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Ord 1346 8/3/1942 (f'J ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1148, PASSED AND AP- PROVED ON THE 8TH DAY OF, JANuARy, A.D. 1934.9 ENTITLED "AN ORDI- NANCE CREATIKG A BOARD TO BE KNOWN AS THE hak-VIINING BOARD OF GAS FITTERS; PRESCRIBING THE MEMBERSHIP 01"' SAID BOARD; PROVIDING FOR EYAMINATION OF AN ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO GAS FITTERS; PRESCRIB- ING THE WORK TO BE' DONE By LICENSED GAS FITTERS; REQUIRING PER- MITS AND PROVID!i�G FOR INSPECTION FMS; PROVIDING FOR INSPECTOR AND DEFINING INSPECTOI-IS DUTIES; PRESCRIBING SPECIFICATIONS FOR GAS PIPING AND E`TCP11 BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 21-A; PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THh INSTALLATION Of" HEATING APPLIANCES CU�.`CEALBD IN WALLS., FLOORS, ATTICS, CLOSETS AND ETC. AND DECIAR- ING AN EMERGENCY. BL IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER MEN OF TEE CITY OF IATICHITA FALLS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Ordinance Noo 1148p passed and approved on the 8th day of 'Tanuary., A.D. 1934, entitled "An Ordinance creating a Board to be known as The Examining Board of Gas Fitters; prescribing the membership of said board; ProvidinE for examination of an issuance Of license to gas fitters; prescribing the work to be done by li- censed gas fitters; requiring permits and Providing for inspection fees ; Providing for Inspector and defining Inspector, s duties; pre- scribing specifications for gas piping and etc., " be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 21-A, which shall read as follows, to-wit : "Section 21-A: All heating appliances concealed in walls, floors, attics, and -c-l—osets, and all other gas burning appliances, shall bear the approval of the American Gas Association. No floor furnace shall be installed in a building where the distance from the bottom of the floor to the ground level be- neath is less than twenty-four ( 24) inches. Each floor furnace installed that Projects below ground level shall have a pit under the furnace and no floor furnace shall be installed when the ground level under the building is lower than the ground level in the yard, except where bottom of the Pit under the furnace is above the gutter grade in street or alley and the Pit is drained by gravity at all times with an approved drain from the pit to gutter in street or alley. The pit shall be excavated to depth of 6 inches below bottom of furance and all side walls shaped to an angle of 450 to Prevent caving of dirt into pit. Every automatically Or remotely controlled furnace shall be equipped with an approved device which will automatically cut off the main gas supply to the furnace within not move than six minutes after any Pilot burher in such furance is extinguished. Each floor furnace shall be Properly vented. Vents and vent stacks for floor furnaces shall be of a material approved by the National Board Of Fire Underwriters . Vents shall not have a horizontal run in excess of 75% of the vertical height of the vent stack. The horizontal vent run must have a minimum rise of one- fourth inch per foot. No horizontal Or combination of horizon- tal vents shall have combined lengths in excess Of fifteen ( 15) feet. Vent stacks shall extend throuch the roof I CD within three (3) feet of the I-Iighest point and at least twelve (12) inches above the high point. Vent stacks shall be equipped with an approved cap. "o Tapping of vents to connect vents together will not be permitted. No canopy over a range shall be connected to the vent serving a gas fired appliance. Vents from non-automatic gas appliance shall not be connected into a flue carrying gases from other fuel sources. Automatic gas appliances, other than floor furnaces, may be vented into flue or vent stack carrying gases from other fuel sources, provided the flue or stack is large enough and the donnection is made at a point at least twelve ( 12) inches above the connection from the appliance using other fuel. Reducing of vent sizes from the vent collar on the appliance will not be allowed. Where two or more appliances are vented through one vent stack, the stack shall be increas- ed in size until the stack area is not less than that of the largest vent plus 50% of the area of the additional vents. All vents shall be securely hung with approved pipe hangers at intervals not exceeding five (5) feet and at the base of the vertical stack. All changes in direction shall, where possible, be made with 450 fittings. If cement asbestos pipe is used all joints shall be well cemented with an approv- ed cement. Where roof flashings are used the vent shall extend above the top of the metal sleeve in the flashing and the vent cap shall be attached to the vent proper. All gas fired appliances not specifically covered by this ordinance shall be installed and vented., when requir- ed., in a safe manner. The recommendation of the American Gas Association shall be followed in making such installations and the inspector of plumbing and gas piping shall be consult- ed for information concerning such installations prior to the installation. Such installations shall be made in a manner satisfactory to the inspector of plumbin8' and gas piping. " SECTION 2. Because there is no ordinance regulating the installa- tion of floor furnaces and other appliances and because such ap- pliances are being installed in such a way as to create a fire hazard, the rules requiring Ordinances to be read on three (3) several days is hereby suspended and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. 1942. PASSED AND APPROVED this day of Julyp A.D. ATTEST: MAYOR. CITY CLERK.