Hamilton By-law 07-170, s. 22(a) — Licensing By-law (Short-Term Rentals)

“ Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilating Contractor ” means a person engaged in the business of contracting for the installation, maintaining, repairing, or replacing of warm air heating or cooling equipment or refrigeration or ventilation equipment and systems of any kind, and the distribution, piping and ductwork including the installation of oil tanks and oil gas burners, and includes any person who solicits for heating or cooling work, and who in any way advertises, or holds himself out to the public, as doing or contracting to do heating or cooling work by himself or through another qualified person, or as being a heating, ventilating and refrigeration and cooling contractor, and who has a regular place of business in Ontario; Revised:

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• (b) “ Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilating and Refrigeration ” means the lay out, assembly, installation, repairs, and manufacturing in the field, any cooling or refrigeration or heating/cooling combination system for residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial purpose and included the manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, installation or service of a ferrous and non-ferrous sheet metal work and further includes the installation of piping that conveys gas or the tubing of any air handling system. As part of this interpretation “ Air Conditioning ” is interpreted to mean, by all definitions: The simultaneous control of;
• (i) Temperature, (Heating, or cooling air);
• (ii) Humidity, (humidifying or dehumidifying air);
• (iii) Cleanliness, (Mechanical or Electronic air cleaning); and
• (iv) Air Motion (The proper air distribution within a building with related (fresh
• air) for comfort conditions; and
• (c) “ Master Warm Air Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilation Installer ” means

a person who has been issued a Certificate of Qualification in the trade of Sheet Metal or Refrigeration, Air-conditioning Mechanic or as a Steam Fitter or as an Oil Burner Mechanic or Gas Fitter under the Energy Act for a minimum of two years. APPLICATION OF SCHEDULE 24.(1)The provision of this Schedule shall apply to all persons engaging in any Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration or Ventilation work as:

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• (a) Heating, Air Conditioning, and Ventilation Contractor;
• (b) Master Warm Air Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilation Installer; or
• (c) The holder of a Certificate of Qualification under the Trades Qualification And Apprenticeship Act as a Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic, a Steam Fitter or Sheet Metal Worker, or qualified as an Oil Burner Mechanic or Gas Fitter under the Energy Act;