15-24-060 Heating.

   Heating in rooms and buildings used for the storage and handling of Class I flammable liquids shall be by steam, hot water or approved electrical heaters installed in accordance with Title 14E. Fire walls shall surround all boilerrooms, furnace rooms and other rooms containing exposed fire, electric dynamos, motors, switches or other spark-producing devices.

(Prior code § 129.1-5; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. II, § 52)

15-24-070 Drains.

   There shall be no floor drains or other connections to the city sewer system from a tank or tank manhole or any room or compartment in which flammable liquids are stored or used, except where fuel oil is stored having a capacity of 550 gallons or less.

(Prior code §  129.1-5.1)

15-24-080 Use for illumination prohibited.

   No system of artificial lighting and no lamp, torch or other device for illumination, which employs any Class I flammable liquid shall be installed in any new or existing building.

(Prior code §  129.1-6)

15-24-090 Portable appliances.

   It shall be unlawful to use gasoline stoves, portable gasoline lamps, gravity gasoline torches, or stoves inside of any completed building in the city.

(Prior code §  129.1-7)

15-24-100 Oily rags and waste.

   For oily rags and waste disposal, see Section 15-4-960 of this Code.

(Prior code §  129.1-8; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841)

15-24-110 Discharge into sewers.

   For sewer restrictions, see Section 13-168 -940 of this Code.

(Prior code §  129.1-9)

 

Notes

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15-24-120 Workmen's clothes lockers.

   For workmen's clothes locker requirements, see Section 15-4-980 of the code.

(Prior code §  129.1-10)