13-196-260 Fire extinguishers.

   Standard fire extinguishers shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Sections 15-16-620 through and including 15-16-680 of this Code.

(Prior code § 78-24)

13-196-270 Elevator recall.

   All existing buildings shall comply with the requirements of Section 14C-4-3.11.3.

(Added Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2820; Amend Coun. J. 1-10-01, p. 50236, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. II, § 19)

13-196-271 Continued operation.

   In buildings equipped with passenger elevators, not less than one passenger elevator shall be maintained in operation at all times when the building is occupied.

   Exception: Buildings equipped with only one passenger elevator shall be permitted to have the elevator temporarily out of service for testing or servicing.

(Added Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. II, § 20)

13-196-280 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 1-10-01, p. 50236, § 1, repealed § 13-196-280, which pertained to elevator safety device test.

13-196-290 Pre-ordinance hotels.

   Every pre-ordinance hotel (built before July 7, 1957) more than two stories and basement in height, having sleeping accommodations for more than 25 persons above the second story, and every pre-ordinance hotel of any capacity more than four stories and basement in height, shall comply with the requirements of Section 15-8-120 pertaining to the protection of stairs, shafts and vertical openings, except as follows:

   (a)   Enclosing walls and partitions may be of construction providing fire resistance of not less than one hour.

   (b)   Doors required for protection of openings in enclosures may be Class C fire doors of combustible material faced on both sides with materials not less fire resistive than sheet steel 18 gauge in thickness. Openings, if any, shall be glazed with wire glass and shall not exceed 144 square inches in area, except that existing openings not exceeding 1,296 square inches in area may be permitted.

   (c)   Where the top or bottom riser in a stairwell is so located that the vertical enclosures therein required will not be practical to erect without unreasonable hardship, a horizontal cutoff there shall be not more than three openings to dwelling units or other nonpublic spaces on each floor, and such dwelling units or nonpublic spaces shall be separated from the corridor by partitions providing fire resistance of not less than one hour with all openings protected with self-closing Class C fire doors.

(Prior code § 78-27)

13-196-300 Institutional units.

   In every pre-ordinance institutional building, every room used for the storage or application of anesthetics consisting of flammable or explosive gases or mixtures, including cyclopropane, ether chloride, ethylene, propylene, or any flammable liquids, shall have safeguards for installation and operation of such rooms and equipment as follows:

   (a)   Any cylinders containing anaesthetizing gases or liquids shall be plainly marked with the name of the substance which they contain and shall comply with the requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission for such containers. Such cylinders or containers shall not be stored in any operating room. Approved regulators or gas flow devices shall be provided for any such substances, except low pressure oxygen containers.

      No such regulators or gas flow devices shall permit the intermixing of gases by any error or manipulation.

   (b)   The construction and equipment of operating rooms shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 13-80-040.

(Prior code § 78-28)

13-196-310 Roominghouses.

   Every roominghouse and every rooming unit shall be in compliance with the minimum standards set forth in this chapter, except as modified in Section 13-196-320.

(Prior code § 78-29)