(a) No flammable liquid in excess of an aggregate of five (5) gallons shall be stored in any building of institutional occupancy classification without a permit from the Division of Fire.
(b) Flammable liquid, including paint, stored in excess of an aggregate of five (5) gallons, and all flammable or explosive gases, and all gases which support combustion or promote oxidation such as oxygen and nitrous oxide, shall be stored and used in conformity with the applicable provisions of Sections 381.05, 385.35, 391.29 and 3129.34 to 3129.50. Except as otherwise provided in the Fire Prevention and Building Codes for the storage of fuel oil, all such storage shall be within rooms or spaces contained within incombustible walls or partitions having a fire resistance rating of not less than one and one-half (1-1/2) hours with openings protected with self-closing doors having a fire resistance rating of not less than one and one-half (1-1/2) hours. Ceilings of such rooms or spaces shall have a fire resistance rating of not less than one (1) hour.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, each such storage room or space shall conform to the provisions of Section 3129.43(c).
(d) Flammable or explosive liquids or gases shall be stored in separate rooms from oxygen and oxidizing agents.
(e) Flammable gases, other than illuminating gas, and including hydrogen, ether and other flammable or explosive anesthetics; all gases which support combustion or promote oxidation or are flammable or explosive when combined with other gases, and all gases under pressure, shall be stored within cylinders conforming to the requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission and bearing the ICC label. All such containers shall be clearly marked to indicate the gases contained within them. All cylinders, except those containing low pressure oxygen, shall have approved regulators or other approved gas flow control devices. No equipment shall be used which might result in the intermixing of different gases from various cylinders by an error in manipulation.
(f) Cylinders containing flammable, explosive or oxidizing gases shall be removed from the storage room or space only as needed for immediate use.
(g) Every room in which flammable gases are administered as anesthetics shall have provisions for mechanical ventilation which will provide not less than twelve (12) air changes per hour and will maintain a temperature of not less than seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70°F) and a relative humidity of not less than fifty percent (50%). All air exhausted from such rooms shall be discharged outdoors and none shall be recirculated.
(h) Every room in which flammable gases are administered as anesthetics shall have an approved floor of conductive material, or an approved floor equipped with a conductive grid, properly grounded, to draw off charges of static electricity from objects and persons thereon.
(i) Electrical equipment in rooms where flammable gases are administered as anesthetics shall be explosion-proof and shall conform to the applicable provisions of Chapter 3161.
(j) No open flames, and no device equipped with gas burners, shall be installed or maintained within any room in which flammable gases are administered as anesthetics.
(k) Section 385.73(a) to (g) shall govern the storage and use of fuel oil and the installation of oil- fired appliances.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)