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(a) Fire extinguishing equipment shall be provided in conformity with the provisions of Fire Prevention and Building Codes deemed necessary by the Fire Chief.
(b) All buildings and parts of buildings used for manufacturing pyroxylin plastic or for storing pyroxylin plastic in process of manufacture, or except as provided in Section 385.63, used for storing more than fifty (50) pounds of pyroxylin plastic in one (1) fire area, shall be equipped with approved automatic fire extinguishing equipment.
(c) In all manufacturing rooms at least one (1) fire pail, kept continuously full of water, shall be provided for every two (2) persons engaged in manufacturing articles from pyroxylin plastic.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
All radiators, heating coils and uncovered pipes or returns used for heating that are near the floor or are so located as to permit combustible material, waste or dirt to come in contact with them shall be guarded with one-fourth (1/4) inch mesh galvanized steel wire cloth, twenty (20) U.S. gauge or approved equivalent. The tops of such enclosures shall be sloped so as to prevent their use as shelves.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
(a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to the storage of pyroxylin plastic products in packages, boxes, cartons or similar containers where such products are adequately separated and insulated by the method of packaging or by the boxes, cartons or similar containers in which they are contained, and when only limited small quantities are contained in one (1) package, box, carton or container.
(b) Whenever the storage space required for the storage of finished pyroxylin products in packages, boxes, cartons or similar containers exceeds three hundred fifty (350) cubic feet in one (1) fire area, such products shall be stored in a separate storage room used for pyroxylin plastic articles only. Such separate storage rooms shall conform to the applicable provisions of Section 3129.43(c), and walls, partitions, doors and other elements thereof shall have not less than the minimum fire resistance ratings specified therein.
(c) All separate storage rooms which exceed three hundred fifty (350) cubic feet in volume used for the storage of finished pyroxylin plastic products shall be equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler system with at least one (1) sprinkler head for each sixty-four (64) square feet of floor area or with other approved automatic fire extinguishing equipment. All such rooms, irrespective of volume, shall have approved provisions for fire venting. No such room shall exceed five hundred (500) square feet in floor area or five thousand (5,000) cubic feet in volume.
(d) Each storeroom in which finished pyroxylin plastic products are stored shall be provided with adequate ventilation equivalent to a clear opening of at least one-half (1/2) square inch per cubic foot of room content. Such ventilation shall be natural ventilation by means of sash glazed with thin glass and equipped for automatic opening as specified for the storage of pyroxylin products in process of manufacture, in Section 385.54(b)(7), or when approved fire-venting is otherwise provided, shall be approved mechanical ventilation.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
(a) For the purposes of this Fire Prevention Code, pyroxylin plastic products shall be divided into two (2) classes as follows:
(1) Class “A” articles shall be those made from material over one-tenth (1/10) of an inch thick and not finely divided during manufacture into teeth, scroll work or projections.
(2) Class “B” articles shall be those not coming within the above Class “A,” and shall include articles of an individual weight of one-half (1/2) ounce or less, regardless of the thickness of material from which they are made.
(b) All display for sale of pyroxylin plastic products in stores or other mercantile establishments, and in wholesale jobbing establishments, warehouses or elsewhere, shall be in showcases or show windows except as follows:
(1) Articles may be placed on tables not more than four (4) feet wide and ten (10) feet long spaced not less than three (3) feet apart. Where articles are displayed on counters they shall be arranged in like manner.
(2) The spaces underneath such tables or counters shall be kept free of storage of any kind and of accumulations of paper, refuse or other combustible material.
(3) Class “A” articles shall be arranged in single layers with at least one (1) inch separation between each article. Articles consisting of two (2) or more pieces shall be considered as a single article.
(4) Class “B” articles shall not be arranged on display tables in more than two (2) layers except in case of articles which are tied together such as bundles of combs. Such latter articles shall be limited to a single layer of individual packages.
(5) No sales or display table shall be located so that in the event of fire at such table, the table will interfere with free exit from the room in at least one (1) direction.
(c) Lighting shall be so arranged that radiated heat will not cause dangerous increases in temperature of the displayed articles, and lamps shall be protected so that hot particles will not fall upon the plastic products should a lamp or lamps be broken.
(d) Wherever pyroxylin plastic products are displayed for sale there shall be a sign, prominently placed, marked “PYROXYLIN – FLAMMABLE” in letters not less than three-fourths (3/4) inch in height.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
(a) The fabrication, handling, storage and display for sale of pyroxylin plastic products shall conform to the provisions of this Fire Prevention Code and of these Codified Ordinances, and with accepted good practice. When deemed necessary, the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals may promulgate rules and regulations supplementary to the provisions of this Code and these Codified Ordinances to establish standards of accepted good practice. In the absence of such supplementary rules and regulations, conformity with NFPA Standard No. 42 entitled “Storage, Handling and Use of Pyroxylin Plastics in Factories” and NFPA Standard No. 43 entitled “Pyroxylin Plastics in Warehouses Wholesale and Retail Stores,” shall be accepted as conformity with accepted good practice.
(b) When deemed necessary for safety to life or property, the Fire Chief may require compliance with any requirement or recommendation of NFPA Standard Nos. 42 and 43.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
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