[Ord. No. 339 § 1]
The purpose of this section is to provide standards and regulations for the installation and maintenance of alarm systems as defined in subsection 12-1.2 below.
[Ord. No. 339 § 2]
As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:
Shall mean any electrical or mechanical device at any single
location used and/or intended to be used to alert neighbors, the public
or police or Fire Departments to a fire, or other fire related emergency.
Not included are smoke detectors or similar devices in private residential
structures which are intended to alert residents of the same residential
structure of a fire or potential fire, nor municipal fire alarm signals.
Shall mean any person, corporation, partnership or entity,
including any state-licensed electrician, who installs or maintains
fire alarm systems, subject to all applicable licensing and permit
requirements. Except for state-licensed electricians, each fire alarm
system installer or maintenance entity shall be required to possess
a valid and correct municipal contractor's license as required
by the general ordinances of the Borough before engaging in any work
on any fire alarm system in the Borough.
Shall mean any person, corporation, partnership, property
owner or entity who is responsible for the installation and/or operation
and or maintenance of a fire alarm system at its location(s) in the
Borough, whether or not the device or system is owned, leased, or
used on any other basis.
Shall mean the fire official or, in his absence, the ranking
officer of the Fire Department, shall be the chief officer with respect
to fire alarms involving personnel or equipment of the Fire Department.
Shall mean the activation of a fire alarm system through
mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation, accidental
tripping, testing without proper advance notice to all parties to
be affected, misoperation, misuse, or the negligence of the fire alarm
system owner or of his or her employees or agents that results in
a response by the Fire Department where an emergency situation does
not exist. Not included in this definition are alarms caused by hurricanes,
telephone line malfunction, electrical power outage from a public
utility, or other unusual or violent conditions which are clearly
beyond the control of the fire alarm system owner.
[Ord. No. 339 § 3]
a.
All Fire Alarm Systems. All fire alarm systems shall be registered with the Fire Department on a registration form approved by the Borough Attorney. The registration form shall require full identification of the fire alarm system owner, complete details on the fire alarm system, names of people (at least two) who can be contacted to shut off the fire alarm, guarantee that the fire alarm meets minimum standards, and a promise that the fire alarm system will be regularly maintained and inspected by a licensed professional. Each registration form shall require the applicant to consent to inspection of the premises by appropriate Borough personnel to enforce the provisions of subsection 12-1.2.
All alarm systems within the confines of the Borough shall contain
an appropriate device or mechanism which shall cause the system to
deactivate within 15 minutes of its activation. Any alarm which fails
to deactivate within 15 minutes of its activation on two separate
occasions during any one year period shall constitute conclusive proof
that the system does not contain the required mechanism or device.
No person or entity shall test an alarm system which will generate
a response from any Fire Department within the confines of the Borough
without giving prior written notice to the Chief of the Fire Department
as the case may be.
No person shall activate an alarm system within the confines
of the Borough for the purpose of timing the response of the Fire
Department of the Borough.
An "Act of God" shall be an acceptable defense to any purported
violation of this section.
b.
New Fire Alarm Systems. No fire alarm system may be installed or
operated unless or until a permit has been issued in writing by the
Zoning and Housing Official/Construction Official of the Borough.
Prior to use, the fire alarm system owner shall apply to the Code
Enforcement Officer for an inspection by the appropriate subcode official
to insure compliance with all applicable codes, and it must be registered
with the Fire Department as set forth in paragraph a above. All installation
and service of fire alarm systems shall be performed by a qualified
and licensed alarm installer, subject to approval by the Code Enforcement
Officer.
c.
Pre-Existing Fire Alarm Systems. Within 120 days of the effective
date of this section, all fire alarm systems within the Borough must
be registered with the Fire Department as set forth in paragraph a
above. Within one year from the effective date of this section, all
fire alarm system owners shall take all steps necessary to bring his
or her fire alarm system into compliance with all applicable codes
and the fire alarm system owner shall apply to the Code Enforcement
Officer for an inspection by the appropriate subcode official to insure
compliance.
d.
Registration Fee. A registration fee of $25 shall accompany each
registration application to help defray the Borough's costs of
investigating and processing the application, and of monitoring compliance
with the requirements of this section.
[Ord. No. 339 § 4]
a.
Annual Certification. All fire alarm systems within the Borough shall
be tested, repaired if necessary, and certified as being in proper
operating condition by a licensed electrician or other licensed fire
alarm system installer or maintenance entity on an annual basis. A
written report of the annual certification shall be supplied no later
than December 31 of each year to the Fire Department.
b.
Recertification After Unnecessary Fire Alarms. Within 48 hours after
every unnecessary fire alarm, a fire alarm system owner shall cause
the fire alarm system to be tested, repaired if necessary, and certified
in writing as being in proper operating condition by a licensed electrician
or other licensed fire alarm system installer or maintenance entity.
A written report of the recertification shall immediately be supplied
within 48 hours of the unnecessary alarm to the Fire Department. The
fire official may also require such recertification on a quarterly
basis where conditions justify same. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
shall not be counted in the 48 hour requirements of this section.
[Ord. No. 339 § 5]
All fire alarms within the Borough shall be reported to the
Fire Department immediately, whether or not the fire alarm system
owner or representative believes the fire alarm was necessary. The
Fire Department shall respond pursuant to established procedures and
investigate each fire alarm to determine what action, if any, are
required.
a.
Initial Classification. Within one hour of leaving the scene of any
fire alarm, the chief officer shall make a determination as to whether
the fire alarm was necessary or shall be classified as an "unnecessary
fire alarm."
b.
Notification of Unnecessary Fire Alarm Finding to Owner. Immediately after any determination by the chief officer that an alarm was unnecessary, the Fire Department shall notify the fire alarm system owner in person or by telephone, making notation of the time and method of the notification. The fire alarm system owner shall be advised of his or her obligation to proceed with recertification as set forth in subsection 12-1.4b above.
[Ord. No. 339 § 6]
The Fire Department shall keep and maintain a log of all fire
alarms to which the department responds, including all pertinent information
required by this section, and shall make an annual report to the Mayor
and Borough Council. The fire alarm log shall also include dates,
times and pertinent information concerning all notifications, reports,
and any other actions taken pursuant to this section. Such logs shall
be open for inspection by alarm system owners, alarm system installers
or maintenance entities, and the public upon request and reasonable
notice as prescribed by law.
[Ord. No. 339 § 7;
New]
a.
Unnecessary Fire Alarm Violations.
1.
There shall be no penalty for the first (1st), second (2nd), third
(3rd) unnecessary alarms by a fire alarm system within any calendar
year.
2.
After three unnecessary fire alarms occur in any calendar year, a fire alarm system owner shall be liable, upon conviction to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5. The minimum penalty for the fourth (4th) unnecessary fire alarm shall be $100. Fines for unnecessary fire alarms shall be paid directly to the Financial Officer/Treasurer within 30 days of receipt of a notice to pay same.
3.
For the sixth (6th) and each additional unnecessary fire alarm in
any calendar year, the Fire Chief or designee shall cause a complaint
and summons to be issued to the fire alarm system owner, which shall
result in mandatory appearance by the fire alarm system owner in municipal
court. Upon conviction, the fire alarm system owner shall be subject
to a fine of not less than $50 for each unnecessary fire alarm that
has occurred to date during the calendar year (i.e., a fine of $350
for the seventh (7th) unnecessary alarm, $400 for the eighth (8th),
etc.
b.
Continuing Violations. Upon conviction, a fire alarm system owner
shall have seven days to replace or repair the fire alarm system to
bring it into compliance. Failure to do so shall constitute a new
and subsequent offense.
c.
All Other Violations. Upon conviction of any other violation under this section, including failure to register or properly maintain a fire alarm system, or failure to properly report a fire alarm, a fire alarm system owner shall be liable upon conviction, to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5.
[Ord. No. 85 § 101]
The Chief of the Fire Department or any member of the Fire Department
designated by him/her as an inspector may, at all reasonable hours,
enter any building or premises for the purpose of making any inspection,
which under the provision of this article he/she or they deem necessary
to be made.
[Ord. No. 85 § 102]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to
inspect or cause to be inspected by Fire Department officers or members,
as often as may be necessary, but not less than twice a year in outlying
districts and four times a year in the closely built portions of the
city, all buildings, premises and public thoroughfares, except the
interiors of private dwellings, for the purpose of ascertaining and
causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire, or any
violations of the provisions or intent of any ordinance affecting
the fire hazard.
[Ord. No. 85 § 103]
Whenever any such officer or member shall find in any building
or upon any premises or other place, combustible or explosive matter
or dangerous accumulation of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of
waste paper, boxes, shavings, or any highly flammable materials, and
so situated as to endanger property, or passageways, doors or windows,
liable to interfere with the operation of the Fire Department, or
egress of occupants, in case of fire, he/she shall order the same
to be removed or remedied.
[Ord. No. 85 § 104]
a.
Such order shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant
of such premises or buildings, subject to appeal within 24 hours to
the Mayor and Council, who shall within 10 days review such order
and file his decision thereon, and in full force and be obeyed by
such owner or occupant. Any owner or occupant failing to comply with
such order within 10 days after the appeal shall have been determined,
or if no appeal is taken, then within 10 days after the service of
the order, shall be liable to a penalty as hereinafter stated.
b.
The service of any such order shall be made upon the occupant of
the premises to whom it is directed by either delivering a true copy
of the same to such occupant personally or by delivering the same
to and leaving it with any person in charge of the premises, or in
case no such person is found upon the premises by affixing a copy
thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of the
premises. Whenever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon
the owner of premises, such order may be served either by delivering
to and leaving with the person a true copy of the order, or, if such
owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order,
by mailing such copy to the owner's last known post-office address.
[Ord. No. 85 § 105]
Permits required by the provisions of this section shall be
obtained in writing from the Chief of the Fire Department. Permits
shall be for such a period as the Chief of the Fire Department may
specify but not exceeding one year. They shall be kept on the premises
designated therein and shall be subject to inspection by any officer
of the Fire or Police Department.
[Ord. No. 85 § 106]
In addition to the specific requirements elsewhere required
in this article a permit shall be obtained from the Chief of the Fire
Department for:
a.
Storage of calcium carbide in excess of 100 pounds.
b.
Storage of hay, straw, excelsior and other combustible fibers in
excess of one ton.
c.
Storage of corrosive acids in excess of 10 gallons of each kind.
d.
Storage of chlorates or other oxidizing chemicals in excess of 10
pounds.
e.
Storage or hauling of pyroxylin plastic in excess of 20 pounds unless
wrapped or packed for sale.
f.
Use of stationary acetylene generators.
g.
Use of compressed gas from cylinders in excess of 400 cubic feet
aggregate capacity.
h.
The application of paint, varnish or lacquer by spray method or with
dip tanks and ovens.
i.
Use of refrigerant systems containing 20 pounds or more of refrigerant
material.
j.
The cleaning or drying of clothes or other material with a Class
I or II flammable liquid.
Such permits shall be based upon compliance with the regulations
of the National Board of Fire Underwriters where applicable.
[Ord. No. 85 § 107]
Before permits are issued the Chief of the Fire Department shall
make or cause to be made such inspections or tests as are necessary
to assure that the provisions of this article are complied with.
[Ord. No. 85 § 108]
The Chief of the Fire Department is hereby authorized to revoke
any permit whenever in his judgment any violation of this article
warrants such revocation, but only after a fair and impartial hearing
shall have been accorded the holder of the permit.
[Ord. No. 85 § 109]
Appeal for any decision of the Chief of the Fire Department in refusing to grant or in revoking any permit, may be made to the Mayor and Council as outlined in subsection 12-1.5.
[Ord. No. 85 § 110]
The Chief of the Fire Department shall have power to modify
any of the provisions of this article upon application in writing
by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent, when there are
practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter
of this article, provided that the spirit of this article shall be
observed, public safety secured, and substantial justice done. The
particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision
of the Chief of the Fire Department thereon shall be entered upon
the records of the department and a signed copy shall be furnished
the applicant.
[Ord. No. 85 § 111]
As used in this article, the word "approved" as applied to devices
or materials means acceptable to the Chief of the Fire Department
by reason of having been tested and examined by him/her or by some
recognized testing laboratory and found to be properly safeguarded
against fire hazard.
[Ord. No. 85 § 201]
As used in this article:
Shall mean a building, shed, or enclosure, or a part thereof,
in which a motor vehicle containing volatile flammable oil in its
fuel storage tank is used, stored, housed, or kept and shall include
repair shops.
Shall mean a garage for not more than three motor vehicles,
in which no business or industry connected directly or indirectly
with motor vehicles is carried on.
Shall mean a garage not included within the term private
garage.
[Ord. No. 85 § 202]
Before constructing or altering any garage, complete plans of
such proposed work shall be filed with and approved by the Chief of
the Fire Department and the Code Enforcement Officer. No public garage
shall be used as such without a permit from the Chief of the Fire
Department.
[Ord. No. 85 § 203]
a.
A private garage located in or attached to a building also occupied
for some other purpose shall be separated from such other occupancy
by walls, floors and ceilings having a fire resistance rating of not
less than one hour. Walls and partitions which effect such separation
and all floors and ceilings shall be continuous and unpierced by openings,
provided that in dwellings a door opening equipped with an approved
self-closing fire door and having its sill raised not less than one
foot above the garage floor shall not be prohibited.
b.
There shall be no stove or other open flame heating device in a private
garage except in a room completely separated from the garage by construction
having a fire resistance rating of not less than one hour. One door
opening from this room into the garage may be provided if equipped
with an approved self-closing fire door and having a sill raised not
less than one foot above the garage floor.
c.
Artificial light shall be by incandescent electric light only.
d.
Not more than five gallons of gasoline, exclusive of that in the
tanks of vehicles, shall be kept in a private garage, which gasoline
shall be kept only in approved safety cans.
[Ord. No. 85 § 204]
a.
Public garages shall be of fireproof, semi-fireproof or heavy timber
construction and in compliance with all the provisions of the building
code. One-story garages and higher garages of heavy timber construction
may have a roof of built-up wood truss construction with no wooden
member less than two inches in minimum dimensions. Roofs of one-story
garages may also be made of wood sheathing on unprotected steel trusses.
b.
A public garage located in or attached to a building occupied for
any other purpose shall be separated from such other occupancy by
walls, floors and ceilings having a fire resistance rating of not
less than two hours. Walls, floors and ceilings which effect such
separation shall be continuous and unpierced by openings, provided
that the door openings equipped with self-closing fire doors leading
to salesrooms or offices operated in connection with such garages
shall not be prohibited, and provided also that the use of elevators
and stairways to other stories accessible only by vestibules or balconies
constructed and arranged as required for fire towers, shall not be
prohibited. Public garages in which carbon and lead burning, welding,
or other processes involving open flame or spark emitting devices
or the use of machine tools, or in which automobile engine fuel is
sold shall not be connected with any residence building.
c.
Garages located in buildings with parts above the garage used for
other purposes shall be protected by automatic sprinklers when such
garages have a capacity of 20 or more passenger automobiles or are
used as bus terminals with a capacity of more than two buses or are
used for the storage and loading of two or more trucks.
d.
Basements used as public garages shall be continuously ventilated
by mechanical ventilating systems so designed as to assure suitable
dilution and removal of gasoline vapors and motor exhaust fumes.
e.
Carbon and lead burning, welding and other processes involving direct
application of flame shall be carried on in the open air not less
than 10 feet from any building or in a special room separated from
the rest of the garage by two hour partitions.
f.
Volatile flammable liquids shall not be used for cleaning purposes
in a garage unless in a special closed machine of approved type or
in a special room separated from the rest of the garage by two hour
partitions.
Gasoline and other volatile flammable liquids shall not be allowed
to run upon the floor or to fall or pass into the drainage system
of the premises. Self-closing metal cans shall be used for all oily
waste or wasted oils.
Garages shall be swept frequently and kept clean.
g.
Exclusive of that in the tanks of vehicles, gasoline shall be kept
at a public garage only in underground tanks, in approved safety cans,
or in approved portable wheeled tanks not exceeding a capacity of
60 gallons each. The tanks of vehicles shall be filled directly through
hose from pumps attached to portable tanks or to permanent filling
stations connected to underground storage tanks. Gasoline shall not
be handled in any open container.
h.
In every public garage two or more approved chemical fire extinguishers
and four or more pails of sand shall be kept convenient for quick
use in case of fire.
[Ord. No. 85 § 301]
This section applies to all liquids having a flashpoint below
two hundred (200°) degrees Fahrenheit, closed cup tester. The
flashpoint shall be as determined by the Tagliabue closed cup tester.
[Ord. No. 85 § 302]
For the purpose of this section flammable liquids are classified
as follows:
Class I. Liquids having a flashpoint below twenty-five (25°)
degrees Fahrenheit closed cup tester. Examples, ether, gasoline, naphtha,
and benzol.
Class II. Liquids having a flashpoint above that for Class I
and below seventy (70°) degrees Fahrenheit closed cup tester.
Examples, alcohol and amyl acetate.
Class III. Liquids having a flashpoint above that for Class
II and below two hundred (200°) degrees Fahrenheit closed cup
tester. Examples, kerosene and fuel oil.
[Ord. No. 85 § 303]
A permit shall be obtained from the Chief of the Fire Department
for the storage or handling of flammable liquids in excess of one
gallon where such storage or handling is for the purpose of sale,
or for the use in some business or industry; or for the storage of
flammable liquids in excess of 55 gallons in connection with oil burning
equipment.
[Ord. No. 85 § 304]
Before any flammable liquid tank or piping is covered from sight,
the installation shall be inspected and approved by the Chief of the
Fire Department.
The Chief of the Fire Department may prohibit the sale or use
of any heating or lighting appliance using flammable liquids, which
has not been tested by Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or some
other competent authority, and found to be properly safeguarded against
fire hazard.
[Ord. No. 85 § 305]
Class I and II liquids shall not be kept or stored in any building
used for a place of public assembly except in laboratories for experimental
purposes.
In establishments where Class I and II liquids are used in manufacturing,
cleaning or other process the Chief of the Fire Department shall require
such preventive and protective measures as will reasonably safeguard
life and property against fire.
[Ord. No. 85 § 306]
Class I liquids shall not be kept inside of buildings except in sealed containers or approved safety cans of not more than one gallon capacity each, provided that in rooms conforming to subsection 12-12.8, safety cans up to 10 gallons in size may be used, and in garages and manufacturing plants the Chief of the Fire Department may permit the use of approved portable wheeled tanks where the nature of the business requires such storage. Storage systems with arrangements for discharging Class I liquids inside of buildings shall have discharge outlets located only in rooms conforming to subsection 12-12.8.
[Ord. No. 85 § 307]
Class II liquids shall not be kept inside of buildings except in sealed containers or approved safety cans of not over five gallons capacity each or in closed drums, barrels or tanks. Containers of Class II liquids of over five gallons capacity shall not be used to fill other containers, inside of buildings, unless in a room conforming to subsection 12-12.8.
[Ord. No. 85 § 308]
Rooms for the storage and handling of flammable liquids shall
be constructed with walls, floors, and ceilings having a fire resistance
rating of not less than one hour, provided that where in the opinion
of the Chief of the Fire Department the hazard is more than moderate,
based upon a consideration of the quantity and nature of the liquids
involved and the extent of mixing operations together with the construction
of the building and its exposures, construction having a fire resistance
of not less than two hours shall be required.
Door openings to the room shall be equipped with approved automatic
or self-closing fire doors and shall have sills raised at least six
inches above the room floor.
[Ord. No. 85 § 309]
The storage of Class III liquids in buildings in connection
with oil burning equipment shall be in accordance with the following.
Tanks of not over 275 gallons or in excess of 550 gallons may be installed
without enclosures. Other tanks shall be completely enclosed with
a heat insulation equivalent to reinforced concrete not less than
eight inches in thickness, with at least a six inch space on sides
between tank and concrete insulation filled with sand or well tamped
earth, and with 12 inches of sand on top of tank, either between tank
and concrete slab or above concrete slab.
Instead of an enclosure as above described the tank may be encased
in reinforced concrete not less than six inches in thickness, applied
directly to the tank so as to completely eliminate any air space.
[Ord. No. 85 § 310]
Flammable liquids shall not be drawn or handled in the presence
of an open fire or flames. Except as permitted below, flammable liquids
shall be drawn from tanks, at points inside buildings only by pumps
or other method approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. Draw-off
pipes terminating inside buildings shall have a value at the discharge
end; when delivery is by gravity, the shut-off valve should preferably
be of the automatically closing type and in addition an emergency
valve shall be provided. Draw-off devices for Class I and II liquids
shall not be located on floors below grade.
An approved domestic type oil burner may be supplied by gravity
from a tank of 275 gallons maximum capacity. A second tank may be
provided if connected by an approved three way valve so that not more
than 275 gallons can be discharged at any one time.
The Chief of the Fire Department may permit gravity flow of
flammable liquids in manufacturing and jobbing plants where the nature
of the business requires it.
[Ord. No. 85 § 311]
Smoking or the carrying of matches or other smoking material
in rooms where flammable liquids are handled is prohibited. Suitable
"NO SMOKING" signs shall be displayed.
[Ord. No. 85 § 312]
The storage of flammable liquids in outside aboveground tanks
is hereafter prohibited within the Borough limits, unless approved
by the Chief of the Fire Department.
[Ord. No. 85 § 312]
Underground tanks shall have the top of the tank not less than
two feet below the surface of the ground, except that, in lieu of
the two-foot cover, tanks may be buried under 12 inches of earth and
a cover of reinforced concrete at least five inches in thickness provided,
which shall extend at least one foot beyond the outline of the tank
in all directions; concrete cover to be placed on a firm, well tamped
earth foundation. Where necessary to prevent floating, tanks shall
be securely anchored or weighted.
Where a tank cannot be entirely buried, it shall be covered
over with earth to a depth of at least two feet with a slope on all
sides not steeper than 1 1/2 feet horizontal to one foot vertical.
For liquids with a flashpoint below one hundred (100°) degrees
Fahrenheit, underground tanks having a capacity in excess of 550 gallons
shall be at least 10 feet, and tanks having a capacity in excess of
2,000 gallons shall be at least 20 feet, from every building, the
lowest floor, basement, cellar or pit of which the top of the tank.
[Ord. No. 85 § 314]
The design and construction of tanks shall conform to generally
accepted good practice and shall be approved by the Chief of the Fire
Department. Tanks labeled by Underwriters' Laboratories and tanks
conforming to the standards of the American Petroleum Institute shall
be deemed to conform to generally accepted good practice.
[Ord. No. 85 § 315]
a.
Tanks shall be set on firm foundations. Tanks located inside buildings
and exceeding 2,500 gallons capacity shall be supported independently
of the floor construction. Outside aboveground tanks more than one
foot above the ground shall have foundations and supports of masonry
or protected steel, except that wooden cushions may be used.
b.
No combustible material shall be permitted under or within 10 feet
of any outside aboveground storage tank. Electric motors, unless of
approved explosion-proof type, and internal combustion engines shall
not be placed beneath tanks or elsewhere within the line of vapor
travel.
[Ord. No. 85 § 316]
a.
An open galvanized iron vent pipe arranged for proper draining, or
an automatically operated vent, shall be provided for every tank which
may contain flammable vapor. The lower end of the vent pipe shall
not extend through the top into the tank for a distance of more than
one inch.
b.
Vent openings, except those on underground fuel oil tanks shall be
provided with approved flame arresters. Vent openings and vent pipes
shall be of sufficient size to prevent abnormal pressure in the tank
during filling and except automatically operated vents, shall be not
smaller than 1 1/4 inch pipe size. Arresters shall be accessible
for examination and repair. Vent pipes shall be provided with weatherproof
hoods and terminate outside of building 12 feet above top to fill
pipe, or if tight connection is made in filling line, to a point one
foot above the level of the top of the highest reservoir from which
the tanks may be filled and if possible, not less than three feet,
measured horizontally and vertically, from a window or other building
openings. Where a power pump is used in filling storage tanks and
a tight connection is made to the fill pipe, the vent pipe shall not
be smaller than the fill pipe.
[Ord. No. 85 § 317]
With the exception of vertical, cone-roof tanks having a roof
slope less than 2 1/2 inches in 12 inches and in which the strength
of the joint between roof and shell is no greater than that of the
weakest vertical joint in the shell, all aboveground tanks shall have
some form of relief for preventing the development of excessive internal
pressure in case of exposure to fire surrounding the tank. The method
of relief shall be acceptable to the Chief of the Fire Department.
[Ord. No. 85 § 318]
Portable containers for Class I and II liquids shall be painted
red (entire container or conspicuous band or stripe) and be conspicuously
lettered in black, "DANGEROUS – KEEP LIGHTS AND FIRE AWAY."
[Ord. No. 85 § 319]
a.
Piping used for flammable liquids shall be standard full weight wrought
iron, steel or brass pipe or approved brass or copper tubing; for
working pressures in excess of 100 pounds per square inch extra heavy
fittings shall be used. No pipe or tubing less than 1/2 inch internal
diameter shall be used. Outside piping shall be protected against
mechanical injury,
b.
Piping carrying Class I and II liquids, unless without joints or
connections, shall not extend through any room which contains any
open light or fire.
[Ord. No. 85 § 320]
a.
Deliveries of flammable liquids of Class I and II, shall be made
directly to the storage tank through the filling pipe by means of
a hose or pipe between the filling pipe and barrel, tank wagon or
tank car from which such liquid is being drawn.
b.
The end of the filling pipe for underground storage tanks for Class
I and II liquids shall be carried to a location outside of any building,
but not within five feet of any entrance door, or cellar opening;
this filling pipe shall be closed by a screw cap.
[Ord. No. 85 § 321]
Where flammable liquids are kept, used or handled, a quantity
of loose noncombustible absorbents, such as dry sand or ashes, together
with pails or scoops, and chemical extinguishers or other extinguishing
devices or materials shall be provided in such quantities as may be
directed by the Chief of the Fire Department.
[Ord. No. 85 § 401]
This section applies to motion picture film having a cellulose
nitrate base. The word "film" wherever used in this section refers
to such film. Cellulose acetate film, marked safety film, is exempt
from these provisions.
[Ord. No. 85 § 402]
No person shall store, keep or have on hand more than 25 pounds
(about 5,000 feet of 1 3/8 inch film) of nitrocellulose motion
picture film without a permit from the Chief of the Fire Department.
No person shall sell any toy or miniature motion picture machine containing
nitrocellulose motion picture film, or sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of any nitrocellulose motion picture film to any person not having
a permit to handle, use or display such film.
[Ord. No. 85 § 403]
a.
Motion picture projectors using nitrocellulose film shall be operated
or set up for operation only within an approved enclosure, not less
than 48 square feet in size and seven feet high. If more than one
machine is to be operated an additional 24 square feet shall be provided
for each additional machine.
b.
The enclosure shall be built of brick, tile, or plaster blocks, plastered
on both sides, or of concrete, or of a rigid metal frame, properly
braced and sheathed and roofed with a sheet of iron of not less than
No. 20 U.S. gauge metal, or with 1/4 inch hard asbestos board, securely
riveted or bolted to the frame, or two inches of solid metal lath
and cement or gypsum plaster. All joints shall be sufficiently tight
to prevent the discharge of smoke.
c.
The entrance door into the enclosure shall be at least two feet by
five feet, of construction equivalent to the sheathing permitted above
for rigid frame construction, and shall be so arranged as to close
automatically, and shall be kept closed at all times when not used
for egress or ingress.
d.
Two orifices or openings for each picture machine may be provided;
one for the operator's view shall be not larger than 10 inches
by 20 inches, and the other through which the picture is projected
shall be not larger than eight inches in greatest dimension. Where
separate stereopticon, spot or flood light machines are installed
in the same enclosure with picture machines, not more than one opening
for each such machine shall be provided for both the operator's
view and for the projection of the light, but two or more machines
may be operated through the same opening; such openings shall be as
small as practicable and shall be capable of being protected by approved
automatic shutters.
e.
Each opening shall be provided with a gravity shutter of approved
fireproof material. Shutters shall be suspended, arranged and interconnected
so that all openings will close upon the operating of some suitable
fusible or mechanical releasing device, designed to operate automatically
in case of fire or other contingency requiring the immediate and complete
isolation of the contents of the enclosure from other portions of
the building. There shall also be provided suitable means for manually
closing all shutters simultaneously from a point near the door. Shutters
on openings not in use shall be kept closed.
f.
All shelves, furniture and fixtures within the enclosure shall be
constructed of incombustible material, and no combustible material
of any sort whatever shall be permitted or allowed to be within such
enclosure, except the films that are used in the operation of the
machine, and film cement.
g.
Ventilation shall be provided by means of a vent pipe having inlets
at one or more points in the ceiling and also connecting to each are
lamp housing. The vent pipe shall lead to the outside of the building
or to a special noncombustible flue. All vent pipes shall be kept
at least one inch from combustible material or separated therefrom
by approved noncombustible heat insulating material not less than
1/2 inch in thickness.
Draft in each booth vent pipe shall be maintained by an exhaust
fan having a capacity of at least 200 cubic feet per minute for each
80 square feet of floor area of the booth.
h.
An approved film cabinet shall be provided in enclosures where the
amount of film exceeds 40 pounds (8,000 feet of 35 mm film). All films
not being used shall be kept in the cabinet or in Interstate Commerce
Commission shipping containers, but not over 40 pounds of film shall
be permitted to remain in the shipping containers.
[Ord. No. 85 § 404]
Cabinets having a capacity of over 50 pounds of film shall be
provided with a vent from each compartment to the outside of the building.
The vent shall have a minimum effective sectional area of 14 square
inches per 100 pounds of film capacity.
[Ord. No. 85 § 405]
Smoking or the carrying of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette
or other form of smoking material in rooms where film is stored or
handled is prohibited.
[Ord. No. 85 § 501]
The term "fireworks" as used in this section refers to firecrackers,
rockets, torpedoes, Roman candles, toy pistols, toy cannons, detonating
canes, blank cartridges and other devices designed and intended for
pyrotechnic display.
[Ord. No. 85 § 502]
The manufacture of fireworks and the possession or display of
fireworks for sale is prohibited.
[Ord. No. 85 § 503]
The use or discharge of fireworks is prohibited except that
pyrotechnical displays may be authorized by resolution of the Council
when under the control of qualified individuals and the time, place
and manner of such display is approved by the Chief of the Fire Department.
[Ord. No. 85 § 601]
No person shall burn or cause to be burned any trash, lumber,
straw or leaves or any other combustible material in any street, alley
or vacant lot, without a permit from the Chief of the Fire Department,
when such burning shall be done in screened metallic receptacles approved
by him/her and under such proper safeguards as he/she may direct.
[Ord. No. 85 § 602]
Ashes, smoldering coals or embers, greasy or oily substances
and other matter liable to spontaneous ignition shall not be deposited
or allowed to remain within 10 feet of any combustible materials or
construction made up for combustible materials, except in metal or
other noncombustible receptacles. Such receptacles shall be placed
on noncombustible stands, unless resting on a noncombustible floor
or on the ground outside the building, and shall be kept at least
two feet away from any combustible wall or partition.
[Ord. No. 85 § 603]
a.
No person shall permit to remain upon any roof or in any court, yard,
vacant lot, or open space, any accumulation of wastepaper, hay, grass,
weeds, litter, or combustible or flammable waste or rubbish of any
kind.
b.
Every person making, using, storing, or having charge or control
of any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw,
or combustible trash, waste or fragments shall at the close of each
day cause all such material which is not compactly baled and stacked
in an orderly manner to be removed from the premises or stored in
suitable vaults or in metal or metal lined and covered receptacles
or bins. Suitable presses shall be installed in stores, apartment
buildings, factories and similar places where accumulations of paper
and waste materials are not removed at least every second day.
[Ord. No. 85 § 604]
a.
Cotton batting, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, celluloid or other
highly flammable materials shall not be used for decorative purposes
in show windows or in stores without a permit from the Chief of the
Fire Department.
b.
Paper and other readily flammable materials shall not be used for
decorative purposes in any place of public assembly, unless such materials
have first been treated to render them flameproof to the satisfaction
of the Chief of the Fire Department.
[Ord. No. 85 § 701;
New]
A person who shall violate a provision of this article or fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder or who shall build in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder, shall be subject upon conviction to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5.
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent
the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
