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Every building, structure or tank, part of a building, hereafter designed, erected, altered or converted for the purposes of a hazardous use unit, as defined in Section 13-56-210, shall comply with the building provisions of this Code, including, but not limited to, the following:
Chapter 13-56 Classification of Buildings by Occupancy.
Section 13-56-230 Mixed occupancy.
Section 13-56-300 Occupancy content.
Chapter 13-60 Classification of Buildings by Construction Type.
Chapter 13-116 Fire Limits – Location Limitations.
Sections 13-116-040 and 13-116-050 Location on property.
Sections 13-116-080 to 13-116-130 Inclusive. Limitations within fire limits.
Chapter 13-48 Height and Area Limitations.
Section 13-48-010 Height limitations.
Section 13-48-050 Area limitations.
Section 13-48-100 Mixed occupancy.
Chapter 15-8 Fire-Resistive Requirements.
Section 15-8-010 Fire walls.
Section 15-8-070 Exterior walls.
Section 15-8-250 Partitions.
Section 15-8-280 Exterior trim.
Section 15-8-330 Roof coverings.
Section 15-8-370 Interior wall and ceiling finish and trim.
Section 15-8-450 Flooring.
Section 15-8-510 Roof structures.
Section 15-8-570 Firestopping.
Chapter 18-28 Chimneys, Flues and Vents.
Chapter 15-16 Fire Protection Equipment.
Chapter 15-12 Fire-Resistive Materials and Construction.
Chapter 13-172 Light And Ventilation.
Chapter 13-160 Exit Requirements.
Section 13-160-030 Types of exits.
Section 13-160-050 Minimum number of exits.
Section 13-160-060 Arrangement and location of exits.
Section 13-160-110 Travel distance to exits.
Section 13-160-170 Width of exits.
Section 13-160-230 Outside exits.
Section 13-160-240 Doors.
Section 13-160-290 Stairways.
Section 13-160-360 Smokeproof towers.
Section 13-160-430 Ramps.
Section 13-160-480 Horizontal exits.
Section 13-160-520 Escalators.
Section 13-160-580 Exterior stairs.
Section 13-160-630 Fire escapes.
Section 13-160-660 Exit lighting.
Section 13-160-700 Exit signs.
Chapter 13-52 Minimum Design Loads.
Chapter 13-120 Materials, Methods and Tests.
Chapter 13-132 Foundations.
Chapter 13-140 Masonry Construction.
Chapter 13-144 Wood Construction.
Chapter 13-136 Concrete Construction.
Chapter 13-148 Steel and Metal Construction.
Chapter 13-124 Safety Requirements.
Chapter 13-124 Safeguards During Construction.
Chapter 13-128 Use of Public Property.
Chapter 13-196 Existing Buildings.
Chapter 18-28 Heating.
Chapter 18-28 Ventilation.
Chapter 18-29 Plumbing.
Chapter 18-29 Sanitation Requirements.
Title 14C Conveyance Devices.
Title 14E Electrical Requirements.
Chapter 15-16 Fire Protection Equipment.
Chapter 15-28 Hazardous Materials and Combustible Solids.
Chapter 15-26 Fume and Flammable Compressed Gases.
Chapter 15-24 Flammable Liquids.
(Prior code § 60-1; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66679, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 24; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. II, § 40; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. II, § 17)
Every building, part of a building, structure or tank, hereafter designed, erected, altered or converted for the purposes of hazardous use unit shall comply with the general provisions in this Code and in addition shall comply with the special provisions of Chapters 15-4, 15-16, 15-20, 15-24, 15-26 and 15-28. The requirements of this Code shall apply to any hazardous use units used for industrial or storage purposes, except as otherwise provided in the above-mentioned chapters. Every existing building, structure or tank having an occupancy which would be classed as a hazardous use unit by the building provisions of this Code shall be so classified with respect to any additions, increase in capacity, or alteration thereof, and shall conform to the provisions of the above-mentioned chapters and of Chapter 13-196.
(Prior code § 60-2; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 24)
(Prior code § 60-3; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 24)
The following types of occupancy shall be included as hazardous use units as defined in Section 13-56-210 of this Code:
Asphalt, tar, pitch and resin heating rooms;
Corrosion liquid storage buildings;
Dip tank;
Dry cleaning buildings;
Fume or flammable compressed gas buildings and rooms;
Grain bleachers;
Grain elevators;
Grinding and dust producing rooms;
Hazardous chemical rooms and storage buildings;
Highly flammable materials storage buildings and rooms;
Highly toxic materials storage buildings and rooms;
Japanning and enameling rooms;
Lumber dry kilns;
Malt houses and similar buildings;
Magazines;
Motion picture trial exhibition rooms;
Motion picture studios;
Nitrocellulose products buildings and rooms including certain rooms in motion picture film exchanges;
Nitrocellulose buildings;
Oxidizing materials buildings and rooms;
Paint mixing rooms for other than water base paint;
Paint spraying of other than water base paint;
Picker or shredder rooms;
Potentially explosive chemicals;
Rooms for storage or baling of waste paper;
Smoke houses and smoke rooms;
Standard drying rooms;
Tanks or structures for the storage of hazardous materials;
Industrial properties with occupancies such as:
Artificial flowers,
Artificial and imitation leather,
Carpet linings,
Cereal food, flour, grist and starch mills,
Cotton batting,
Cotton clothing,
Cotton rag sorting,
Cotton waste,
Explosives,
Feather renovating or processing,
Fireworks,
Flammable liquids,
Shoddy mills,
Straw goods,
Sugar grinding,
Varnish,
Woodworking.
(Prior code § 60-4)
Hazardous use units shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be further classified and subdivided as hazardous use general units, hazardous use storage units and hazardous use industrial units.
Hazardous Use General Units. A hazardous use general unit shall include any hazardous use unit other than a hazardous use storage unit and other than a hazardous use industrial unit.
Hazardous Use Storage Units. A hazardous use storage unit shall include any hazardous use unit designed, intended or used for the storage of high hazard materials, high hazard products and all other high hazard storage use not otherwise classified under this chapter. Hazardous use storage units shall include among others:
Corrosive liquid storage buildings;
Fume or flammable compressed gas buildings and room for no other purpose than storage;
Grain elevators;
Hazardous chemical storage buildings;
Highly flammable material storage buildings and rooms;
Highly toxic materials storage buildings and rooms;
Malt houses and similar buildings;
Magazines;
Nitrocellulose buildings;
Nitrocellulose products buildings and rooms for no purpose other than storage;
Oxidizing materials buildings and rooms for no purpose other than storage;
Potentially explosive chemicals buildings and rooms for no purpose other than storage;
Rooms for the storage of waste paper;
Tanks or structures for the storage of hazardous materials;
Hazardous Use Industrial Units. A hazardous use industrial unit shall include any hazardous use unit designed, intended or used for industrial purposes, including any operation or process incident to the producing, fabricating, assembling, developing, molding, pressing, preparing or adapting for use, repairing or refinishing of any high hazard material, high hazard product, article or substance or high hazard parts or appliances of any product or article not otherwise classified under this chapter. Hazardous use industrial units shall include, among others:
Fume or flammable compressed gas buildings of rooms in which any manufacturing is done;
Grain bleachers;
Grinding and dust producing rooms;
Japanning and enameling rooms;
Lumber dry kilns;
Nitrocellulose buildings;
Nitrocellulose products buildings and rooms in which any nitrocellulose manufacturing is done;
Oxidizing materials buildings and rooms where oxidizing materials are used in any process;
Paint mixing, spraying, dipping or flow coating with other than water base paint;
Picker or shredder rooms;
Potentially explosive chemicals buildings and rooms where any potentially explosive chemical is used in any process;
Smoke houses and smoke rooms;
Standard drying rooms and other drying rooms for the drying of articles or materials which will give off explosive or flammable vapors during the drying process.
(Prior code § 60-5)
A hazardous use room shall mean any room occupied for any of the purposes outlined in Section 13-112-040 of this Code.
(Prior code § 60-6)
ARTICLE II. BUILDINGS OF MIXED OCCUPANCIES (13-112-070 et seq.)
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