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 J. 1-10-01, p. 50236, § 1, repealed § 13-196-280, which pertained to elevator safety device test.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)

13-196-320 Roominghouses – Sanitary facilities.

   At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied for each ten persons or fraction of ten within a roominghouse, including members of the family of the owner if they share the use of the facilities.

   All such facilities shall be properly connected to required water and sewage systems and shall be located within the dwelling so as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing such facilities, and shall not be more than one story removed from the rooming unit of any occupant intended to share the facilities. In a roominghouse in which rooms are let only to males, flush urinals may be substituted for not more than 33 and one-third percent of the required number of water closets.

   In a roominghouse where both sexes are accommodated, the water closets shall be separately calculated, based on the occupancy of each sex, except where not more than two water closets are required.

(Prior code § 78-30)

13-196-330 Roominghouses – Responsibility of operator.

   Every operator of a roominghouse shall be responsible for the following matters required by this chapter: extermination of insects, rodents, or other pests in it or in its yard; disposal of refuse by placing in it disposal facilities supplied by him; hanging and removing all screens required; sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and ceilings; maintenance of a sanitary condition in every part of the roominghouse; and proper installation and repair of every facility.

(Prior code § 78-31)