§ 16.16.760. Metropolitan gas and appliance contractor defined.

A.

For the purposes of this chapter, a metropolitan gas and appliance contractor who installs, repairs, services or alters gas, fuel, oil and solid fuel appliances, water heaters, unvented heaters and unit heaters including equipment and piping required to make a complete and operating system of natural gas of two psi and under to serve equipment installed; contractors who provide complete propane systems two psi and under including storage tanks may provide piping systems of up to ten psi external of the building, maximum input rating of gas appliances not to exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand Btu.

B.

Exception: A public utility licensed as a gas and appliance contractor shall be allowed to install and service appliances and equipment as required by the Public Service Commission.

C.

A metropolitan gas and appliance contractor shall be defined as one of the following:

1.

An individual holding a current and valid metropolitan gas and appliance certificate duly issued by the board of gas/mechanical examiners and appeals, who holds a current and valid contractor's license issued by the Tennessee State Board for Licensing Contractors when required, who has been duly registered as a metropolitan gas and appliance contractor by the department of codes administration and has secured the required contractor's privilege license from the proper licensing authority of the metropolitan government and has provided proper bond and certificate of insurance;

2.

A person, firm, association or corporation established to do business as a metropolitan gas and appliance contractor, employing the full-time services of an individual holding a current and valid gas and appliance certificate duly issued by the board of gas/mechanical examiners and appeals, who holds a current and valid contractor's license issued by the Tennessee State Board for Licensing Contractors when required, who has been duly registered as a metropolitan gas and appliance contractor by the department of codes administration and has secured the required contractor's privilege license from the proper licensing authority of the metropolitan government and has provided proper bond and certificate of insurance.

(Ord. 92-118 § 20, 1992; Ord. 90-1253 § 1 (part), 1990; prior code § 19-1-110)