§ 71-9. Annual inspection of cooking equipment, cooking ventilation equipment and cooking hood extinguishing systems.

Owners and lessors of all bars, cabarets and nightclubs, regardless of maximum permitted occupancy, shall be required to arrange for inspection and testing of cooking equipment, cooking ventilation equipment and cooking hood extinguishing systems. Such systems shall be inspected at least once every 12 months by heating contractors licensed by the City of Oneonta or by qualified persons who, because of experience or education, are recognized as competent by the Code Enforcement Officer. Reports of such inspections, signed by the inspector, shall be submitted to the Code Enforcement Office within 30 days of the date of inspection. If any equipment or system is found to be defective or not in proper operating condition upon inspection, the owner or lessor shall promptly remedy such defect or condition. The first such inspection and report shall be submitted within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter.