[Adopted 10-1-1979 (Ch. 13, Art. VIII, of the 2007 Code)]
[Amended 9-26-2005; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
No person shall install or allow to be installed any solid-fuel-burning appliance, gas-fired equipment, or fuel storage tanks, including but not necessarily limited to wood, coal, or gas burning stoves, ranges, cookstoves, furnaces, water heating units, freestanding fireplaces, combination wood and coal and oil-fired furnaces, or air conditioners without first receiving a permit for such installation from the Fire & Rescue Department. Such application for the permit shall describe the installation to be made, the premises upon which it is to be made, the name of the person making such installation, whether or not such installer is licensed by the Maine Fuel Board, or is a Maine-licensed gas installer, whichever is applicable. Such certification shall be in writing, signed by the owner of the premises upon which such equipment or tank is to be installed or by the person who shall make such installation.
[Amended 7-6-1982; 3-3-1986; 1-22-1991; 9-26-2005]
Application for permits, as required in § 162-25, shall be made on forms provided by the Fire & Rescue Department and shall be signed by the owner of the property or his authorized agent and shall be accompanied by the fee set forth in Chapter A400, Master Fee Schedule. The permit shall be deemed to have been abandoned if the proposed work is not commenced within six months of the date of approval and thereafter diligently pursued to completion.
[Amended 2-24-1997; 9-26-2005]
Upon completion of such installation the applicant shall notify the Fire Prevention Bureau, which shall cause the installation to be inspected to assure compliance with all state and local statutes, ordinances and/or regulations. An inspector shall issue a permit as soon as practicable. No vented gas-burning appliance, solid or oil-burning equipment or fuel storage tanks shall be operated for more than four days unless the installation has been inspected and approved in accordance with this section and a certificate of compliance executed by the Fire Prevention Bureau.
[Amended 9-26-2005]
A. 
It shall be a civil violation for any person, firm or corporation to install or alter any gas-burning appliance regulated by this article, or cause the same to be done, in conflict with this code. The Fire Inspector, Chief of the Department, or a person designated by the Chief of the Department shall cause a notice of violation or order to be served on the person responsible for the installation or alteration in violation of the provisions hereof, or in violation of a plan or of a detail statement made with the permit application. Such order shall direct the discontinuance of the illegal action or condition and the abatement of the violation.
B. 
If the notice is not complied with promptly, the Fire Inspector, Chief of the Department, or a person designated by the Chief of the Department shall request that the City Legal Department institute the appropriate proceedings, in law or equity, to restrain, correct or abate such violation.
C. 
Such violations shall be punishable by a fine, as set forth in § 1-8 of this Code, together with such injunctive relief or administrative remedies as may be available.
[Added 2-24-1997; amended 9-26-2005]
The provisions of this article also shall apply to unvented appliances that are used primarily for space heating. (See NFPA 54 - unvented equipment.)
[Added 9-26-2005]
No certificate shall be required for the maintenance or use of any oil-burning equipment or fuel storage tanks where such equipment or tank was installed prior to June 28, 1965. All such equipment and tanks shall conform to the standards set out in this article.
[Added 9-26-2005; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
No oil-burning equipment, vented gas-burning appliance or fuel storage tank to be used in connection therewith shall be installed, maintained, altered or used in the City unless it shall conform to the standards established by the Maine Fuel Board pursuant to the provisions of the state statutes and to the standards herein prescribed, whichever shall be higher. The name of such installer shall be contained in the permit application required by this article.
[Added 9-26-2005]
After oil-burning equipment or fuel storage tanks have been installed, and within 48 hours after notice thereof from the applicant for the certificate, the Chief of the Department or a Fire Inspector shall inspect the same and the Chief of the Department shall issue such certificate upon being satisfied that such equipment and tank and the installation thereof complies with the requirements of this article.
[Added 9-26-2005]
No person shall use any oil burning equipment or fuel storage tanks used in connection therewith, or maintain the same for more than four days after the installation of the same shall have been completed, unless a certificate for such equipment or tank shall be in effect.
[Added 9-26-2005]
A. 
If the equipment or tank regulated by this article should not comply with the standards set out in § 162-31 hereof, the Chief of the Department should notify the installer and state where the installation does not meet the specifications of the standards.
B. 
The installer shall have seven days after the date of notification to comply with the standards set out in § 162-31 hereof. If, at the end of the specified time limit, the Chief of the Department shall determine that the installation is still in violation of the standards as set out in § 162-31, he shall give written notice to the Maine Fuel Board that such equipment or tank does not conform to such standards.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]