GAS PIPING AND APPLIANCES

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland pt. THREE, pt. IIIE, tit. XIII, ch. 3135

in effect

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3135.01 Scope and Application

§ 3135.01 Scope and Application (a) The provisions of this chapter shall govern the installation, alteration, and replacement of gas piping; and the installation, except venting, of gas-fired appliances (other than space heating appliances and incinerators) such as ranges, hot plates, countertop-type cooking equipment, ovens, broilers and other cooking and baking appliances; water heaters, clothes driers, ironers and refrigerators. (b) Provisions governing gas-fired space heating appliances, incinerators, chimneys, flues, and gas vents are included in OBBC and Chapter 3131 of this Building Code, provided, however, that gas piping to such space heating appliances and incinerators shall be installed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. (c) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to tubing, appliances, appurtenances, or devices used for strictly experimental or scientific purposes.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3135.02 Definitions

§ 3135.02 Definitions (a) “Appurtenance” means an accessory or adjunct to a gas appliance intended to be used in connection with it. (b) “Gas appliance” means a fixture or apparatus manufactured and designed to use natural, manufactured, or mixed gas as a fuel medium for developing light, heat, or power. (c) “Appliance accessory” means a unit designed to be attached to a gas appliance, such as pilot lights, regulators, safety devices, control valves and relief valves. (d) “House gas pipes” means gas pipes and fittings installed on any premises or in any building or other structure on the outlet side of the gas meter, or extending from gas pipes anywhere beyond that location, and ending at capped or plugged outlets ready to connect with gas fixtures or gas appliances; but shall not include the connection of the gas fixtures, gas appliances, or gas meters, or any portion of the gas service piping from street mains. (e) “Rated input” means that maximum amount of gas expressed in BTU per hour which a gas appliance is designed to burn completely, and which is marked on any appliance meeting the requirements and specifications of the American Gas Association or other similar recognized agency. (f) “Tubing, flexible” means a conduit to convey gas which depends for gas tightness on joint packing or on wall structure other than solid metal. (g) “Tubing, semi-rigid” is a metallic conduit sufficiently flexible to permit bending so as to eliminate the use of elbows, generally connected to the appliance and house gas piping by means of flare or compression couplings.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3135.03 Permits Required

§ 3135.03 Permits Required A permit shall be required for the installation, alteration, or replacement, of house gas piping for the installation of gas-fired appliances required by OBBC and this Building Code to have a flue or vent connection; and for the installation of gas conversion burners in existing heating devices.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3135.04 Approved Standards for Equipment and Installation

§ 3135.04 Approved Standards for Equipment and Installation (a) All house gas piping and all gas-fired appliances shall be installed in conformity with the requirements of OBBC and this Building Code and in conformity with accepted safe practice. (b) Except as provided in OBBC and this Building Code, or in statutes, or in regulations promulgated by authority of statute, or in other ordinances, conformity with the requirements of the following standards shall be accepted as conformity with accepted safe practice; provided that the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals may change, modify, or supplement any of the requirements of such standards when deemed necessary in the interests of public safety or to further define accepted safe practice. (c) When deemed necessary for safety to life or property, the Commissioner may require compliance with any recommendation or requirement of the standards listed in Section 3101.07.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3135.05 Approval of Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals or Ohio Board of Building Standards

§ 3135.05 Approval of Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals or Ohio Board of Building Standards (a) All gas piping, tubing, fittings, accessories, appurtenances, and gas appliances shall be of a type approved by the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals or Ohio Board of Building Standards. Piping, tubing, fittings, accessories, appurtenances and gas appliances which conform to the standards hereinbefore specified and which have been approved by the Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc. or the American Gas Association, or which have been approved by other nationally recognized testing laboratory which possesses adequate equipment, experience, and competency in this field, may be approved by the Board without additional test. (b) No person, firm, association or corporation shall display, sell, barter, replace, offer for sale, deal in, supply, rent, donate, connect, or install within the City any piping, tubing, fitting, accessory, appurtenance, or gas appliance which has not been approved by the Cleveland Board or the Ohio Board of Building Standards and which does not bear the seal of approval or listing symbol prescribed or accepted by such Boards.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3135.06 Curb Cock and Main Shut-Off

§ 3135.06 Curb Cock and Main Shut-Off (a) All gas services shall be equipped with an approved curb cock placed in an accessible location outside of the building. (b) Every system of gas service piping shall have an accessible main shut-off cock located on the house gas piping immediately adjacent and on the service pipe side of the meter.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3135.07 Authorization for Turning on Gas

§ 3135.07 Authorization for Turning on Gas (a) Whenever any concealed house gas piping, irrespective of length, or exposed house gas piping in excess of fifty (50) feet in length, is installed, altered or replaced; and whenever any gas-fired appliance required by OBBC or this Building Code to have a flue or vent connection, or any gas conversion burner, is installed, replaced, or relocated, the gas supply to such piping, appliance, or burner shall not be turned on by the installer of such piping, appliance, or burner, or by the owner or his or her agent, or by any person acting directly or indirectly for the owner, until the installation has been approved and written authorization to turn on the gas has been given by the Commissioner. In interpreting this subsection, the public utility organization supplying gas to the premises shall be not deemed to be the agent of the owner or to be acting for the owner. (b) Whenever there is a change in a meter manifold which will provide for an increased number of meters, the gas supply to such manifold shall not be turned on until the installation has been approved and written authorization to turn on the gas has been given by the Commissioner. (c) The term “altered” as used in this section means a change in the house gas piping involving disassembly of the piping.

Source: City of Cleveland, Ohio, Codified Ordinances and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/cleveland/latest/cleveland_oh/0-0-0-20929Fetched: 11/1/2026