[Ord. No. 650 Ch 15 Art 3 §14, 11-15-1960]
All chimneys, flues or fireplaces hereafter built or rebuilt in any building, within the corporate limits, regardless of the type of fuel used, shall conform to the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch 15 Art 3 §15, 11-15-1960]
A. 
Chimneys shall be built of brick, of solid block masonry or of reinforced concrete, not less than three and three-quarters (3 3/4) inches thick. Chimneys shall be lined throughout with fire clay flue lining or with fire brick, provided that chimneys for gas appliances only may be lined with any approved corrosion resistant lining. Chimneys shall be built on concrete or masonry foundations. Chimneys shall not rest upon or be carried by wooden floors, beams or brackets, nor be hung from wooden rafters. Iron brackets or stirrups attached to wooden construction shall not be used to support chimneys. Footings for exterior chimneys shall start below the frost line.
B. 
All chimneys shall be built as nearly vertical as possible and shall extend at least three (3) feet above the highest point at which they come in contact with the roof of the building and at least two (2) feet higher than any ridge within ten (10) feet of such chimney or flue.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch 15 Art 3 §16, 11-15-1960]
A. 
For Domestic Gas-Fire Appliances. Domestic gas consuming devices may be vented to special flues when such special flues are of a type listed and approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or a similarly recognized testing laboratory and satisfactory to the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee, provided however, that such special vents shall not be permitted for incinerators, for devices or appliances which may be readily converted to the use of solid or liquid fuel, nor on boilers or furnaces except with specific approval of the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee.
B. 
For Domestic Appliances Fired with Coal, Oil, Wood or Gas. Heating appliances fired with coal, oil, wood or gas, may be vented to special flues in lieu of the above when such special flues are of a type listed and approved for such use by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or a similar nationally recognized testing laboratory or installed in accordance with the conditions of the approval and the circumstances of such use are satisfactory to the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch 15 Art 3 §17, 11-15-1960]
A. 
The back and sides of fireplaces shall be of solid masonry or reinforced concrete, not less than eight (8) inches in thickness. A lining of fire brick at least two (2) inches thick or other approved material shall be used unless the overall thickness is twelve (12) inches.
B. 
Fireplaces shall have hearths of brick, stone or other approved incombustible material supporting on a fireproof slab or brick trimmer arches. Such hearths shall extend at least twenty (20) inches outside of the chimney breast and not less than twelve (12) inches beyond each side of the fireplace opening along the chimney breast. The combined thickness of hearth and supporting arch shall be not less than six (6) inches at any point.
C. 
Wooden forms or centers used in the construction of that part of the supporting construction which is below the hearth of the fireplace shall be removed when the supporting construction of the hearth is completed and before plastering on the underside.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch 15 Art 3 §18, 11-15-1960]
All wooden and other combustible construction shall be kept at least two (2) inches from chimneys and flues and shall be kept at least four (4) inches from the back of a fireplace. Such spaces shall be firestopped with non-combustible material.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 15 Art. 3 §19, 11-15-1960]
A. 
Heating appliances shall not be mounted on floors of combustible construction unless they are either approved by the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee as suitably designed for such mounting or are set on approved bases of insulating value sufficient to prevent overheating of the combustible construction.
B. 
Ranges, stoves, heating furnaces and similar heating appliances without legs or with legs less than four (4) inches high, if on floors of combustible construction, shall have such floors protected by masonry at least eight (8) inches in thickness, topped with boiler iron and arranged in a manner that will provide air circulation throughout the masonry.
C. 
Similar heating appliances with legs which provide not less than four (4) inches open space under the base of the appliance, if on floors of combustible construction, shall have such floors protected with incombustible material.
D. 
Protection shall be provided for at least that portion of the combustible floor which is under the heating appliance, and if the appliance uses solid fuel, suitable protection shall also be provided for a distance of not less than eighteen (18) inches at the front or side where ashes are removed.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 15 Art. 3 §20, 11-15-1960]
A. 
Ranges, stoves, heating furnaces and all other heating appliances shall be installed to provide safe clearance to woodwork or other combustible material, whether plastered or not.
B. 
Ranges, stoves, heating furnaces, and similar heating appliances and smokepipes from such devices shall have a clearance of at least eighteen (18) inches to walls, ceilings or partitions of combustible construction or to any other combustible material. Appliances of special types which have been tested and found safe for installation with lesser clearances may be installed with such clearances as the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee shall approve. Where a durable form of non-combustible heat insulating protection is applied to the appliance or to the combustible material, installation may be made with lesser clearances as the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee may approve.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 15 Art. 3 §21, 11-15-1960]
A. 
Every smokepipe shall connect with a chimney or other approved flue. No smokepipe shall pass through any floor, ceiling, roof or wall of combustible construction except that metal smokestacks from industrial heating or process devices may be extended through roofs when metal ventilated jackets or collars conforming to recognized good practices and acceptable to the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee are provided.
B. 
Smokepipes shall not pass through partitions of combustible construction unless they are guarded at the point of passage by metal ventilated jackets or collars not less than twelve (12) inches larger in diameter than the smokepipe or by equivalent protection satisfactory to the Codes Enforcement Officer or his designee.