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Every room for the drying of articles or materials which will give off explosive or flammable vapors during the drying process shall have means of natural ventilation the same as required under Section 15-28-260 for a material heating room, except that where there is a mechanical means of collecting and disposing of all such vapors produced in the drying room, the provisions of this section shall not apply.
(Prior code § 129.1-78)
All steam or hot water pipes in every standard drying room, and in every drying room for any article or material which will give off explosive or flammable vapors during the drying process, shall be carried on noncombustible supports and shall be provided with noncombustible guards so arranged as to maintain a clear space of not less than six inches between such pipes and any article or material which is being dried. Any wire or sheet metal used in such guards shall be not less than one-eighth-inch thick, and where the articles or materials being dried are heavy or are handled in carts, trucks or other conveyors, the required guards shall be of sufficient strength to withstand such impacts and pressure as may be imposed upon them. No steam or hot water pipes shall be located less than six inches from the floor at any point. Provisions shall be made for the cleaning of all lint, dust, waste and refuse from around steam and hot water pipes.
Any opening for the admission of hot air to a drying room shall be protected by a metal screen or grille with openings not more than one-half inch in width. The metal of any such screen or grille shall be not less than one-eighth-inch thick. No such opening for the admission of hot air shall be nearer than six inches to the floor at any point.
Any stove in a drying room shall be provided with a standard furnace foundation. Any stove or electric heating device in a drying room shall be provided with a metal guard so arranged as to maintain a clear space of at least six inches between said stove or electric heating device and any material or article which is being dried, which shall conform in all respects to the requirements of this section for guards around steam or hot water pipes.
(Prior code § 129.1-79)
Foundations. Every oven, for the baking or japan or enamel work, located on a combustible floor, shall be provided with a standard furnace foundation, meeting the requirements of Chapter 18-28 of this Code.
Separation of Baking Compartment and Fire Chamber. If direct heat is used, the baking compartment of the oven shall be cut off from the fire chamber and smoke flue by a tight noncombustible partition, and provisions shall be made to keep the flame at such distance from such partition as will preclude the possibility of igniting the fumes in the baking compartment.
Metal Oven Construction. The walls and ceiling of every metal oven shall consist of an inner and outer shell of metal not less than three-eightieths-inch thick, with riveted or welded seams and joints, secured to a rigid framework of suitable iron or steel shapes. The inner and outer metal shells shall be separated not less than one and one-half inches, the space between being filled solid with fused noncombustible insulating material not less than one and one-fourth inches thick.
Brick Oven Construction. Every brick oven shall have walls and ceiling at least four inches in thickness and shall be provided with a metal door not less than five sixty-fourths inch in thickness.
Open Ventilation and Relief Covers. Every japanning or enameling oven shall have a vent pipe of iron or steel, not less than one-thirty-second inch thick with riveted or welded seams and joints, or formed of a compressed mixture of asbestos fiber and portland cement or as provided by Chapter 13-152 of this Code for smoke flues and chimneys.
Clearances. No part of any oven enclosure or oven flues shall be located nearer to any combustible construction than is permitted under Chapter 13-152 of this Code for low-pressure boiler breachings.
(Prior code § 129.1-80; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 32)
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ARTICLE IX. DRY CLEANING (15-24-900 et seq.)
As used in this chapter:
“Dry cleaning building” means a building designed, intended or used for no purpose other than the purpose of dry cleaning or spotting as defined in Section 4-6-200 .
“Dry cleaning room” means a room for the purpose of carrying on dry cleaning process in any building.
(Prior code § 129.1-81; Amend Coun. J. 3-11-87, p. 40187; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 186)
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No dry cleaning building shall be located nearer than 100 feet to any building in which there is an institutional, assembly or open air assembly unit.
At least one side of every dry cleaning building in which a flammable solvent having a flashpoint below 140 degrees Fahrenheit (closed cup tester) is used shall have a safety clearance of not less than 15 feet, and every side, which is nearer than 15 feet to another building or structure, or to a lot line, shall be a solid wall without any opening.
(Prior code § 129.1-83)
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