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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 0336 ~ . ORDINANCE NO. 336 CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, TARRANT COUNTY GAS CODE . AN ORDINANCE AOOPTIM} THE SOUTHERN STANDARD GAS CODE, 1969 EDITION, AND ALL AMMENIJŒNTS THERETO, TO SAME AS IF IT WAS SET FORTH IN FULL HEREIN, RIDULA TIN1 THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL PIPIN1 EXTENDIN1 FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY OF GAS FOR THE USE AS A FUEL AND DESIGNED TO CONVEY OR CARRY THE SAME TO GAS APPLIANCES, AND RmULATIW THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF APPLIANCES DESIGNED TO UTILIZE SUCH GAS AS A FUEL, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS; PROVIDOO FOR THE INSPEC- TION OF SUCH PIPIN1 AND CERTAIN APPLIANCES; PROVIDDÐ FOR THE ISSUANCES OF PERMITS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SAID PIPIN1 AND CERTAIN APPLIANCES, AND THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDOO FOR THE UCENSIW AND BONDIN:t OF PERSONS EN1AGIN:t IN THE BUSINESS OF INSTALLIOO, REPAIRIOO, OR MAINTAINUG SAID PIPIN1 OR APPLIANCES; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND REPEALIN:t ALL CONFLICTIOO ORDINANCES; PROVIDIN1 A SA VIOO CLAUSE; AND PROVIDDG THA T THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FORCE, AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ITS AOOPTION AND PUBLI- CATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS that; CHAPTER I. TITLE This ordinance shall be mown as the "Gas Code" of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas and may be cited as such. CHAPTER II. PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this ordinance is to provide minimum standards, provisions and requirements for the safe installation of consumer's gas piping and gas appliances. All such gas appliances and gas piping installed, replaced, maintained, or repaired within the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas shall conform to the requirements of this ordinance and to the specifications, rules, and regulations stipu- lated in the aforementioned Southern Standard Gas Code. CHAPTER III. USE OF EXISTIN1 PIPIOO AND APPLIANCES . Not withstanding any provision in this ordinance to the contrary, -1- ....... , ~ ~ · consumer's piping installed prior to the adoption of this ordinance or piping installed to supply other than natural gas may be converted to natural gas, if the Inspector finds, upon inspection and proper test, 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 this ordinance. CHAPTER IV. BOND AND LICENSE · (a) No person shall engage in or work at the installation, extension, alteration, of consumer's gas piping or certain gas appliances, until such person shall secure a plumbers license as hereinafter provided, and shall have executed and delivered to the City of North Richland Hills a good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of $1,000.00 with corporate surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of all such work, entered upon or contracted for, in strict accordance and compli- ance with the provisions of this ordinance. The bond herein required shall expire one (1) year from day of issuance and must be renewed and kept current from such due date. (b) Upon approval of said bond, the person desiring to do such work shall secure from the State of Texas a non-transferable plumber's license which shall indicate the date of issuance and expiration. (c) Nothing herein contained ShAll be construed as prohibiting an individual from installing or repairing his own appliances or install- ing, extending, replacing, altering, or repairing consumer's piping on his own premises, or as requiring a license or 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 this ordinance, including those relating to permits, inspection, and fees. (d) Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting an individual from negotiating with the Gas Company for the installation or repairing of his appliances or installing, extending, replacing, alter- ing or repairing a consumer's piping on his own premises, or as requiring a license or bond from the Gas Company doing such work; provided however, all such work must be done in conformity with all other provisions of this ordinance, including those relating to permits, inspections, and fees. CHAPTER V. GAS INSPECTOR AND ASSISTANTS The Chief Building Official, as provided for under the Building Code, and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to properly perform the duties of that office, shall provide the administration and enforcement of this ordinance. The compensation for such duties shall be deter- mined by the èhief appointing authority. For the purposes of this ordinance the Building Official and his authorized assistants shall be referred to as the "Gas Inspector". · ~2- ~ ~ """'lIlIIII CHAPTER VI. POWERS AND DUTIES OF INSPECTOR . (a) The Inspector is authorized and directed to enforce all of the provisions of this ordinance, and the Inspector, upon presentation of proper credentials, may enter any building or premises at reasonable times for the purpose of making inspections or preventing violations of this ordinance. (b) 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 discon- nected by the Inspector, together with the reason or reasons therefor, and it shall be unlawful for any person to relOOve said notice or reconnect said 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. . (c) 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. CHAPTER VII. PERMITS (a) No person shall install a gas conversion burner, floor furnace, central heating plant, vented wall furnace, water heater, boiler, con- sumer's gas piping, or convert existing piping to utilize natural gas without first obtaining a permit to do such work from the Building Official. (b) Gas Company shall not be required to obtain permits to set meters, or to extend, relocate, relOOve, or repair its service lines, mains, or other facilities, or for work having to do with its own gas system. CHAPl'ER mI. INSPECTIONS (a) ROUGH PIPIN:t 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. . (b) FINAL PIP:nÐ INSPECTION shall be made after all piping authorized by the permit have 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 equal to twenty-nine (29) -3- t...- ----011IIII ~ ~ . pounds before entering meter, and five (5) pounds after passing thru meter. The piping shall hold this air pressure for a period of at least ten (10) minutes without any perceptible drop. All tools, apparatus, labor, and assistance necessary for the tests shall be furnished by the installer of such piping. CHAPTER IX. CERTIFICATES 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 it is found that such work complies with the provisions of this ordi- nance. The Inspector shall then notify the Gas Company authorizing the rendering of gas service. CHAPTER X. FEES (a) The total fees for inspection of consumer's gas piping at one location ( including both rough and final piping inspection ) shall be two dollars ($2.00) for one to ten outlets, inclusive, and twenty-five cents ($0.25) for each outlet above ten. . (b) The fees for inspecting conversion burners, floor furnaces, boilers or central heating plants shall be one dollar ($1.00) for each unit. (c) The fees for inspecting vented wall furnaces and water heaters shall be one dollar ($1.00) for each unit. (d) If the Inspector is called back, after correction of defects noted, an additional fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall be made for each return inspection. (e) Any and all fees shall be paid by the person to whom the permit is issued. CHAPTER XI. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES Any person that shall fail to comply with or violate any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not IOOre than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or the bond of such person may be revoked, or both fine and revocation of bond may be imposed. CHAPTER XII. NON-LIABILITY This ordinance shall not be construed as imposing upon the City of North Richland Hills, Texas 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. . -4- I l ~ /~- ~ CHAPTER mI. VALIDITY . If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordi- nance is, for any reason held to be unconstitutional ( or invalid) such ( holding ) shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas hereby declare (s) that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespec- tive of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid. CHAPTER XIV. DEFINITIONS The following definitions are provided for the purpose of interpretation and administration of this ordinance: (a) Inspector means the person appointed as Inspector, and shall include each assistant inspector ( if any ) from time to time acting as such under this ordinance. (b) Person means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or any other organized group of individuals. (c) Gas Company means any person distributing gas within the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills, or authorized and proposing to so engage. . (d) Certificate of Approval means a docWDent or tag issued and/or attached by the Inspector or to the inspected material, piping, or appliance installation, filled out, together with date, address of the premises, and signed by the Inspector. (e) Certain Appliances means conversion burners, floor furnaces, central heating plants, vented wall fumaces, water heaters, and boilers. CHAPTER XV. ORDINANCES REPEALED All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. CHAPTER XVI. EMERGENCY CLAUSE There exists a state of erœrgency due to the time element and the necessity for this ordinance to go into effect which will be to the good of the general welfare of the people and City of North Richland Hills, Tarrant County, Texas, thus an emergency is declared. . -5- ~ ..... . PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 23·-: DAY OF APPROVED: . ATTEST: / ? //"" """/j // ~( //" /) / / ¡{t ·~c~ 1,/ ,. ;lL~~ ,. APPROVED AS TO LEGALITY AND FORM: /)i"" ß-vv~ ~~__ ~ Attorney .. ~ ~ November 1970 , . ~ ~ LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT: Before m~, the undersigned authority on this day personally appeare~leanor Lewis known to me to be a credible person. who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: Bookkeeper Mid Cities Daily News That she is the of the , a newspaper which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulation -in the City/Town of Hurst , for a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Legal Notice and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date/so 12/6/70 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub- lishedonsaiddate/sinsaid Mirì Cities Daily News ~//~ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the1L:Llttay of~1 19 7.L. ublic, Tarrant County, Texas . .. ~ ATTACH LEGAL COpy HERE t UCAl~ f1:"i ! .," _ ,,~:;' - ·",,1 - , " ~!, ORÐtNANŒ'NO. S38 _ . ClTYOF ;;~ORTH RICØLAND HILLS mAs,'TAQANT COUNl'Y -Hi 'GASCODE _ t:., ~- ,: ~::-',AN:ORP1ÑANCE ADOPT:- :êlG rTHPl'SOµTBERN STANDARD GAS CODE, 1969 EDITJpN, AND ALL AMEND- MENTs - TIIERETO, THE ~ AS 1Í' IT WAS SET PORTH IN FULL HERt-1N, ìtEGULA.~ THE INSTAL- LATION. AtTERA1'ION,AND 'MAINTENANCE OF ALL WING· E1TENDING FRoM ~tHE pòINt OF. DELIVERY ;ap GAS FOR THE USE AS A !VEL' ANI) DESIGNED TO :.OONvEV OR - CARRY THE ..~ TO GAS-APPLIANCES, ).NO REGULATING THE lALLATION AND MAIN- " ANCE OF APPLIANCES IGNED TO UTI~ SUCH GÅS AS A FUEL, ~mE CORPORATE Uìnts ~ THE CITY OF ] _NOBTHRICHLAND· HILLS, _ 1mB; ..PI\OVIDING. FOJt - THEINSPECnON OF SUCH PWING Am> CERTAIN AP- PLIANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE _ ISSUANCE OF - PERMITS FOR THE INSTAL- LATION OF SAID PIPING - AND CERTAlNAPPU- ANCES, AND THE COLLEC- TION QF CERTAIN FEES TIŒRIFOR; _ PROVIDING FOR 'tHE UCENSlNG AND BONDlNG OF _ PERSONS ENGAGING IN THE BUSI- NESS OF INSTALLING, REPAtRING, OR MAlNTAIN- ING$AID PIPING OR APpU- ANCI!:S; PROVIDING· PENAL- TIES FOR THE VIOLATION 'OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND REPEALING ALL CON- FlJ~G ORPINANCES; PROViDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING THAT ,THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FORCE, AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER THE - DATE OF ITS ADOp- TXONAND PuBLICATION. Passed this 23rd day of Nowmber, 1970. APPROVED: -8- MARION L. MASSEY MAYOR ATTEST: -s- EV ALYN -a. HUSTON CITYSECRETARY MCI4al No. 638G Publish ~'IO