§ 14-12-18. Inspection certificates.

A.

If, upon inspection, a boiler or unfired pressure vessel is found to comply with the rules and regulations of the board, the owner or user thereof shall pay to the city the sum of $11.00 in the case of a power boiler; $11.00 in the case of a low-pressure heating boiler, including hot water supply, coil or storage water heaters that exceed any one of the following limitations: 200,000 Btu input, 120-gallon capacity or 200 degrees Fahrenheit temperature; and the sum of $5.00 in case of an unfired pressure vessel. The chief inspector, or his or her duly authorized representative, shall issue to such owner or user an inspection certificate bearing the date of inspection and specifying the maximum pressure under which the boiler or unfired pressure vessel may be operated. Such inspection certificate shall be valid for not more than 14 months from its date except that the certificate shall be valid for a period not more than two months beyond the period set by the board in accordance with section 14-12-17(A)(1). Certificates shall be posted under glass in the room with the boiler or unfired pressure vessel inspected. If the boiler or unfired pressure vessel is not located within the building, the certificate shall be posted in a location convenient to the boiler or unfired pressure vessel inspected, or in the case of a portable boiler or unfired pressure vessel, the certificate shall be kept in a metal container to be fastened to the boiler or vessel or kept in a toolbox accompanying the boiler or unfired pressure vessel.

B.

No inspection certificate issued for an insured boiler or unfired pressure vessel by a special inspector shall be valid after the boiler or unfired pressure vessel for which it was issued shall cease to be insured by a company duly authorized by this state to carry such insurance.

C.

The chief inspector or his or her authorized representative may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, in his or her opinion, the boiler or unfired pressure vessel for which it was issued cannot be operated without menace to the public safety or when the boiler or unfired pressure vessel is found not to comply with the rules and regulations herein provided. Such suspension of an inspection certificate shall continue in effect until such boiler or unfired pressure vessel shall have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board and until the inspection certificate shall have been reinstated.

(Code 1967, § 45-28; Code 1985, § 42-30; Ord. No. 273, § 2, 9-3-1968; Ord. No. 2349, § 1(2), 12-16-1975; Ord. No. 3022, § 1(2), 6-9-1980; Ord. No. 3152, § 1, 9-8-1981)