The office of Chief Mechanical Inspector exists in the Building and Safety Division
of the Department of Public Works. The Chief Mechanical Inspector shall administer
the provisions of this Code under the supervision and control of the Director of the
Department of Public Works and shall be a competent mechanical engineer well versed
in accepted mechanical engineering practices and techniques, construction and installation
methods, and in the statutes of the State of California and the ordinances of the
County of Los Angeles relating to heating, ventilating, cooling, refrigeration systems,
and other miscellaneous heat-producing equipment.
