[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 812, 4-13-1999; Ord. No. 863, 2-11-2003]
The current edition of the State adopted Fuel and Gas Code,
as adopted by the State, is hereby adopted as the fuel-gas piping
code for the City of Williston for regulating the installation of
fuel-gas piping in or in connection to the erection, construction,
enlargement, alternation, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion,
occupancy, equipment, use, height area, and maintenance of all buildings
or structures within the jurisdiction of the City of Williston.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 812, 4-13-1999; Ord. No. 863, 2-11-2003]
Three copies of the fuel-gas piping code as contained within
the current edition of the State adopted Fuel and Gas Code as adopted
by the State, shall be on file and open for inspection to the public
in the office of the City Auditor of the City of Williston. Subsequent
amendments, deletions, or supplements to the State adopted Fuel and
Gas Code are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully set out at length
provided that such amendments, deletions, or supplements are filed
with the City Auditor and said provisions thereof shall be controlling
within the jurisdictional limits held by the City of Williston.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the occupation
or business of gas piping without first obtaining from the City of
Williston a license to do so.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
No license shall be issued under this division until and unless
the applicant for license deposits with the City Building Official
a policy or copy thereof of liability insurance. Said policy of liability
insurance shall be acceptable to and shall meet the approval of the
Board of City Commissioners and shall be issued by a company licensed
to do business within the state, indemnifying the applicant in the
sum of at least $100,000 for injury or death to one person and $300,000
for injury or death for more than one person in any one accident and
$100,000 for property damages in any one accident arising out of the
operation of the applicant's business. The policy of insurance
so deposited shall contain a clause obligating the company insuring
the same to give at least 10 days' written notice to said City
Building Official before cancellation or expiration thereof. The license
for the operation of said applicant shall expire upon the lapse or
termination of said policy. A certification of insurance shall be
filed with the City annually to indicate that the policy is still
effective.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
The license fee for fuel-gas piping shall be established by
resolution by the Board of City Commissioners.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
Each licensed fuel-gas installer shall be furnished each year
with a license card by the City and such identification shall be carried
on his person at all times.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
If a fuel-gas installer fails to renew his license within 30
days of the date of expiration, it shall be necessary to make application
through the regular procedure stated in this division and pay the
initial fee again.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
The Board of City Commissioners shall have the right to revoke
any annual license issued by the City in case of any violations of
the fuel-gas piping regulations.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 863, 2-11-2003]
A permit shall be obtained prior to the installation, removal, alteration, or repair of fuel-gas piping systems as required by the provisions of Chapter 3 of the State adopted Fuel and Gas Code.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989; Ord. No. 824, 4-11-2000]
No permit under this section shall be issued until the fee has
been paid or suitable arrangements have been made for payment of such
fee. No permit nor any amendment thereof as required by the building
code shall be issued to any contractor who has an amount overdue for
prior permits. The procedures for billing permits shall be adopted
by the City Building Official and require that any contractor who
does not pay for a permit at the time it is picked up will have 30
days to pay the invoice for all permits issued to such contractor.
The fee for any permit shall be established by resolution by the Board
of City Commissioners. The building official shall have the right
to refuse to charge to any contractor who has failed in the past to
make full payment of a properly billed permit fee within 30 days of
such billing being sent.
[Ord. No. 726, 11-14-1989]
It shall be the duty of the person in charge of work to be inspected
to notify the proper administrative authority and the owner, or his
authorized agent, orally, by telephone, or in writing, not less than
four working hours before the work is to be inspected or tested.
