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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10908ORDINANCE NO. 10,908 AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING OPERATORS OF STATIONARY BOILERS AND /OR REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS TO BE LICENSED; CREATING A BOARD OF EXAMINERS TO EXAMINE APPLICANTS FOR SUCH LICENSE; FIXING THE LICENSE FEE THEREFOR; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: a, SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons M to operate any boiler at a pressure in excess of 15 PSIG steam C) pressure or 30 PSIG water pressure, or any refrigerating machine or system having a rated capacity in excess of 25 tons, or any boiler regardless of pressure located in public buildings, zs o hospitals, hotels, churches, theatres or any other place where .A groups of people assemble, without first having been issued ro a) 'o a license to do so. Boilers and refrigeration systems under a a� the jurisdiction of the U. S. Government and locomotive boilers are exempt from the provisions of this ordinance. Further, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, partnership, association, company or corporation, to knowingly employ or keep in their employ for the purpose of operating any boiler or refrigeration machine or system as covered by this ordinance, any engineer or other person who has not been licensed by the Board of Examiners of the City of Little Rock. SECTION 2. The Board of Directors shall within thirty (30) days after the passage of this ordinance appoint a Board of Examiners, which shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be an engineer, or a person who shall have had at least ten years experience in the operation and /or maintenance of steam boilers; and one member who shall have had at least five years experience in the operation and /or maintenance of refrigeration systems. Within thirty (30) days after the appointment, the members of said Board of Examiners shall meet and organize by the election of a chairman and secretary. The Chairman shall serve G'� -2- for a term of three years; the secretary shall serve for a term of two years; and the third member of said Board shall serve for a term of one year. SECTION 3. The Board of Examiners is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this ordinance and not in conflict with other ordinances or rules. SECTION 4. The Board of Examiners upon sufficient proof being presented may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee for incompetency or untrustworthiness or willful violation or neglect of any of the safety laws or rules relative to the boiler and refrigeration systems, provided all such licensees shall be entitled to a full and impartial hearing before said Board to show cause why such license should not be revoked. SECTION 5. To the extent permitted by this Ordinance where the application of a rule would cause expense materially out of proportion to the increase or safety obtained thereby, or would be unreasonable under the facts of the particular case, and where in the opinion of the Board of Examiners adequate safety is or can be maintained in other ways, said Board of Examiners may, upon adequate showing by the person affected, grant an exemption or modi- fication of the rule complained of. This exemption or modification shall be based on such requirements as will secure a reasonable condition of safety provided such exemption or modification be not in conflict with Ordinance or Law. SECTION 6. Each applicant who shall present himself for examination before the Board of Examiners shall pay a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) to the City Collector which shall be credited to the General Revenue Fund of the City of Little Rock. SECTION 7. Any person who has been granted a license by the Board of Examiners may have same renewed at the beginning of each -3- calendar year by paying a renewal fee in the amount of Two and 50/100 Dollars ($2.50) to the City Collector, which sum shall be credited to the General Revenue Fund of said City. SECTION 8. The City of Little Rock shall, by its annual budget, appropriate a sufficient sum of money necessary to defray any and all expenses of the Board of Examiners in the administration of the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 9. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to give to the Board of Examiners full Police powers and render all possible assistance to enforce the provisions of this ordinance. For this purpose the Board of Examiners and the Police shall have authority to enter upon any premises containing a boiler or re- frigeration systems covered by this ordinance for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not said boiler or refrigeration system is being operated by licensed personnel. SECTION 10. Any person violating provisions of this ordi- nance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Twenty -Five Dollars ($25.00), and each day such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 11. If any section or sections of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by any Court of this State, that fact shall not affect the remaining sections of said ordi- nance, and they shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION 12. It has been determined that by screening and licensing operators of stationary boilers and /or refrigeration systems within the City of Little Rock that such systems can be operated with a greater degree of safety to lives and property and that the lack of such is detrimental to the public peace, health and safety; now therefore, an emergency is hereby de- clared to exist and this ordinance being necessary for the pre- -4- servation of public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval; and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED: March 2, 1959 ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED: / Mayor.