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Portable generators shall not be installed or used inside of buildings unless a permit for such use in said location shall first be secured from the fire commissioner. It shall be the duty of the fire commissioner to inspect the premises wherein such generator is to be used, before issuing such permit. The person applying for a permit shall pay the comptroller a fee of $3.00 for such inspection. Should the inspection show compliance with the provisions of this section, the fire commissioner shall issue a permit for such installation and use.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 11; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 150)
Portable generators shall not be used in rooms of total volume less than 35 times the nominal aggregate gas-generating capacity per hour of all such generators in the room. Portable generators shall not be used in any room containing flammable liquids or gases, or in which any dust-producing process is carried on, or in which any highly combustible or explosive materials are contained. Portable generators shall not be used in any poorly ventilated room.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616)
Before any cutting or welding process, the floor shall be swept clean and, if of wood, shall be sprinkled with water. The scene of such work shall be inspected 30 minutes after every cutting or welding operation and all smoldering sparks shall be extinguished.
Extra gas cylinders shall not be stored in the same room in which a portable generator is used.
Generators shall be cleaned and recharged and the air mixture shall be blown off outside of the building. Generators, when charged, shall not be moved by crane or derrick. When not in use they shall not be stored in any room in which open lights or fires are used unless free of carbide and thoroughly purged of gas.
Storage rooms for portable generators shall be thoroughly ventilated.
Cutting and welding operations shall not be carried on within ten feet of any combustible material other than the floor.
Generators shall not be placed where water will freeze. Salt or other corrosive chemicals shall not be used as a protection against freezing.
Not more than one cutting or welding flame shall be used with any portable generator unless permanently attached and piped as required under Section 15-26-480 for semiportable installations.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616)
Portable generators shall not be installed in a permanent or semipermanent location unless provided with vent and relief piping, equipped with approved interlocking devices, to the open air outside of buildings.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616)
Gas cutting or welding operations upon tanks or containers which have at any time contained flammable liquids or gases is prohibited unless such tanks or containers shall first be purged of gas and heat-treated in the open air outside of buildings.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616)
Calcium carbide in quantities not to exceed 600 pounds may be stored, when contained in approved metal packages, inside of buildings used for other purposes; provided, that the place of storage be dry, waterproof and well ventilated; and provided, also, that all but one of the packages of each size of carbide shall be sealed and the seals shall not be broken so long as there is carbide in excess of one pound in any other unsealed package in the building.
Calcium carbide in excess of 600 pounds shall be stored in accordance with the building provisions of this Code.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616)
In any plant for the manufacture of acetylene gas, provisions shall be made for the disposal of the residuum of calcium carbide outside the building and without discharging into any drain or sewer.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616)
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