ARTICLE XVII. SMOKING RESTRICTIONS (15-4-930 et seq.)

15-4-930 Where restricted.

   Smoking or the carrying of a lighted cigar, pipe or cigarette is prohibited:

   (a)   In every hazardous use room, building or premises;

   (b)   In every institutional building except in the administration office on the first floor and in rooms designated as smoking rooms;

   (c)   In every theater except in rooms designated as smoking rooms;

   (d)   In every church, school, garage or hangar;

   (e)   In every building or premises occupied as a circus, stock show or horse show; also in every public assembly unit where the combustible nature and quantity of contents are, in the opinion of the fire commissioner, hazardous to life and property from fire;

   (f)   For restrictions on smoking in mercantile occupancies, see Section 7-32-010 of this Code.

   (g)   In every lumberyard or lumber storehouse except in specific location designated as safe for smoking purposes.

(Prior code § 90-91; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 110)

 

Notes

7-32-010

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15-4-940 “No Smoking” signs.

   Standard “No Smoking” signs shall be conspicuously posted in every room, building or premises where smoking is prohibited. A standard “No Smoking” sign shall have a white field with the words “No Smoking” printed in red letters four inches high with one-half-inch face.

(Prior code §  90-92)

ARTICLE XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDS (15-4-950 et seq.)

15-4-950 Storage of ashes.

   Ashes stored inside any nonfireproof building shall be stored only in masonry bins, approved metal ash cans, or steel truck tanks. All ash containers shall be kept at least five feet from combustible material. Ashes shall not be stored inside or outside of any building in wood receptacles, or dumped in contact or in proximity to any combustible material.

(Prior code §  90-93)

15-4-960 Oily rags and waste.

   Oily rags and waste shall be kept during the day in approved waste cans of heavy galvanized iron with self- closing covers and shall be removed from the building each night. Such waste cans shall be kept at least two feet away from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.

(Prior code §  90-94)

15-4-970 Rubbish.

   Rubbish shall not be allowed to accumulate in any part of any building, nor outside of and adjacent to any buildings, and special care shall be paid to elevator and air shafts, under benches, in closets, in dark and out-of- the-way places around electric machinery, steam pipes and in premises and buildings in which oils are stored or used. All weeds, grass or other growth, when same constitutes a fire hazard, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the property.

(Prior code §  90-95)