§ 4113.67. Environmental comfort system or heat pump system—Permit and fees.

A.

An OCILB licensed heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) contractor duly registered with the department may, at his or her option, obtain a permit from the department to install an environmental comfort system or a heat pump system in lieu of obtaining separate heating and refrigeration permits which may be required under C.C. 4113.63 and 4113.69. Such permit shall be a single permit and subject to inspection. Systems exceeding a capacity of five tons shall require separate permits.

B.

(a)

Permit fees shall be required as follows:

(1)

Residential Dwelling Units. One environmental comfort system or heat pump system permit fee shall be required for each system installed in a dwelling unit in an R-2, R-3 or R-4 use group.

(2)

Other Than Residential Dwelling Units. For all other buildings not included in subsection (B)(a)(1) above, one environmental comfort system or heat pump system permit fee shall be required for any environmental comfort or heat pump system not exceeding a capacity of five tons. A separate heating and refrigeration permit and permit fee shall be required in accordance with C.C. 4113.63 and 4113.69 for all other environmental comfort systems or heat pump systems.

(b)

For the purpose of this section, all heat pumps (including, but not limited to, any refrigeration system designed to control ambient room temperatures by transferring heat) and environmental comfort systems shall include any heating, cooling, refrigeration, humidification, air cleaning, or ventilation device, and all duct outlets and inlets connected to each system.

(c)

Whenever repair of any environmental comfort system or heat pump system not exceeding a capacity of five tons necessitates replacement of a major component, an OCILB licensed heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) contractor duly registered with the department, may obtain a single environmental comfort system or heat pump system permit. For systems over five tons of capacity a permit shall be required and a fee shall be assessed in accordance with the appropriate heating or refrigeration section (C.C. 4113.63 or 4113.69) in the fee schedule.

(d)

Permit fees shall be assessed as prescribed in the fee schedule.

(Ord. 3031-98 § 1; Ord. 1669-01 § 19; Ord. 1132-2008 Attach. (part).)