Spokane Municipal Code

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.29 Contractors and Workers

Article II. Boilers

Section 10.29.020 Operator’s License

No person may operate or have charge of a steam boiler of any size or a hot water heating or supply boiler of five hundred thousand BTU input or larger without a license, issued by the building services department, of the appropriate class as follows:

1. A low-pressure boiler operator’s license authorizes the holder to have charge of and operate any specifically described and located fifteen-pound steam boiler or hot water boiler used for heating purposes only not exceeding four million BTU; or

2. A small high-pressure boiler operator’s license authorizes the holder to have charge of and operate a small high-pressure boiler not exceeding eight hundred thousand BTU input or one hundred fifty pounds psi.

3. A third-class boiler operator’s license authorizes the holder to have charge of and operate a high-pressure (power) boiler not exceeding four million BTU input, or

1. 1. and operate any size low-pressure boiler, or

1. 2. an opposite shift to a second-class boiler operator.

4. A second-class boiler operator’s license authorizes the holder to have charge of:

1. 1. and operate a high-pressure boiler not exceeding eight million BTU, or

1. 2. an opposite shift to a first-class boiler operator, or

1. 3. and operate any size low-pressure boiler.

5. A first-class boiler operator’s license authorizes the holder to have charge of any size high-pressure or low-pressure boiler.

6. Boiler operator’s licenses are class IIB licenses under chapter 4.04 SMC.

1. 1. They are annual licenses which expire on December 31st.

Date Passed: Monday, November 26, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, January 2, 2008

ORD C34135 Section 1