[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Stratford
as Secs. 15-45 through 15-51 of the 1963 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
In addition to the definitions specified in this chapter referred to in § 110-3 for the application of the provisions of this chapter, the following terms are defined for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter:
The use or installation of gas appliances in premises used or furnished for living quarters. Premises as described in § 110-7 shall be considered as "domestic" for the purpose of this chapter.
A gas-burning appliance designed to lower the temperature
in a storage space.
All types of gas-burning appliances installed for heating
or cooling rooms.
A gas-burning appliance designed to heat water for domestic
or other purposes, either of the automatic instantaneous type, the
automatic storage type or the manually controlled circulating or tank
type.
This chapter represents basic standards governing the construction,
location, gas connection and venting of domestic gas appliances.
Every new gas appliance and its accessories designed for domestic
use, sold for use in the Town, shall be constructed to comply with
standard requirements for installation in the American Standard -
Installation of Gas Piping and Gas Appliances in Buildings, ASA Z
21.30, in effect at the time of installation, for gas other than undiluted
liquefied petroleum gas, and the National Fire Protection Association
Pamphlet No. 52, issue in effect at the time of installation, entitled
"Liquefied Petroleum Gas Piping and Appliance Installations in Buildings,"
for undiluted liquefied petroleum gas.
A.
Every used gas appliance and its accessories designed for domestic
use, sold for use in the Town, shall be in good operating condition
and of a type which will ensure safe operation with the type of gas
used.
B.
If the installation requirements as hereafter set out in this chapter
require that an appliance be vent-connected, no such appliance shall
be sold or installed unless it is constructed with a flue collar to
permit venting.
Every gas appliance and its accessories designed for domestic use, installed in the Town, must be constructed as required in § 110-3.
The appliance installation shall be made in accordance with
the American Standard — Installation of Gas Piping
and Gas Appliances in Buildings, ASA Z 21.30, in effect at the time
of installation, for gas other than undiluted liquefied petroleum
gas, and the National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet No. 52,
issue in effect at the time of installation, entitled "Liquefied Petroleum
Gas Piping and Appliance Installations in Buildings," for undiluted
liquefied petroleum gas, and in addition with the following specific
requirements:
A.
Location.
(1)
Unless equipped with an automatic pilot, space or central heaters
and air conditioners shall not be installed in sleeping quarters or
used in rooms normally kept closed. Space or central heaters and air
conditioners shall not be installed in a bathroom if any air needed
for combustion or venting is taken from the bathroom or if there is
a possibility of bathroom air being diluted with flue products.
(2)
Water heaters shall not be installed in bathrooms, bedrooms or any
occupied rooms normally kept closed.
(3)
Refrigerators shall not be located in bathrooms nor should they be
located in sleeping rooms or any room normally kept closed, but if
so, adequate ventilation to the outside air shall be provided.
B.
Appliances requiring flues or vents.
(1)
For gaseous fuels except liquefied petroleum gas. Any appliance installed
for domestic purposes having an input rating in excess of 5,000 Btu
per hour shall be connected to an effective flue or vent except listed
domestic gas ranges, listed hot plates and laundry stoves, listed
domestic clothes dryers, listed gas refrigerators, counter appliances
and other appliances listed for unvented use and not provided with
flue collars.
(2)
For liquefied petroleum gas. Appliances shall be flue-connected or
otherwise vented to carry off the products of combustion in accordance
with the requirements of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association Pamphlet
No. 1.
