs.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to install any gas appliance for the purpose of space heating without first determining from the gas supplier that adequate facilities are present to supply gas to such appliances in quantities that will assure reasonable safe and uninterrupted operation.
E. 
The provisions of the rules in Chapter ATCP 93, Flammable, Combustible and Hazardous Liquids, and Chapter SPS 340, Gas Systems, of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and any subsequent revision thereof are incorporated herein by reference as though set out in full and all such provisions and rules shall be complied with. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall keep available a copy of such rules and any revisions thereof in his office for study and inspection by any interested parties.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
No person shall sell or offer for sale or install any gas appliance or accessories or gas piping system if the same when installed for use would be in violation of any of the provisions of this article or would be unsafe or dangerous.
The Village of Allouez may disconnect or order disconnection of any gas appliance, accessory or gas piping which does not conform to the requirements of this article or which may be found defective and in such condition as to endanger life or property. Where such disconnection has been made, a notice shall be attached to such appliance, accessory or gas piping which shall state it has been disconnected and the reasons therefor, and such notice shall not be removed nor shall the appliance, accessory or gas piping be reconnected until it shall have been made to conform to the requirements of this article and its reconnection has been authorized by the Village.