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For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
CIVIL DEFENSE FALLOUT SHELTER. Any building or structure which is designed to be used primarily for the purposes of providing protection to the occupants thereof from the effects of fire, heat and radiological fallout resulting from a disaster.
DISASTER. Actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake or other similar public calamity. In the case of a nuclear attack, the disaster situation will be anticipated to last for a two-week period.
(1964 Code, § 10-1)
Cross-reference:
Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 1-2
There is established a civil defense fallout shelter board, which shall consist of one representative each from the fire department, the building division of the department of public works and the civil defense office. The members of the civil defense fallout shelter board shall be appointed by the city manager.
(1964 Code, § 10-2)
The civil defense fallout shelter board is authorized to establish minimum standards as specified by this article for the design and use of civil defense fallout shelters and to promulgate such regulations as are reasonable and necessary for the interpretation and enforcement of this article and of the regulations and recommendations of the Office of Civil Defense, United States Department of Defense, concerning fallout shelters.
(1964 Code, § 10-3)
No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use or occupy or maintain any building or structure which is designed primarily as a civil defense fallout shelter, or cause or permit the same to be done, without wholly complying with the provisions of this article and other applicable codes or ordinances of the city.
(1964 Code, § 10-4)
The applicant for a building permit for a civil defense fallout shelter shall submit plans and specifications to the building inspection division of the public works department for its approval under the building code of the city and all applicable provisions of this code and any other ordinances of the city prior to commencing construction thereon. For single- family shelters, such plans may be those prepared by the Office of Civil Defense, United States Department of Defense, or by manufacturers of shelters, and approved by the civil defense fallout shelter board. The preparation of plans and specifications for larger than standard single-family shelters conforming to plans and specifications of the office of civil defense shall be subject to the provisions of § 301(i) of the building code of the city.
(1964 Code, § 10-5)
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