[Amended 11-17-1981 by Ord. No. 142]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
APPROVED UNIT
A portable space heater which has been and continues to be approved
by Underwriters' Laboratories, the Connecticut State Fire Marshal or
the Connecticut Board of Materials Review.
PORTABLE SPACE HEATER
A space heater using kerosene, oil or like fluid which, when installed
in a building, is not firmly affixed in a place by a rigid pipe connection
or otherwise, is not permanently vented and is not permanently connected to
a chimney, stack or flue.
[Added 11-17-1981 by Ord. No. 142]
A portable space heater which is an approved unit may be used only under
the following conditions:
A. In a one- and two-family dwelling.
B. Upon prior approval of the Building Official or Fire
Marshal.
[Amended 11-17-1981 by Ord. No. 142]
A. No person, firm or corporation shall keep, store, sell
or cause to be sold a portable space heater using kerosene oil or like fluid
that is not an approved unit.
B. No person, firm or corporation shall use, cause or allow
to be used in any dwelling (whether the same is owned, occupied, leased or
otherwise used by them) a portable space heater using oil or like fluid that
is not an approved unit.
C. For the purpose of this section, it shall be deemed that
a property owner has permitted the illegal use of a space heater if, knowing
that the premises are not centrally heated, he, she or it has failed to inform
himself, herself or itself as to the legality of any heating apparatus used
by the occupants of the property that is not an approved unit.
When gas-fired equipment is installed, a one-hundred-percent shutoff
valve is required.
[Amended 11-17-1981 by Ord. No. 142]
Every person, firm or corporation who shall violate this chapter shall
be liable for payment of a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.).
Each day of a violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute
a separate and distinct violation.