There is hereby created and established the Office of the Mechanical Inspector. The Mechanical Inspector shall act under the direction of the Plumbing Board and shall have supervision of all mechanical work in the City and shall perform such duties as are hereinafter prescribed. The Mechanical Inspector shall have the right, during reasonable hours, to enter any building in the City for performance of his duties. The Mechanical Inspector shall review the suitability of alternate materials for use and types of installation to the Code and may grant a variance form the strict application to the Code if it his determination that an unnecessary hardship exists and the public health, safety and welfare of the City of Seward are maintained. The Mechanical Inspector shall have such assistants as the Council may provide; and when appointed by the Council, such assistants shall have the same powers and duties as the Mechanical Inspector. The Mechanical Inspector shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Mechanical Inspector to investigate all cases reported to or referred to him of the use of imperfect material or workmanship on any job of mechanical work or the violation of the provisions of this article by a plumber, builder, or owner; to stop such work; to order same removed and replaced in a proper and workmanlike manner to conform to the spirit and intent of this article, and he may further request the Attorney to file complaint against any person for violation of any of the provisions of this article and it shall be the duty of the Attorney to prosecute the same without unnecessary delay.
B. 
The Mechanical Inspector shall make inspection of old mechanical work at the request of the agent, owner, or occupant of any building or premises where said mechanical work is located. In order to ascertain whether or not the mechanical apparatus in said building or premises is in a safe condition, the Mechanical Inspector shall have the right and authority to enter any building or upon any premises at all reasonable hours to ascertain if the provisions of this article or any ordinance relating to mechanical work has been or is being violated or being complied with; also where he has reason to believe that defective or unsafe mechanical work exists. Whenever defective or unsafe mechanical work is found, it shall be the duty of the Mechanical Inspector to notify the agent or owner of the premises on which the same is found to forthwith cause such mechanical work to be changed and to conform with the terms and requirements of the Municipal Code, or to be changed and made safe in such other manner as said Mechanical Inspector may authorize and direct. Such owner or agent is hereby required, within 10 days after receiving such notification, to comply therewith, or failing or neglecting to do so he shall be considered as maintaining unsafe mechanical work and violating the requirement hereof. It shall be the duty of said Mechanical Inspector to make complaint against such owner or agent and cause him to be prosecuted.
It shall be unlawful for the Mechanical Inspector to engage in the business of plumbing or to perform any work as a plumber in the City during the term of office as Mechanical Inspector.