Ordinance 2719 - Laserfiche WebLink

( c ) the recommendations and regulations per- taining to oil burning stoves, as provided from time to time by the National Board of eire enderwriters, and the standards of construction as promulgated by 'underwriters' laboratories or by any other organization of equivalent standing, -properly equipped and qualified for experimental testing, may be accepted by the . ire ehief as prima facie evidence that any oil burning stove complying with such regulations is safe for use within the pity of -verett _and the wire chief may in his discretion permit, the sale and use of any such oil burn- ing stove, subject to the special provisions herein provided. ( d) rhe oil reservoir supplying oil to the burner in oil burning stoves shall have a capacity not exceed- in i'welve ( 12 ) gallons . Oil reservoirs shall be sub- stantially constructed of metal and shall be firmly supported and secured against overturning. =o such oil reservoir • shall be located more than thirty-six (36) inches above the level of -the oil burner to which it is connected. ( e ) No glass bottle oil s upely container or • gravity tank of the vacuum feed type shall have a capacity in excess of rhree ( 3) gallons, nor shall more than two ( 2) such oil containers or tanks be connected to a single heating unit . ( f) Gravity oil tanks used in connection with oil burning stoves shall be constructed, installed and main- tained as hereinbefore provided, for oil tanks used in connection with gravity oil burners, except as otherwise permitted in this section. (g) every oil burning stove shall be provided . with an automatic safeguard to prevent flooding of the burner, as elsewhere provided for gravity oil burners. (h) Oil gauges on oil reservoirs and oil supply tank:, and dampers in smokepipes between oil burning stoves and chimneys, shall comply with the requirements elsewhere provided for gravity oil burners. ( i ) she provisions of this ordinance limit- ing the installation and/or use of gravity oil burners to the lowest story of a building and restricting such installa- tion or use in premises of a specifically mentioned occupancy, shall apply equally to oil burning stoves. Section 7 : Every oil storage or supply tank connected to an oil burner and having an oil storage capacity of more than '2wo Hundred (200) gallons, shall be constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance relating to underground tanks for the storage of flammable liquids. eil fuel shall be delivered. from such tanks to oil burners by pumping only. Where underground tanks used for the storage of fuel oil in connection with oil burners are located so that the top of the tank is above the level of the suction inlet of the pump supplying the oil to the oil burner or burner assembly, a syphon-breaking device consisting of an anti-syphoning valve, a vacuum tank, Underwriters ' vacuum syphon breaker or equivalent device satisfactory to the -6-