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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1143• • OIL BURNER A1D FUEL OIL ORDINANCE NO. 1143 An ordinance regulating the use of fuel oil, the sale for use in the City of Port Angeles, and the installation of oil burning devices and oil storage tanks for heating purposes; providing for the issuance of permits for such installations and providing for a penalty for the violation thereof. THE CO'_IISSIO E. RS OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS ,FOLLOVS: Section 1. Definitions. The term "OIL BURNING E Q,UIPI NT" shall be held to mean ail equipment connected to the burner, and located within the building, including internal auxiliary and external supply tanks, fillers and appliances for filling and venting the same,'pumps, oil burning stoves, oil burning furnaces, and all piping, wiring, and other ',accessories thereto. The term "OIL" as used in this ordinance shall be held to mean oil meeting all Pacific Coast specifications. Section 2. Inspection and Approval by Chief of the Fire Depart- meat. Hereafter it shall be unlawful to install, or use any gravity oil burner in ranges, stoves, furnaces, and other heating devices, or any oil burning equipment in connection therewith, unless the same shall be inspected and approved by the Chief of the Fire Department, 4 as required by the terms of this ordinance. The Chief of the Fire Department is hereby authorized to reject or disapprove any gravity 1 oil burner which is not provided with adequate safeguards against ;fire or explosion or which is otherwise unsafe within the City of 'Port Angeles. Section 3. Permits. No installation of any oil burner, or any oil burning equipment for device, or oil storage tanks for use in connection therewith, shall be made in the City of Port Angeles without a permit having first been obtained from the Chief of the Fire Department. No permit shall be issued by said Chief of the Fire Department until the appli -i cation for such permit together with a plan of the proposed install- PAL T'. 0 ation shall have been filed with said Chief of the Fire Department. If the plan submitted is found to conform to the provisions of this ordinance, the Chief of the Fire Department shall issue a permit for the installation. Provided, however, that the Chief of the Fire Department may, in his discretion, waive the filing of a plan, in which event a statement that the filing of a plan has been waived shall be endorsed by the Chief of the Fire Department upon the permit. Section 4. Certificate of Approval by Chief of the Fire Depart- went. After installation, the person, firm, or corporation to whom the permit for such installation vas granted shall, before using the equipment, report the same for final inspection to the Chief of the Fire Department, who shall, if the installation is found to conform to the provisions of this ordinance, endorse his approval thereof upon the permit theretofore issued. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed as re- quiring the alteration, reconstruction or removal of any existing plant or installation wherein and whereby flammable oils and liquids are lawfully manufactured, stored or used prior to the effective date hereof. Provided, however, the Chief of the fire Department may condemn a floor furnace that has been installed which in his opinion is a definite fire hazard. • Section 5. Test of Oil Burners. Oil burners installed hereunder shall be so equipped mechanic- ally or electrically that any accumulation of unconsumed oil will automatically stop the flow of oil to the burner. All burners sub- ject to automatic ignition must be provided with permanent automatic devices, either gas or oil pilot or electric, or both, so designed that oil upon being turned into the combustion chamber will immed- fately become ignited. The recommendations and regulations pertaining to oil burners of the gravity type for installation in stoves, ranges and other heating devices as provided from time to time by the ;rational Doard of Fire Underwriters, and the st4ndards of construction as promul- • • 2LG2 1ii?3:1 gated by Underwriters' Laboratories or by any other organization of equivalent standing, properly equipped and equalified for experi- mental testing, may be accepted by the Chief of the Fire Department as prima facie evidence that any gravity oil burner complying with such regulations is safe for use within the City of "ort Lngeles, and the Chief of the Fire Department may in his discretion permit the installation and use of any such gravity oil burner, subject to the special provisions herein provided. Section 6. Location of Gravity 011 Burners Limited. :To gravity oil burner, heating stove or range, having attached to it a metal oil supply tank of a capacity exceeding ten (10) gallons, shall be installed or used in any portion of a building used for the purpose of a hotel, a rooming house, boarding house, school, theater, church, department store, or place of refuge or detention. X11 installations of oil floor furnaces shall be installed by the following means. a. All stove pipe shall go directly into a chimney built from the ground and in accordance to the City Building Code and shall have at least nine (9) inches of clearance from each side and eighteen (18) inches from above of any combustible material. b.. ,n emergency well lighted accessible walkway shall be pro- vided on first floor installations and be Properly drained where necessary, to prevent any submerging by water. Section 7. Piping, Valves and Unions. Standard full weight wrought iron or steel pipe not less than one-fourth (4) inch inside diameter, or brass or copper tubing not less than five - sixteenths (5/16) inch outside diameter with a wall thickness not less than .049 inch for small sizes and correspond- ingly heavier where necessary, shall be used for oil su ply lines. Unions shall be ground type with conical seating faces of metal. Valves shall be constructed so that the stem cannot be withdrawn by :continued operation of hand wheel. All threaded joints shall be made with litharge or other approved compounds. All piping and tubing shall be tightly put together with due allowance for expansion, contraction, jarring and vibration, and protected against mechanical • • FOUR injury; as supply pipes must be provided with shut -off valves. No glass bottle oil container and no oil supply tank of the vacuum feed type shall have a capacity in excess of three (3) gallons. Glass gauges are prohibited. Section 8. Electrical Installation. Electrical installation used in connection with oil burning devices shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of, and be inspected and approved, by the City Electrical Inspection Department. Section 9. Ventilation. No damper shall be permitted in the smoke pipe or chimney from the device heated that may entirely shut off the passage of fumes or gases. Ventilation shall be provided to prevent the accumulation of any trapped vapors below the combustion chamber where the grate bar area is entirely closed. Complete instructions in regard to care and operation of the oil burning equipment shall be furnished with the apparatus. Section 10. Oil Storage Tanks Above Ground. Oil must not be forced from tanks by air or water pressure. Fill pipe shall be not less than one and one -half (1N inches in diameter, and provided with cap. Vent pipes shall not be less than three - fourths (3/4) inch in diameter and shall be provided with a return ell. Orifice of vent shall be provided with non - corrodible vire screen. Vent pipes shall terminate outside of building at least three (3) feet measured horizontally and vertically from window or other building opening. All tanks or drums shall be set on iron or wood frames. All wooden posts shall be constructed of 4 by 4 inch timbers or equal, properly braced and set on incombustible blocks and away from build- ing two feet. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any such oil having a flash point below one hundred and twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit in any oil burning system as a fuel or as a primer for an oil burner. Two or more tanks or drums shall be connected with valves to the main feed pipe line. The capacity of all connected tanks shall L PAGE FIVE not exceed three hundred (300) gallons. Section 11. Pressurestat or Automatic Device. A11 light fuel oil burners used in connection with hot water and steam heating systems shall be equipped with a pressurestat or same automJtic device to reduce or extinguish the fire in the event of undue pressure within the boiler. Section 12. Acetylene or Other Highly Explosive Gas Prohibited. The use of acetylene or any other as possessing a wider range of explosibility in admixture with air than coal gas, water gas, or oil gas, is prohibited for use in the gas pilot of a light fuel oil burner. Section 13. Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. No delivery of oil shall be made into any tanks or drums by any firm or corporation until a certificate of approval has been granted in connection with any equipment hereafter installed. Section 14. That because of the facts, the adoption of this ordinance is urgent and necessary for public peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of the city, which emergency is declared to exist, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and lawful publication. Passed first reading by City Commissioners, August 12„1945. Passed sedondreading by City Commissioners September 26, 1945. Passed third reading and adopted by the City Commission, September 26, 1945. Approved?4nd signed by the Mayor this 26th day of September 1945. Li_ Mayor