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(A) Where any electric charging apparatus is installed or placed in a public or commercial garage, the apparatus, with the exception of the wires leading to the automobiles to be charged, shall be placed within a room separated from the main garage by fireproof walls, which wall shall not be inferior in fire-resisting qualities to reenforced concrete construction four inches in thickness.
(B) Any openings from any room containing an apparatus shall be protected by self-closing fire doors and door sills shall be raised at least eight inches above the floor level.
(`96 Code, § 93.38) (Ord. 599, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2023-13, passed 10-12-2023) Penalty, see § 92.999
(A) No person shall smoke in any garage.
(B) A notice in large letters containing the phrase “no smoking” shall be displayed in a conspicuous place and at the entrance of all garages.
(`96 Code, § 93.39) (Ord. 599, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2023-13, passed 10-12-2023) Penalty, see § 92.999
(A) On the floor of every garage, there shall be constantly kept and maintained convenient receptacles filled with sand to be used in absorbing waste oils on the floor; in addition thereto, sand shall be kept on every floor in boxes or buckets provided with hand scoops to be used for fire extinguishing purposes only.
(B) There shall be one box or bucket of sand for each 2,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof or, in lieu of those boxes or buckets, there may be maintained a cart on wheels filled with sand containing not less than four cubic feet of sand.
(`96 Code, § 93.40) (Ord. 599, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2023-13, passed 10-12-2023) Penalty, see § 92.999
Every garage shall be maintained with at least one chemical fire extinguisher for each 2,000 square feet of floor space or fraction thereof.
(`96 Code, § 93.41) (Ord. 599, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2023-13, passed 10-12-2023) Penalty, see § 92.999
Self-closing metal cans set firmly on four-inch legs shall be kept on all floors of every garage, into which all inflammable waste materials shall be deposited at all times when not in use, and there shall be one can for each 2,500 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof. The contents of all waste cans shall be removed from the building daily and disposed of properly.
(`96 Code, § 93.42) (Ord. 599, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2023-13, passed 10-12-2023) Penalty, see § 92.999
Calcium carbide shall be kept in airtight containers of noncombustible material, preferably galvanized iron of not less than 18 U.S. metal gauge, with the bottom of the container being at least six inches above the floor, and having securely fastened automatic closing covers.
(`96 Code, § 93.43) (Ord. 599, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2023-13, passed 10-12-2023) Penalty, see § 92.999
Two printed copies of these regulations shall be conspicuously posted on at least one wall on each floor of every public or commercial garage.
(`96 Code, § 93.44) (Ord. 599, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2023-13, passed 10-12-2023) Penalty, see § 92.999
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