(a) For the purpose of this Building and Housing Code, all buildings shall be divided into three classes according to construction as follows:
(1) Buildings of the first-class shall include all buildings which are fireproof and in which the walls, floors, columns, girders, beams, partitions and roofs are of stone, brick, concrete block or terra cotta tile, plain or reinforced concrete, iron, steel or such other fireproof materials as shall be approved by the Building Inspector.
(2) Buildings of the second-class shall include all buildings the exterior walls of which are as required for first-class buildings, but which in their interior construction are not in accordance with the requirements as hereinbefore set forth for buildings of the first class, in which girders, beams, floors and roof may be of wood construction, but the roof is covered with a noncombustible or fire resistent material.
(3) Buildings of the third-class shall include all buildings other than those of the character specified for first and second-class construction.
(b) The following kinds of buildings must be of first-class construction:
(1) Public or private schools having a student body of twenty-five or more and/or subject to the regulations of the State Board of Education and related agencies.
(2) Amusement houses, theatres, moving picture houses and telephone exchanges.
(c) The following kinds of buildings must be not less than second-class construction:
(1) Public buildings and fire houses.
(2) Business buildings and service stations not over two stories in height.
(3) Apartment houses three stories or less in height.
(d) The following kinds of buildings may be third-class construction:
(1) Dwellings.
(2) Private garages.
(Ord. 288. Passed 5-24-54.)