This article shall apply to the heating, ventilating and air
conditioning of all new buildings and to all alterations of improvements,
including the replacement of any major apparatus or device in existing
buildings. The provisions of this article shall apply to every building,
or portion of a building, devoted to a new use for which the requirements
are in any way more stringent than the requirements covering the previous
use.
Where there is an underground valve provided for piping systems
for fuel gases such as natural gas, manufactured gas, undiluted liquefied
petroleum gases, liquefied gas-air mixtures or mixtures of any of
these gases, installed in the City, the valve location shall be plainly
identified by an approved metal marker provided by the supplier and
attached to the exterior of the outside wall of the occupancy by the
owner directly above where the piping system enters the building so
as to be visible at all times.
No person shall make installations, additions or alterations
to any heating, ventilating and air-conditioning equipment for the
installation of which a permit is required or which has been discontinued
or ordered disconnected by the Inspector, until such installation,
addition or alteration has been authorized by the Inspector.
Any person may register an appeal with the Board of Appeals
for a review of any decision of the Inspector, provided such an appeal
is made in writing within five days after such person shall have been
notified of such decision of the Inspector. Upon receipt of such appeal,
the Board shall proceed to determine whether the action of the Inspector
complies with this article and within five days shall make a decision
in accordance with its findings. Three members of the Board present
at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
but any action taken at any meeting shall require the affirmative
vote of at least three members. The Chair of any meeting of the Board
shall vote.