Garages shall conform to all other applicable
requirements of this chapter as well as the following provisions.
[Amended 12-5-1984 by L.L. No. 17-1984]
No person shall use any building, shed or enclosure
as a place of business for the purpose of servicing or repairing any
motor vehicle therein without a permit and/or certificate of occupancy.
No flammable liquid with a flash point below
100º F. shall be used in any garage for washing parts or removing
grease or dirt unless in a special closed machine approved for the
purpose or in a separate well-ventilated room enclosed by walls having
a fire-resistance rating of not less than two hours with openings
therein protected by approved fire doors or fire windows and with
no opening from such room to any upper or lower story.
No stove, forge, torch or other device employing
flame or fire shall be used in any garage, except that a permit may
be granted by the City Clerk upon approval of the Fire Inspector for
the use of an oxyacetylene or equivalent flame for repair work. Any
boiler for furnace used in any public garage shall be located in a
completely isolated room of fireproof construction.
Every public garage and every garage containing
more than three motor vehicles shall be equipped with at least one
approved chemical fire extinguisher and two pails of sand and such
additional fire extinguishers and pails of sand as may be required
by the Fire Inspector.
No portion of any existing frame building in
which hay, straw or other combustible material is stored shall be
used as a garage.