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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 10
Chapter 10.29
Section 10.29.022
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.29 Contractors and Workers

Article II. Boilers

Section 10.29.022 Operators on Duty
  1. No licensed boiler operator may leave the boiler room area for longer than fifteen minutes when a steam boiler under his charge is being operated at a pressure greater than fifteen pounds per square inch (gauge) unless relieved by a properly licensed person.
  1. Low pressure hot water heating boilers, low pressure steam heating boilers, hot water supply boilers with a combined capacity of ten million BTU per hour input of all fired pressure vessels in the boiler room require at least a twice daily check with an interval of at least six hours by a properly licensed operator.
    1. For combined capacity of greater than ten million BTU per hour, the operator on duty requirement of subsection (A) of this section applies.
    1. A variance from this requirement may be granted by the board of boiler examiners upon favorable evaluation of a written application.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)