15-28-710 Construction requirements.

   A kiln or room designed, erected, altered or converted for the purposes of drying lumber, wood products or wooden articles by artificial heat shall have an enclosure of two-hour fire-resistive construction, if it has a floor area of 500 square feet or less, and of three-hour fire-resistive construction if it has a floor area of more than 500 square feet. No such kiln or room shall have any opening except a doorway or doorways between such room and any other part of the building. Every doorway into any such room shall be provided with a door of the character as required by Chapter 15-12 of this Code.

(Prior code §  92-60)

15-28-720 Heating.

   Only steam or hot water shall be used for heating a kiln or room for the drying of lumber.

(Prior code §  92-61)

ARTICLE XV. MISCELLANEOUS COMBUSTIBLES (15-28-730 et seq.)

15-28-730 Storage or baling of wastepaper.

   Every room designed, intended or used for the storage or baling of wastepaper in a building of Type IA, IB, IC or II construction shall have an enclosure of not less than two-hour fire-resistive construction with every doorway in such an enclosure having a Class B fire door and every window therein a fire window. Every such room in a building of Type IIIA, IIIB or IIIC construction shall have walls and ceiling of not less than one-hour fire-resistive construction with every doorway in such an enclosure having a Class C fire door.

(Prior code §  92-62)

15-28-740 Disposal of wastepaper.

   Except as otherwise herein specifically provided, the floor of every room used for the manufacture or sale of flammable articles or merchandise, or upon which there accumulates any amount of flammable waste material, or waste material tending to produce spontaneous combustion, shall be thoroughly cleaned and all such waste material shall be removed therefrom at least once every 24 hours.

   All such material shall be either destroyed as soon as removed, as required by this section, or it may be kept in a room, the construction and location of which shall be subject to the approval of the fire commissioner, and in such case all such material shall be removed from such room and from the building in which such room is located at least once a week.

(Prior code § 92-63; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 158)