15-28-030 Definition by Department of Transportation.

   Any material classed as a corrosive liquid or oxidizing material by the Federal Department of Transportation shall be considered as a corrosive liquid or oxidizing material by this Code.

(Prior code §  92-3)

ARTICLE II. HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS (15-28-040 et seq.)

15-28-040 Storage requirements.

   No hazardous chemicals, as defined in Section 15-28-020, shall be used for any purpose in any room other than a hazardous chemical room constructed as required.

   It shall be unlawful to store in any building more than ten pounds of metallic potassium, metallic sodium, phosphorous or sodium peroxide, or more than 20 pounds of aluminum powder or calcium phosphide, or more than 600 pounds of calcium carbide or more of any other such chemical or material than is determined by the fire commissioner to be a safe limit except in a hazardous chemical storage building or vault constructed as required in Chapter 15-28 of this Code. If stored in a vault, such chemicals shall be stored upon a platform or upon a shelf or shelves not less than one foot, six inches above the floor. No such chemical or material shall be stored or used in any building room or vault now existing or hereafter designed, erected, altered or converted, which is equipped with a sprinkler system or sprinkler heads.

(Prior code § 92-4; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 152)

15-28-041 Scope.

   The provisions of Section 15-28-040, Sections 15-28-050 through 15-28-080, and 15-28-100 through 15-28-190 shall only apply to buildings or areas classified as Group H occupancies in accordance with Chapter 14B-3.

(Added Coun. J. 10-7-20, p. 21791, Art. VI, § 64)

15-28-050 Construction requirements.

   Type I, II, III, or IV construction shall be used for any hazardous chemical storage building. Every such building of Type IV construction shall be not more than two stories in height. Every such building of Type III construction shall not be more than one story in height and shall have no mezzanine. Every such building of any type of construction shall be without any basement except a basement provided and used solely for the purpose of a heating plant for the building which shall be separated from every other part of the building by a fire wall and shall have no doorway, window or other opening between such space and any other part of the building. Every such building shall be so constructed as to be dry.

(Prior code § 92-5; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-20, p. 21791, Art. VI, § 65)