15-28-680 Construction requirements.

   (a)   Smokehouses. Every smokehouse shall be of Type IA, IB or IC construction, and no combustible material shall be used in the construction thereof.

   (b)   Smokerooms.

      (1)   General. Every smokeroom 30 square feet or less in floor area, or having a volume of 210 cubic feet or less, shall be enclosed with not less than three-hour fire-resistive construction, and every smokeroom of greater floor area or of greater volume shall be enclosed by a four-hour fire separation. No combustible material shall be used in the construction of any smokeroom.

      (2)   Floor Construction. Every smokeroom 30 square feet or less in area, which is supported by the floor construction of the building in which located, shall be built upon a standard furnace foundation, meeting the requirements of Chapter 18-28 of this Code installed on top of the building floor.

      (3)   Superimposed Smokerooms. For smokerooms superimposed one above another, in a building of other than Type IA, IB or IC construction, the enclosing walls shall be supported by independent foundations and shall carry no floor or roof load other than a smokeroom floor or roof load. Any floor separation between such rooms in a building of any type of construction may be an open grillwork of metal designed for a uniformly distributed live load of 75 pounds per square foot. The ceiling or roof of the uppermost room shall be of Type IA regardless of the type of construction of the building in which located.

   (c)   Fire Pits. Every fire pit for a smokehouse or smokeroom shall have a floor and walls of not less than four-hour fire-resistive construction, except as otherwise provided for a fire pit in a portable smokeroom under Section 15-28-690.

   (d)   Doors and Frames. Every doorway to a smokehouse or smokeroom shall be provided with a door formed of iron or steel not less than 100 and nine-thousandths inch thick, stiffened around all edges and crosswise at intervals of three feet or less in height with angles, tees or other iron or steel shapes. Every such door shall be hung in an iron or steel frame, not less in thickness at any point than three-sixteenths inch anchored to the wall construction.

   (e)   Openings for Trolleys. It shall be permissible to provide an opening for a trolley in or above any door to a smokehouse or smokeroom; provided, however, that every such opening shall have an iron or steel cover of the same thickness as required for the door, and so equipped that in case of fire, it shall close automatically by the release of a fusible link or the actuation of a thermostatic device.

   (f)   Smoke Flues. Every smoke flue for a smokehouse of smokeroom shall meet the requirements of Chapter 13-152 of this Code where applicable to the character of flue used, except as otherwise provided for a smoke flue for a portable smokeroom under Section 15-28-690 of this Code.

   (g)   Windows. Any window provided in a smokehouse or smokeroom shall be a fire window.

(Prior code § 92-57; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-16, p. 36266, § 33)

 

Notes

13-152

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