[HISTORY: Adopted Floral Park Village Board 5-4-1943.]
A.
This ordinance shall govern and control the installation
of any and all oil-burning equipment hereafter installed in any building
or structure for the purpose of heating, hot water service, cooking
or other domestic use or any manufacturing process, and shall govern
and control the storage and use of fuel oils in connection therewith.
B.
No oil-burning equipment shall be installed in the
Village of Floral Park, Nassau County, New York, nor shall any existing
oil burning equipment be altered except in conformity with the provisions
of this ordinance.
The following terms shall, for the purpose of
this ordinance, have the meaning indicated in this section.
Shall mean any liquid used as fuel and having a flash point
of not less than 110° F., closed-cup test.
Shall mean any device designed and arranged for the purpose
of burning or preparing to burn fuel oil and having a tank or container
with capacity of more than five gallons connected thereto.
Shall mean any device designed and arranged for the purpose
of burning or preparing to burn light grades of fuel oil and employing
a tank or container having a capacity of five gallons or less connected
thereto; said range burners being intended primarily for installation
in stoves and ranges originally designed for solid fuels.
Shall mean either "oil burner" or "range burner."
Shall consist of "oil burners" or "range burners" and all
equipment connected thereto, including internal and external supply
or storage tanks, piping, wiring, and all accessories.
Shall mean acceptable to the General Foreman or to the Board
of Trustees of the Village of Floral Park, Nassau County, New York;
it means in accordance with regulations of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters pertaining thereto and when referring to appliances,
it means tested and found suitable for installation and use.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or their agents governed by this ordinance to install any oil burner or oil-burning equipment unless they shall have been issued a certificate of approval as provided in § 59-4, application for which must be filed with the General Foreman at least seven days before the first installation is made.
B.
Application for approval of oil burners shall be made
in writing and shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that
the burner has been listed as standard by the Underwriters' Laboratories
or has been listed and approved by any other nationally recognized
inspection board or laboratory approved by the Board of Trustees of
the Village of Floral Park, New York.
C.
The General Foreman shall approve any burner listed
by the Underwriters' Laboratories and may approve, on authority of
the Board of Trustees, a burner listed by any other nationally recognized
inspection board or laboratory. Burners not listed by the Underwriters'
Laboratories or any other nationally recognized inspection board or
laboratory shall not be approved.
A.
To the General Foreman of the Village of Floral Park,
New York:
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Request is hereby made that
a certificate of approval be issued to the undersigned for the oil
burner described below:
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Name of burner
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Name of manufacturer
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Address of manufacturer
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Grade of fuel oil recommended
for burner (Commercial standard grade number)
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Length of time burner has been on market
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List of approvals by states,
cities or recognized laboratories
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Name
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Date
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In consideration of being
issued a certificate of approval, the undersigned swears that he will,
to the best of his ability, install or have installed in accordance
with the provisions made in this ordinance all oil-burning equipment
sold or otherwise disposed of and further agrees and does hereby waive
all rights to a certificate of approval which may, on five days' notice
in writing by the General Foreman, be revoked for a willful violation
of the provisions of this ordinance over which he has direct control.
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Signature of applicant
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Filed at __________________ this ______ day
of ______. 20____.
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Application received by
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Application approved by ______ Title _____.
At ____. this ____. day of ___, 20___
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B.
A filing fee of $5 shall be paid with each and every
application for a certificate of approval.
C.
The General Foreman shall, within five days of the
filing of the above application, issue a certificate of approval or
disapproval according to the provisions of this ordinance.
D.
With a certificate of disapproval, the General Foreman
shall issue to the applicant and to the manufacturer of the device
a clear and concise statement as to the reasons for disapproval.
E.
New application made after the issuance of a certificate
of disapproval shall not be made until 10 days from date of issue
of said certificate.
F.
New application shall be accompanied by a clear and
concise statement giving reasons for reconsideration based on information
received with the certificate of disapproval.
H.
Before any certificate of approval may be revoked,
the holder of such certificate shall be given a hearing before the
Board of Trustees within at least 10 days after the notice has been
mailed. The action of the Board of Trustees shall be final.
A.
Before the installation of any oil-burning equipment
or the alteration of an existing installation is commenced, the owner
or lessee or agent of either or the architect or contractor employed
by the owner or lessee, in connection with the proposed installation
or alteration, shall submit to the General Foreman a detailed statement
in duplicate on appropriate blanks to be furnished to the applicant
by the General Foreman. Such statement, constituting an application
for a permit in writing, shall contain the name and residence of the
owner of the building or structure in which the equipment is to be
installed or altered, a description of the oil-burning equipment,
the location and size of all fuel oil storage tanks, and such other
information in regard to the proposed work as the General Foreman
may require.
B.
All applications required by this section shall be
kept on file in the village office and, for the purpose of identification
and reference, shall be marked with the block and lot number of the
property to which they apply.
C.
Ordinary repairs to existing oil-burning equipment
may be made without notice to the General Foreman but no such repairs
shall be construed to include the change in location or installation
of any fuel oil storage tanks nor the removal or alteration of any
required safety devices.
A.
It shall be unlawful to install any oil-burning equipment or alter any existing equipment until the application for a permit required by § 59-5 of this ordinance shall have been approved by the General Foreman and a written permit issued for such installation or alteration.
B.
Application blanks for a permit to install oil burners,
tanks or both may be secured at the village office.
C.
A fee to cover the cost of inspection shall be paid
with each application for each installation permit as follows:
[Amended 4-1-1952; 10-16-1973; 5-15-1990 by L.L. No. 5-1990]
D.
Application for a permit must be made at least one
day before starting work, and no work is to be started until the permit
has been issued and is on the premises.
E.
Every permit issued under the provisions of this ordinance
shall have the signature of the General Foreman affixed thereto.
F.
Any permit issued under the provisions of this ordinance,
but under which no work is commenced within two months from the time
of issuance, shall expire by limitation.
A.
For oil burners. All oil-burning equipment hereafter
installed or altered employing, or in connection with, oil burners,
shall be installed or altered in accordance with the Regulations of
the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the Installation of Oil-Burning
Equipment and for the Storage and Use of Oil Fuels in Connection Therewith,
Edition of 1928 as adopted up to January 18, 1931, and as recommended
by the National Fire Protection Association and as may be amended
from time to time, copies of which are on file with the Village Clerk
and the General Foreman; provided, however, that the provisions of
Sections 14, 25, 121-b, 127-d and 127-e of the said regulations shall
not apply.
B.
For range burners. All oil-burning equipment hereafter
installed or altered, employing or in connection with range burners
shall be installed or altered in accordance with the Regulations of
the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the Installation of Oil
Burners in Stoves and Ranges Originally Designed for Solid Fuels and
for the Storage and Use of Oil Fuels in Connection Therewith, effective
April 15, 1932, and as may be amended from time to time, copies of
which are on file with the Village Clerk and the General Foreman;
provided, however, that the provisions of Section 1-b, 1-c and 1-d
of the said regulations shall not apply.
C.
If oil burners are placed in a closed room or compartment
other than an open cellar, the room or compartment shall be provided
with a cover or other ventilating device continuously open to the
outer air. The size of this ventilation opening should not be less
than the size of the flue to which the furnace is connected.
D.
When oil-burner installations are made in a furnace
connected either directly or indirectly to a hot-water storage tank,
such storage tank must be provided with a safety relief valve.
E.
The ceiling over the furnace must be fireproofed four
feet from the sides and back and eight feet from the front of the
furnace with one-half-inch plasterboard, wire lath, cement plaster
or equivalent fireproofing. Existing wood lath and plaster ceilings
will not be accepted without additional protection except in such
cases where boiler burner units are installed and casing of such units
meets with the approval of the General Foreman.
F.
Any woodwork, wood lath and plaster partitions or
other combustible material within four feet of the sides and back
or eight feet from the front of the furnace must be protected in the
same manner.
G.
All boiler or furnace rooms shall be provided with
adequate ventilation to assure continuous complete combustion.
H.
All oil burners shall be equipped with a device, mechanical
or electrical, which will automatically prevent an abnormal flow of
oil.
I.
All oil burners subject to automatic ignition must
be provided with permanent automatic device so designed that oil,
upon being turned into the combustion chamber, will become ignited
substantially immediately or be shut off.
J.
All oil burners used in connection with hot water,
steam or warm-air heating systems shall be equipped with an automatic
device to reduce and extinguish the fire in the event of undue pressure
in a steam boiler or overheating within a hot-water boiler or warm-air
furnace.
K.
No oil burner shall be installed in any boiler or
heater unless said boiler or heater is connected with a chimney having
sufficient draft at all times to insure the safe operation of the
burner.
L.
No oil burner shall be installed using a heavier grade
of oil than that approved by Underwriters' Laboratories, Chicago,
Illinois.
A.
Electrical installation used in connection with oil-heating
equipment must be inspected by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters
and the Electrical Certificate issued by said Board must be presented
at the office of the General Foreman of this village.
B.
An electrical safety switch shall be installed at
inside cellar entrance.
A.
Materials and construction of tanks. Tanks shall be
constructed of galvanized steel, open-hearth steel or wrought iron
of a minimum gauge (U. S. Standard) a thickness depending upon the
capacity as given below.
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to
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285
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gal.
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14 gauge
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286
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to
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560
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gal.
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12 gauge
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561
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to
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1,100
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gal.
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10 gauge
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1,101
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to
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4,000
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gal.
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3-16 in.
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4,001
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to
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12,000
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gal.
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1- 4 in.
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B.
For tanks of 1,000 gallons and more a tolerance of
10% in capacity may be allowed.
C.
All joints shall be riveted and caulked, brazed, welded
or made tight by some equally satisfactory process. Tanks shall be
tight and sufficiently strong to bear without injury the most severe
strains to which they may be subjected in practice. Shells of tanks
shall be properly reinforced where connections are made. All connections
shall be made through the top of the tank above the liquid level except
in tanks having a capacity of 275 gallons and less where one connection,
not larger than one-inch iron pipe size, may be made in the bottom
of the tank. Inside storage or gravity tanks of 275 gallons' capacity
and less may be provided with an additional one-inch opening in the
bottom of the tank for an approved key stem gate valve to aid in cleaning
the tanks.
D.
Underground tanks shall be thoroughly coated on the
outside with tar, asphaltum or other suitable rust-resisting material
dependent upon the condition of the soil in which they are placed.
E.
Inside and aboveground tanks and auxiliary tanks shall
be coated with a good quality rust-resisting print.
A.
Inside storage, gravity and auxiliary pressure tanks
shall be mounted on substantial incombustible supports and be adequately
secured to avoid strains on piping and shall not be located within
10 feet measured horizontally from any fire source or flame.
B.
The aggregate capacity of exposed storage tanks installed
in a cellar or basement and used in connection with one complete system
shall not exceed two tanks of 275 gallons' capacity each.
[Amended 10-5-1948]
C.
Tanks of 60 gallons' capacity and less may be used
under pressure provided they shall be designed for six times the maximum
working pressure and shall be proved tight at twice the maximum working
pressure. Working pressure shall not exceed 50 pounds per square inch.
Pressure tanks shall be equipped with a reliable pressure gauge and
an automatic relief valve piped to discharge by gravity to the storage
tank.
D.
Where gravity feed is permitted from one 275 gallon
tank only, the oil supply line must be equipped with a quick-closing
valve held open with a fusible link placed near the burner.
E.
Storage tanks having a capacity greater than 550 gallons
may be placed in the cellar or basement of any building below the
level of the floor provided that they are so placed that the top of
the tank is not less than 12 inches below the level of the floor.
F.
Tanks located outside of the building underground
shall be so placed that the top of the tank is not less than two feet
below the surface of the ground except that, in lieu of the two feet
cover, tank may be buried under 12 inches of earth and a cover of
concrete at least six inches in thickness provided; reinforcements
shall extend at least 12 inches on all sides of the tank.
G.
Where tanks are located so that the top of the tank
is above the level of the suction inlet of the pump supplying oil
to the burner or burner assembly, a siphon-breaking device consisting
of an anti-siphon valve, a vacuum tank "Underwriters" vacuum siphon-breaker,
siphon-breaking pump set or equivalent devices to prevent siphoning,
shall be installed.
H.
A manual control valve, either globe or gate, with
hand-wheel, must be placed in the oil supply line immediately upon
entering the basement.
I.
The outside fuel-oil storage tank and the piping connected
thereto shall not be covered until the same has been inspected and
approved by the General Foreman. Request for such inspection must
be made sufficiently in advance to permit inspection during regular
hours.
J.
An anti-siphon valve or equivalent must be placed
in the supply line next to the manual-control valve unless a wall
pump is used or unless the top of the fuel-oil tank is below the level
of the burner. This anti-siphon device must be pressure- or vacuum-actuated
and not the type held open by fusible link closing only at the time
of fire.
K.
No tank shall be installed under public sidewalks
or public roadways unless permit has been granted by the Board of
Trustees of the Village of Floral Park, Nassau County, New York.
A.
Each individual storage tank shall have an open or
automatically operated "Ventpipe" of ample size to prevent abnormal
pressure in cases of fire or when filling. In no case shall this be
less than 1 1/4 inch iron pipe size.
[Amended 10-5-1948]
B.
The lower end of the vent pipe shall extend through
the top of the tank for a distance of not more than one inch.
C.
The vent pipe shall extend from the tank to the outside
air, terminating at a point outside of the building two feet above
the level of the highest reservoir from which the tank may be filled
and preferably not less than two feet measured vertically or horizontally
from any window or other building opening. Outer ends of the vent,
unless automatically operated shall be provided with a return bend
and/or a weather-proof hood.
[Amended 10-5-1948]
Each individual storage tank shall have a fill
pipe terminating outside of building and shall be closed tight with
a metal cover or cap when not in use. Cross-connection between fill
pipe and vent pipe is prohibited.
[Amended 10-5-1948]
When two exposed storage tanks are installed
in a cellar or basement, a manually-operated three-way valve shall
be installed between the tanks and the oil burner in such a way that
when one tank is in use the other tank is completely shut off.
A.
No oil tank used in connection with oil-burning equipment
shall be equipped with a glass gauge or any gauge the breaking of
which will permit oil to escape from the tank.
B.
Test wells shall not be located within buildings.
Test wells located outside of buildings shall be closed tight with
a metal cover or cap when not in use.
A scavenging line, installed in connection with
tank located within a building, may be used and shall terminate outside
the building. It shall be capped oil-tight when not in use.
A.
Standard full weight wrought iron, steel or brass
pipe, with substantial fittings or standard full weight copper tubing
with standard fittings, shall be used and shall be carefully protected
against mechanical injury. In all piping systems, proper allowance
shall be made for expansion and contraction, jarring and vibration.
Flexible metallic tubing may be used to reduce the effect of jarring
and vibration.
B.
All threaded joints shall be tight and shall be made
up with suitable pipe compound.
C.
All piping shall be secured rigidly and protected
from injury in a workmanlike manner consistent with good practice.
A.
All auxiliary pumps used for pumping oil from the
storage tank to auxiliary tank shall be of approved type. They shall
be rigidly mounted.
B.
Automatic pumps not an integral part of the oil burner
shall be of an approved type provided with an automatic means for
preventing continuous discharge of oil in case of pipe breakage. They
shall be rigidly mounted.
A.
For the purpose of the final inspection, the General
Foreman is to be notified promptly upon completion of any oil-burning
installation.
B.
Certificate. Upon completion of any oil-burning equipment,
installation or alteration of any existing system, a certificate of
compliance shall be issued by the General Foreman certifying that
such work conforms substantially to the approved application and specifications
and the requirements of this ordinance. No oil-burning equipment shall
be operated, except for testing purposes, until such certificate of
compliance shall have been issued.
C.
Rules. For carrying into effect the provisions of
this ordinance, the General Foreman may adopt, from time to time,
rules consistent with safety and good practice.
D.
The certificate of compliance required by this ordinance
will not be issued to the owner of the premises until all requirements
of this ordinance have been complied with. It is a violation of this
ordinance to operate a burner except for test purposes until such
certificate shall have been issued.
A.
It shall be the duty of the General Foreman to enforce
strictly all the provisions of this ordinance.
B.
The Board of Trustees may revoke any permit or approval
issued under the provisions of this ordinance in the case of any false
statement or any misrepresentation as to material fact in the application
on which the permit of approval was based.
C.
All notices of violations of any of the provisions
of this ordinance and all notices that any existing oil-burning equipment
is deemed to be unsafe or dangerous shall be issued by the General
Foreman and shall have his name affixed thereto.
D.
All such notices may be served by delivering to and
leaving a copy of the same with any person violating the provisions
of this ordinance or who may be liable thereunder. If the person to
whom such notice or order is addressed cannot be found within the
Village of Floral Park after a diligent search shall have been made
for him, the said notice may be served by depositing a copy thereof
in the post office in the Village of Floral Park, enclosed in a sealed
postpaid wrapper, addressed to said person at his last known place
of residence, which shall be deemed equivalent to a personal service
of said notice or order upon all parties for whom such search shall
have been made whether residents or nonresidents of the State of New
York.
E.
Any person, association or corporation deeming himself,
themselves or itself aggrieved by any ruling, decision or order of
the General Foreman or the Board of Trustees made under this ordinance,
may apply in writing to the Board of Trustees at any meeting thereof
for a review of such ruling, decision or order and after such review
the Board of Trustees may modify or revoke such ruling, decision or
order and, upon good and sufficient cause being shown, remit any penalty
which may have been incurred.
[Amended 4-1-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980]
A.
The owner of any building, structure or part thereof or the owner of the land where any violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist and any architect, builder, subcontractor or other person who may be employed or assist in the commission of any such violation and all persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply therewith or with any requirements thereof or who shall violate or fail to comply with any detailed order or rules made thereunder or who shall install work or materials in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance respectively forfeit and pay a penalty as provided in § 32-13 of Chapter 32 hereof.
B.
Any person who, having been served with a notice, as in this chapter described, to remove any violation or comply with any requirement of this chapter or with any order or rule made thereunder, shall fail to comply with said notice within 10 days after such service, or who shall continue to violate any requirement of this chapter in the respect named in such notice, shall forfeit and pay a penalty as provided in § 32-13 of Chapter 32 hereof. In addition thereto any such violation of this chapter shall constitute disorderly conduct, and any person violating the same shall be a disorderly person. Each day that the violation is permitted to exist after the service of such notice shall constitute a separate offense.
