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 Norwalk
 Code of Ordinances
 Ordinances
 Chapter 11. Air Pollution

  § 11-11. Permits, approval and registration.  

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  • A. 
    Every person, firm, corporation, public utility, municipality, public agency or institution applying for a building permit from the Building Inspector, which building or structure will include any fuel-burning, processing equipment operation, heat transfer device or any chimney or smokestack, or be occupied for industrial purposes, shall obtain from the Health Department a permit to construct and, upon completion, a permit to use.
    B. 
    Each person who is responsible for emission of air contaminants shall register with the Director of Health on forms provided by him:
    (1) 
    His name;
    (2) 
    Address;
    (3) 
    Name of person responsible;
    (4) 
    If a business firm or corporation, a description of the business entity and the nature of the business;
    (5) 
    A description of the specific nature and estimated quantity of the air contaminants emitted or to be emitted; and
    (6) 
    Any additional information pertaining to the emission of air contaminants which may be requested by the Director of Health.
    C. 
    The Department of Public Works, any other city agency or any person shall submit plans of proposed construction, installation, alteration or modification likely to affect the quality of ambient air within the city to the Director of Health, who shall review or cause to be reviewed such plan to determine the extent of compliance with the Public Health Code, and:
    (1) 
    If there be deficiencies in such plan, the Director of Health shall make a written report to the person or agency of the deficiencies which will require corrective treatment.
    (2) 
    If there are no deficiencies, the Director of Health shall approve or certify or register the plans as approved and give a written notification of the action to the person or agency requesting review.
    (3) 
    An application shall be acted on within 10 calendar days after it is filed in the office of the Director of Health.
    (4) 
    In the event the plans, specifications and information submitted to the Director of Health pursuant to § 11-11 herein reveal a proposal to construct, install, reconstruct or alter any process, fuel-burning, refuse-burning or control equipment of such complex design and/or involving technological ingenuity or advances of considerable magnitude, the Director of Health may, at his option, and in lieu of issuing an installation permit, require the applicant to file with the Director of Health statements from the manufacturer and installation contractor certifying that the proposed equipment or installation will comply with all of the applicable provisions and limitations set forth in this ordinance. Upon the filing of such certificate of compliance, the applicant may proceed with the proposed installation, subject, however, to all of the provisions of § 11-11 hereinafter set forth.
    (5) 
    No construction, installation, reconstruction, or alteration shall be made which is not in accordance with the plans, specifications and other pertinent information upon which the installation permit was issued, without the written approval of the Director of Health.
    (6) 
    Violation of the installation permit shall be sufficient cause for the Director of Health to stop all work in connection with said permit, and he is hereby authorized to seal the installation. No further work shall be done until the Director of Health is assured that the condition in question will be corrected and that the work will proceed in accordance with the installation permit.
    (7) 
    If construction, installation, reconstruction or alteration is not commenced within six months of the date of the installation permit, the permit shall become void and all fees shall be forfeited, unless an extension of time is warranted and granted by the Director of Health.
    (8) 
    If applicant deems the process or equipment to be secret, he may file, with the approval of the Director of Health, his affidavit to the effect that such equipment or process will be so used as to comply with all other provisions of this ordinance. Any permits or approvals granted to the applicant shall be made in relevance of the truth of the representations set forth in such affidavit.
    D. 
    Construction, installation, alteration or modification of the following shall not require plan review or registration:
    (1) 
    Any installation of heating equipment in a single- or two-family residence or other building using gas, No. 1 or No. 2 oil as fuel in a furnace used for building heating purposes and rated at less than 2,000,000 B.T.U. per hour capacity.