The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 23, 1953, Image 7
Thursday, July 23, 1953
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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An Ordinance
Providing for the Control, Reg
ulation, Installation, Construc
tion, Inspection and Other Mat
ters Relating to the Gas Distri
bution System of the Town of
Clinton and Providing Penalties
for the Violation Thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Alderman of the Town of
Clinton, South Carolina, in Coun
cil assembled:
Section 1: RULES GOVERNING
GAS. No person, firm or corpora
tion shall install, replace, repair,
extend or alter any system or pip
ing for the onveyane, distribution
or use of illuminating or fuel gas,
or construct, repair, replace, install,
alter or maintain any gas burning
devised connected to any such sys
tern of gas piping, in any building
or structure in the Town of Clinton
and its Police Jurisdiction, other
wise than in confarraity with the
provisions of £his Ordinance and
the Building Code of the Town of
Clinton.
Section 2: GAS WORK TO CON
FORM TO LAWS. It shall be un
lawful for any person, firm or cor
poration to do, or cause to be done,
any of the acts hereinafter prohib
ited, or fail, refuse or neglect to do
any of the acts hereinafter required
to be done or performed.
Section 3: WRITTEN APPLICA
TION AND PERMIT REQUIRED
FOR EACH PIECE OF WORK. No
person, firm or corporation shall
connect, or cause to be connected,
any gas piping or appliance with
son fol* whom the work is being 1
done, the name or names of the
master gas fitters who are to do the
work, the exact location of the
premises, by {he number of the lot
and block or house, street number
or o ther good and sufficient de
scription, or the distance, from the
side boundary to the nearest street,
a clear description of the work,
and the number and kind of fix
tures. Said application must be on
poration in charge of the work, and
it shall be thoroulghly covered or
securely barricaded from sunset to
sunrise and lighted red lamps shall
be so placed after dark every night
and so maintained as to prevent ac
cidents to persons or animals pass
ing along the streets or alleys, and
the Town of Clinton shall be pro
tected and saved harmless from
the consequences of afty injury to
any person or property due to the
blanks which it shall be the duty; execution of the permit issued by
of the Gas Inspector to keep in his
office for the use of the person de
siring same.
Section 8. The fee for inspections
for all work where a permit is re
quired shall be $1.50 for each in
spection.
No gas piping shall be painted or
covered in any way before inspec
tion is made and the Gas Inspector
has given his approval thereof.
After all piping is installed and
all outlets capped, the gas fitter
shall apply, in the presence of the
Gas Inspector, an air pressure' test
equal to five (5) pounds air pres
sure which shall be maintained for
at least ten (10) minutes. This shall
constitute the “Roughing-in test”
and must be mdae before the meter
is set and before any heaters or
any appliances of any kind are con
nected to the gas piping. When this
test is made all piping must be
completely installed to the fixture
or appliance connection and no part
of such piping shall be left not in
the Town of Clinton, to any person,
firm or corporation, to excavate in
any public street or alley. When
an excavation is made in any paved
stituting' the record upon which the | time upon demand of the Town ognized and qualified factory rep-^
action appealed from was taken. | Council of the Town of Clinton,! resentatives of eqiupment approved
Section 16: BOARD RECORD^ South Carolina. Upon failure or re-] by the American Gas Association
.TO BE KEPT. The Gas Fitters ExJ| fusal to comply with this section, | and who have been certified as
amining Board shall keep in thW the license and certificate of com- ( such by the Gas Fitters Examining
office of the Gas Inspector a book; petency of the said person, firm or j Board, may replace, repair or ad-
in which shall be recorded the corporation shall be ipso facto re-; just such equipment as it handled
names and addresses of each ap-, voked. by the particular manufacturer he
plicant, the final actiqn of the! Section 21: APPEALS TO THE represents.
board upon each application, the BOARD OF ARBITRATION. The
date of such action, whether grant inspector shall have the power,
of a certificate was made with or and it shall be his duty, to pass on
without examination, date and ac- any question or questions relative
tion of the Board in revocation or! to the mode or manner of construe-
suspension proceedings, and the tion or materials to be used in the
signature of the members of the I installation and alteration of the
Board participating in any action., gas fitting work in any building or
street where it is necessary to re-1 If applicant fails to pass the exam- residences now erected or to be
move paving the gas fitter who has [ ination, at least six months must erected in the future within the
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taken the permit for the said ex
cavation, shall leave a written no
tice with the street department at
their office that the said excavation
has been properly filled and tamp
ed and is ready for repaving. When
ever any person or firm making
any excavation in the street or al
ley flails to refill the same in a
proper manner as required by this
Ordinance or fails to maintain the
same for a period of one year, then
the street department shall cause
the work to be done and the cost
thereof shall be charged against the
deposit hereinbefore provided. Any
excess dirt, pieces of paving, etc.,
left on public property at the time
the excavation is repaved will be
removed by the street department
and the cost of same charged
against the deposit The same rule
shall apply when it becomes nec
essary for the Town street depart-
stalled.
The final inspection shall not be
made until all gas appliances are! men t'to safeguard an excavation of
placed and properly connected and| a licensed contractor,
meter set, ready for operation and, II: SIGN tq BE MAIN-
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elapse before he will be permitted
to take it again.
Section 17: ALLOWING ONE’S
NAME, LICENSE OR BOND TO
BE USED TO OBTAIN PERMIT
FRAUDENTLY. No person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business
of gas fitting in the Town of Clin
ton shall allow, his, or their name
to be used by any other person,
firm or corporation, directly or in
directly, to obtain a permit for the
construction of any work under his,
its or their name, certificate, license
or bond, nor shall he, it or they
make any misrepresentation or
omission in his, its or their returns.
Section 18: INFORMATION AS
TO NAME, RESIDENCE AND
PLACE OF BUSINESS TO BE
FURNISHED BY GAS FITTERS.
It shall be the duty of every per
son, firm or corporation desiring
to engage in the gas fitting business
in the Town of Clinton, to have his,
its or their full name, or names,
Town of Clinton, and it shall be his
duty to see that such mode or man
ner of construction or materials
used shall cbnform to the true in
tent and meaning of the several
provisions of this Ordinance.
Whenever the Gas Inspector, to
whom such questions ha(Ve been
submitted, shall reject or refuse to
approve the mode or manner of
construction proposed to be follow
ed 'or materials to be used in the
installation or alteration of any;
such gas work, or when it is claim
ed that the rules and regulations
of the Building Department or the
Section 23: Any appliance de
pending on room temperature ther
mostat shall be equipped with one
hundred per cent, safety pilot
valves, which will shut off all gas
supplies to both pilot and main
burner, in the event of pilot light
failure. It is recommended that the
Base pilot valve, or equal, be used
for this purpose. - •
Section 24: Except as the same
may be changed by the terms of
Jhis Ordinance, the rule? and reg-
’ulations designated:
“STANDARD
of the
NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE
UNDERWRITERS
for the
INSTALLATION OF GAS PIPING
AND GAS APPLIANCES IN
BUILDING
as recommended by the
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION
ASSOCIATION”
provisions of this Ordinance or any i and published in September, 1950,
of the ordinances or regulations do i shall govern the installation of gas
not apply, or when it is claimed piping and gas appliances in the
that the true intent and meaning of: Town of Clinton, and every person,
this Ordinance or any of the ordi-, firm or corporation engaged in the
nances or regulations have been business of gas fitting and installa-
misconstrued or wrongly interpret- tion of gas appliances shall comply
ed the permit applied for having fully with the terms, provisions, re-
been refused by the Gas Inspector,
then the person, firm or corpora
, affixed tn both tha license and the ! tl0n ma y aPP**! “‘Om the decision
stop cocks to all appliances TAINED where WO RK IS BE-1 bond tnd to register his, or their the Gas Inspector to the Gas
must be in place.
The setting of meters by the gas
any, gas main or private connec- department is forbidden until the
department has received a “rough
ing-in” inspection certificate from
the gas fitter, as issued by the Gas
Inspector, stating the “roughing-in”
test was satisfactory. It shall be the
duty of the person, firm or corpora
tion responsible for the installation
to furnish the gas department with
tions without having first filed a
written application as hereinafter
set forth, and having obtained writ
ten permits for such work as re
quired in Section 4 hereof from the
Town Clerk. A separate piece of
work of any description, Including
alterations, extensions and general
repair, except for minor repairs.
It shall be the duty of the Gas In
spector to issue a permit to any
person, firm or corporation who
files with him a written application
and complies with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 4: FEES OR PERMITS;
DEPOSITS REQUIRED: For issu
ing a gas permit for work in build
ings or houses of two fixtures or
less, a fee of one dollar and fifty
cents ($1.50) shall be paid by the
master gas fitter; for houses or
buildin&s having jmore than two
fixtures a charge of twenty-five
cents (25c) extra shall be charged
for each additional fixture rough-
ed-in or constructed. “Fixture”, as
used herein, means each of the fol
lowing: Conversion burners, side-
arm heater and-or storage tank, au
tomatic water storage heater, floor
furnaces, gas fired furnaces and
boilers, automatic main gas control
valves, unit heaters and vented
circulator or vented space heater.
“Fixture” also includes the follow
ing when installed separately ex
cept replacements: Automatic pil
ots, draf{ hoods, appliance presure
regulators and relief valves. The
word “fixture” shall also include
any other single fixture or appli
ance that must be vented to active
flue not herein specifically named.
To insure the collection of fees for
permits, inspections, costs of repair
ing paving, or any other expense
caused by the failure of the master
gas fitter to comply with the gas
Ordinance or expense required by
law, each person, firm or corpora
tion doing gas business in the Town
of Clinton, South Carolina, shall
pay to the Town Clerk in cash for
each permit, inspection fee or any
other charges as reported by Gas
Inspector and if such persffn, firm
or corporation should at any time
allow his, its or their account with
the Town of Clinton to become in
arrears then the Town Clerk shall
not issue to such person, firm or
corporation any more permits or
inspections until he, it or they shall
have paid to the Town Clerk all
delinquent fees or other charges.
Section 5: EXPIRATION OF
PERMITS. All permits are good for
a continuous performance of work
named therein; permits shall auto
matically expire when work ceases
for a period of ninety (90) days
without good and reasonable cause
for same; but will naturally ex
pire upon completion of work for
which it was issued.
Section 6: WRITTEN PLAN OR
ABSTRACT REQUIRED BEFORE
PERMIT IS ISSUED. Before issu
ing a permit, a plan, abstract or
written explanation showing the
name of the owner, occupant or
location, the nature of the work
agent of the building, and its exact
and method of performing same
shall be furnished, the Gas Inspect
or and receive his approval before
a permit is issued for the same,
which plan, abstract or written ex
planation shall be kept on the job
by the one doing the work until
the same is finished and accepted,
the number of said permit shall be
painted on a board not less than 6
inches by 12 inches which shall be
' nailed or otherwise posted in
conspicuous place on the job.
Section 7: APPLICATION TO
BE FILED: CONTENTS OF. Any
person, firm or corporation doing
busines as a master gas fitter
must conform to the following and
foregoing rules and regulations of
this Ordinance. Before beginning
any work, plans or satisfactory
written explanation and an appli
cation written in ink must be filed
with the das Inspector, and must
show the name of the owner or
owners of the property or the per
1NG DONE: It shall be the duty of
the person in charge of any gas
work at any premises to maintain
in a conspicious place as near the
main highway as possible on said
premises, and so as to attract the
attention of passers on the high
way, a metal sign not less than 12 x
8 inches in size, said sign to be
painted a bright red color with the
full name, or names, residence or
residences, and place or places of
business, in a book kept for that
purpose by the Gas Inspector, and
Fitters Examining Board. The ap
peal, authorized by this Section
may be taken within ten days of
the date of refusal to istfue said
in case
of removal, or change of P ern ^t, by filing with the Gas In
location of any firm, to have such
change made in said license and
bond, and in said register without
delay.
Section 19: LIABILITY INSUR-
these inspection certifTcates within IpainS ANCEJVNDBOND REQUIRED OF
twenty-four (24) hours of issuance thereon in black letters at least 2 v t
of same by the Gas Inspector. | inches high . when such work is be-
All requests for inspection shaU in ( j one j n connec tion with a
be received not later than 9:00 AM. building which extends out to the
on the day the inspection is desired, strect Une the gign ghall be placed
except in an emergency, in which
case the Gat Inspector shall be no
tified by noon of the same day.
However, the Gas Inspector is sub
ject to call twenty-four (24) hours
a day in case of an emergency
break down.
Section 9: ILLEGAL WORK TO
ever any gas construction, altera
tion or addition is made to the gas
system within any building or res
idence, any existing dangerous con
ditions shall be brought to the at
tention of the owner by the pros
pective gas contractor prior to the
inspection of the present work be
ing done. Any person, firm or cor
poration engaged in the gas-fitting
business whose work does not con
form to the rules and regulations
hereafter set out, or whose work
manship or materials are of inferior
quality shall on notice from the
Gas Inspector make* the necessary
changes at once in order to remedy
the same; if the work has not been
so changed after ten days’ notice
from the Gas Inspector, the said
Gas Inspector shall then refuse to
issue any more permits until he, it
or they shall have conformed to all
the rules and laws applying to
said work, or the Gas Inspector
shall issue a written order requir
ing the Gas Department to discon
nect the premises on which such
work is installed from the gas
main, without further notice. The
expense of disconnecting from said
gas main shall be charged to the
person, firm or corporation who
installed such illegal work. It shall
on the outside face of the building
wall on the street side. Said sign
shall be so displayed before the
work is started and be so maintain
ed until the work is completed.
All trucks or passenger cars con
verted into trucks used by gas fit
ting contractors shall have painted
GAS FITTERS
LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Every person, firm or corporation
engaged in the business of gas fit
ting and every person doing any
work as a gas fitter not in.the em
ploy of some other person, firm or
corporation carrying such insur
ance shall file with the Town of
Clinton before doing any work an
acceptable liability insurance pol
icy with limits of not less than
$25,000.00 for bodily injury and
BB MMBniBn OR KOTICE FBQM. -hah Aamse, At MX “!
INSPECTOR: PENALTIES. When the tull^Sme and address o< the ‘""e when such insurance shall ^ '
firm to which it belongs. Lettering
may be any color in contrast to the
color of the bpdy, but letters must
be at least 2Vi inches high on firm’s
name.
Section 12: GAS FITTERS EX
AMINING BOARD. There is here
by created the Town of Clinton Gas
Fitters Examining Board, which
Board shall consist of three mem
bers to be appointed by, and serve
at the pleasure of, the Town Coun
cil of the Town of Clinton. One
member of such Board shall be the
Gas Inspector of the Town of Clin
ton, from time to time employed by
the Town, and the Gas Inspector
shall be the Chairman of said
Board. No member of such Board
shall receive any compensation for
his services on the Board. Meetings
of the Board shall be held at such
times and places as specified by
said Chairman.
Section 13: ISSUANCE ANY RE-
cease to be in full force and effect
it shall be unlawful for any such
person, firm or corporation to per
form any work of gas fitting in the
Town of Clinton until such insur
ance is reinstated. Every person,
firm or corporation enaged in gas
appliance installation and gas fit
ting business in the Town of Clin
ton upon the effective date of this
Ordinance snail file such liability
insurance policy with the Town of
Clinton before performing any fur
ther work of such nature, and here
after no licenses shall be issued for
gas fitters or gas appliance instal
lations until such liability insur
ance policy shall have been filed
with the Town Clerk.
BOND.
Every person, firm or corporation
spector a notice of appeal, stating
specifically the question or ques
tions which the applicant desires
to have passed upon the Gas Fit
ters Examining Board. The deci
sions of the Gas Fitters Examining
Board shall be subject to review
and approval of the Town Council.
Any decision rendered by the Town
Council is final. ,
Section 22: DEFINITIONS OF
TERMS USED IN THIS ORDI
NANCE.
MASTER GAS FITTER. A per
son who has an established place
of business and who either as prin
cipal or as the representative of
any person, firm or corporation sat
isfies the Gas Fitters Examining
Board that he is competent and
quirements and regulations contain
ed in the said pamphlet. Wherever
in said pamphlet refernce is made
to the “Gas Company", it shall be
understood that the reference is to
the Gas Department of the Town of
Clinton.
Section 25: Any person violating
the provisions of this Ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than
One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, or
to serve a sentence of not more
than thirty (30) days upon the pub
lic works of the Town of Ctfhton.
Section 26: This Ordinance shall
become effective immediately upon
its adoption and ratification by the
Town Council of the Town of Clin
ton.
DONE AND ratified in Council
assembled, this 8th day of June,
A. D. 1953.
JOE P. TERRY
MAYOR
ATTEST:
W. B. OWENS
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER
construction, altering or doing other
work in connection with natural
gas systems, or who for himself or
for any person, firm or corporation
undertakes to, and does construct,
alter or make any repairs or addi
tions to a system of gas piping,
equipment, apurtenances and ap
pliances, together with all safety-
venting and installation of all gas
and other controls of same.
GAS FITTER APPRENTICE. A!
gas fitter apprentice is any person,
who, as his principal occupation, is
engaged in learning and assisting
in the installation of gas (fitting,
and shall work directly under the
supervision of one who holds a cer-!
tiricate of competency.
INSPECTOR. When the words, 1
“Gas Inspector,” are used, they
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before doing any further such work
after the effective date of this Or
dinance and before being issued a
NEWAL OF CERTIFICATE. No | license as gas fitter or gas appli-
person, firm or corporation shall! ance dealer for any future year, file
engage in the Construction, installa-, with the Town clerk a good and
tion, repair, maintenance, or do sufficient bond to be approved as
any work whatsoever in connec-; to f orm by tbe Town Attorney, and
tion with the mechanics of the gas as sufficiency by the Town Coun
distribution system of the Town of ci i ( in’ the principal sum of $2,500.-
mawiiicu - Clinton, or any part thereof, who| 00> conditioned that such person
be unlawful for the owner or agent ! does not a Certificate of Com-(win save, and hold the Town and
for any building or dwelling to
permit any gas piping to remain
connected with the gas main if the
work has been improperly done.
When any gas piping or any ap
pliances become defective, it shall
be the duty of the owner or agent
for the building or dwelling to
promptly cause the necessary re
pairs required for compliance with
the provisions herein.
Section 10: EXCAVATION IN
STREETS. A permit is required to
be taken out for each excavation
in a public street or alley before
the work is commenced. Work un
der said permit to be commenced
within forty-eight (48) hours after
the issuance of same, otherwise the
said permit to become void. Said
permits shall be kept at the place
of excavation while the work is be
ing done and exhibited whenever
called for by any person having
authority to examine the same, and
no more than one-half of said street
or alley shall be opened or obstruc
ted at one time, and no tunneling
will be allowed; no authorized un
derground construction shall be in
jured or interfered with, and shall
be subject to the provisions of
these regulations; all portions of!
the street excavated shall be put in
as good condition as before the ex
cavation was made; the trench shall
be filled up and thoroughly ram
med, and puddled if necessary,
within forty-eight (48) hours after
making the connection or repairs,
the ramming to be done in six inch
layers, and all rubbish or other
foreign material sh?H be removed
within the time designated for the
completion of the woj-k, after
which the permit shall become void
and of no effect. During the execu
tion of the work, the trench shall
be suitably guarded during the day
and a sign placed thereon with the
name of the person, firm or cOr-
petency, duly issued by the Gas
Fitters Examining Board, and
whether original or a renewal the
Certificate of Competency shall be
issued only for the calendar year
in which it is issued and dated, and
shall be of no force or effect in
any subsequent calendar year.
Section 14: REVOCATION OF
CERTIFICATES. The Gas Fitters
Examining Board shall have power
to revoke any certificate if, after
fair hearing, it be found that actual
practice under such certificate has
demonstrated to the satisfaction of
the Board that the holder thereof
does not possess the qualification
necessary for issuance of a certifi
cate after examination as provided
hereinabove, and no revoked cer
tificate shall be reinstated within
thirty days or without examination.
The Board shall have power to sus
pend any certificate for a definite
period not exceeding sixty days if,
after fair hearing, it is determined
that the holder has been guilty of
any violation of the laws of the
City relating to gas installation
and construction or of any clearly
incompetent or neglectful work
manship.
Section 15: APPEAL FROM AC
TION OF BOARD. Any person feel
ing aggrieved by action of the Gas
Fitters Examining Board in refus
ing to grant a certificate of com
petency, or in revoking or suspend
ing a certificate already issued,
may appeal to the Town Council.
Such appeal shall be taken within
ten days from thfe date of the ac
tion complained of by filing tfith
the Board and with the Town
Council a notice of appeal, specify
ing the grounds thereof. Upon no
tice of appeal being filed with the
Board, said Board shall forthwith
transmit to tbe Town Council, over
the signature of the Chairman of
the Board, all of the papers con-
in the Town of Clinton engaging in mean the offical or employee of the
the business of gas fitting shall, Town of Clinton, charged with the
enforcement of the provisions of
this Ordinance and of the Building
Code of the Town of Clinton, and
particularly the provisions thereof,
relating to gas installation.
MINOR REPAIRS AND CON
NECTIONS. Minor adjustments to!
gas appliances and equipment
which do not necessitate the instal
lation (except connections as here
inafter provided), removal or re-
! location of an appliance or the in-
all persons for whom such person j stallation of any pipe. The term
may do gas fitting work or gas ap-! “minor repairs and connection’,
pliance installation work harmless shall not include any adjustments
from any injury to persons or dam
ages to property which said per
son, firm or corporation, or his, or
its servants, agents or employees
to controls which are set at the fac
tory to permanent operation, ex
cept gas coking stoves, provided,
however, that dealers and distrib-
might cause to any person in the utors who have proved to the sat
isfaction of the Gas Fitters Exam
ining Board that they are duly rec-
prosecution of such work in the
City and conditioned further for
the faithful compliance by said
person, firm or corporation with
the provisions of all Ordinances
and regulations of the Town of
Clinton pertaining to gas fitting
and installation work, and that all
work done by said person, firm or
corporation, will comply therewith,
and further conditioned that such
person, firm or corporation will
save and hold harmless the Town
and any person for whom such
berson, firm or corporation may do
gas fitting or installation work
from any cost, expense, damage or
loss for failure of said person, firm
or corporation to comply with the
Ordinances, regulations and re
quirements of the Town of Clinton
pertaining to such work. Such bond
shall also provide that any person,
firm or corporation injured by the
breach of any condition thereof
may maintain a suit thereon in his,
their or its name.
Section 20: CITY COUNCIL
MAY REQUIRE BONDS TO BE
RENEWED. The said bond shall be
for the benefit of all persons in
jured or aggrieved by any viola
tion of, or neglect to observe, the
gas fitting laws of the Towp of
Qlinton, or the rules and regula
tions established under the author
ity of laws and Ordinances, and
said bonds may be required by the
Town Council of the Town of Clin
ton to be renewed at intervals of
two years, or oftener, if, in the
judgment of the Council, the secur
ities shall be impaired and at any
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