[1977 Code, § 4-401; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
This chapter and the code herein adopted by reference shall be known as the gas code of the City of Collegedale and may be cited as such. The following definitions are provided for the purpose of interpretation and administration of the gas code.
(1) 
INSPECTOR
Means the person appointed as inspector, and shall include each assistant inspector, if any, from time to time acting as such under this chapter by appointment of the city manager.
(2) 
PERSON
Means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or any other organized group of individuals.
(3) 
GAS COMPANY
Means any person distributing gas within the corporate limits or authorized and proposing to so engage.
(4) 
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
Means a document or tag issued and/or attached by the inspector to the inspected material, piping, or appliance installation, filled out, together with date, address of the premises, and signed by the inspector.
(5) 
CERTAIN APPLIANCES
Means conversion burners, floor furnaces, central heating plants, vented wall furnaces, water heaters, and boilers.
[1977 Code, § 4-402; Ord. 334, § 1, Aug. 1995; Ord. 505, March 1998; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004; Ord. 757, Sept. 2010; Ord. 890, Nov. 2012; Ord. 1087, Dec. 2020]
The purpose of the gas code is to provide minimum standards, provisions, and requirements for safe installation of consumer's gas piping and gas appliances. All gas piping and gas appliances installed, replaced, maintained, or repaired within the corporate limits shall conform to the requirements of this chapter and to the International Fuel/Gas Code, 2018 edition, as prepared and adopted by the International Code Council, Inc.
[1977 Code, § 4-403; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
Notwithstanding any provision in the gas code to the contrary, consumer's piping installed prior to the adoption of the gas code or piping installed to supply other than natural gas may be converted to natural gas if the inspector finds, upon inspection and proper tests, that such piping will render reasonably satisfactory gas service to the consumer and will not in any way endanger life or property; otherwise, such piping shall be altered or replaced, in whole or in part, to conform with the requirements of the gas code.
[1977 Code, § 4-404; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
(1) 
No person shall engage in or work at the installation, extension, or alteration of consumer's gas piping or certain gas appliances, until such person shall have secured a license as hereinafter provided, and shall have executed and delivered to the city recorder a good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), with corporate surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of all such work, entered upon or contracted for, in strict accordance and compliance with the provisions of the gas code. The bond herein required shall expire on the first day of January next following its approval by the city recorder, and thereafter on the fist day of January of each year a new bond, in form and substance as herein required, shall be given by such person to cover all such work as shall be done during such year.
(2) 
Upon approval of said bond, the person desiring to do such work shall secure from the city recorder a nontransferable license which shall run until the first day of January next succeeding its issuance, unless sooner revoked. The person obtaining a license shall pay any applicable license fees to the city recorder.
(3) 
Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting an individual from installing or repairing his own appliances or installing, extending, replacing, altering, or repairing consumer's piping on his own premises, or as requiring a license or a bond from an individual doing such work on his own premises; provided, however, all such work must be done in conformity with all other provisions of the gas code, including those relating to permits, inspections, and fees.
[1977 Code, § 4-405; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
To provide for the administration and enforcement of the gas code, the office of gas inspector is hereby created. The inspector, and such assistants as may be necessary in the proper performance of the duties of the office, shall be appointed or designated by the city manager.
[1977 Code, § 4-406; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
(1) 
The inspector is authorized and directed to enforce all of the provisions of the gas code. Upon presentation of proper credentials, he may enter any building or premises at reasonable times for the purpose of making inspections or preventing violations of the gas code.
(2) 
The inspector is authorized to disconnect any gas piping or fixture or appliance for which a certificate of approval is required but has not been issued with respect to same, or which, upon inspection, shall be found defective or in such condition as to endanger life or property. In all cases where such a disconnection is made, a notice shall be attached to the piping, fixture, or appliance disconnected by the inspector, which notice shall state that the same has been disconnected by the inspector, together with the reason or reasons therefor, and it shall be unlawful for any person to remove said notice or reconnect said gas piping or fixture or appliance without authorization by the inspector and such gas piping or fixture or appliance shall not be put in service or used until the inspector has attached his certificate of approval in lieu of his prior disconnection notice.
(3) 
It shall be the duty of the inspector to confer from time to time with representatives of the local health department, the local fire department, and the gas company, and otherwise obtain from proper sources all helpful information and advice, presenting same to the appropriate officials from time to time for their consideration.
[1977 Code, § 4-407; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
(1) 
No person shall install a gas conversion burner, floor furnace, central heating plant, vented wall furnace, water heater, boiler, consumer's gas piping, or convert existing piping to utilize natural gas without first obtaining a permit to do such work from the city recorder; however, permits will not be required for setting or connecting other gas appliances, or for the repair of leaks in house piping.
(2) 
When only temporary use of gas is desired, the recorder may issue a permit for such use, for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days, provided the consumer's gas piping to be used is given a test equal to that required for a final piping inspection.
(3) 
Except when work in a public street or other public way is involved, the gas company shall not be required to obtain permits to set meters, or to extend, relocate, remove, or repair its service lines, mains, or other facilities, or for work having to do with its own gas system.
[1977 Code, § 4-408; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
(1) 
 
Unit/Qty.
Unit fee
Permit fee
1
$6.00
Floor, furnaces, incinerators, boilers, or central HVAC
1
$6.00
Each additional unit
1
$1.20
Wall furnaces, water heater
1
$1.20
Other outlets 1 to 4
1
$6.00
Each additional outlet above four
1
$1.20
(2) 
All inspections will be made when requested and one reinspection without additional fee. But upon the second reinspection and additional fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be required before the second reinspection will be made. There will be a minimum fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
[1977 Code, § 4-409; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
(1) 
A rough piping inspection shall be made after all new piping authorized by the permit has been installed, and before any such piping has been covered or concealed or any fixtures or gas appliances have been attached thereto.
(2) 
A final piping inspection shall be made after all piping authorized by the permit has been installed and after all portions thereof which are to be concealed by plastering or otherwise have been so concealed, and before any fixtures or gas appliances have been attached thereto. This inspection shall include a pressure test, at which time the piping shall stand an air pressure equal to not less than the pressure of a column of mercury six (6) inches in height, and the piping shall hold this air pressure for a period of at least ten (10) minutes without any perceptible drop. A mercury column gauge shall be used for the test. All tools, apparatus, labor, and assistance necessary for the test shall be furnished by the installer of such piping.
[1977 Code, § 4-411; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
The inspector shall issue a certificate of approval at the completion of the work for which a permit for consumer piping has been issued if after inspection it is found that such work complies with the provisions of the gas code. A duplicate of each certificate issued covering consumer's gas piping shall be delivered to the gas company and used as its authority to render gas service.
[1977 Code, § 4-412; Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
Pursuant to the requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-54-502, One (1) copy of the gas code shall be kept on file in the office of the city recorder for the use and inspection of the public.
[Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of the gas code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under the general penalty clause for this code of ordinances, or the license of such person may be revoked, or both fine and revocation of license may be imposed.
[Ord. 600, Sept. 2004]
This chapter shall not be construed as imposing upon the city any liability or responsibility for damages to any person injured by any defect in any gas piping or appliance mentioned herein, or by installation thereof, nor shall the city, or any official or employee thereof, be held as assuming any such liability or responsibility by reason of the inspection authorized hereunder or the certificate of approval issued by the inspector.