(a) Permit required. A permit must be obtained from the department of Permitting Services for spraying or dipping operations utilizing more than one (1) gallon of flammable or combustible liquids on any working day for the following activities:
(1) The application of flammable or combustible paint, varnish, lacquer, stain or other flammable or combustible liquid applied as spray by compressed air, “airless” or “hydraulic atomization,” or by steam, or electrostatic methods or by any other means in continuous or intermittent processes; and
(2) Dip tank operations in which articles or materials are passed through contents of tanks, vats or containers of flammable or combustible liquids, including coating, finishing, treatment and similar processes; and
(3) The application of combustible powders when applied by powder spray guns, electrostatic powder spray guns, fluidized beds or electrostatic fluidized beds.
(b) Standards. The provisions of the Standard for Spray Application Using Flammable and Combustible Materials, NFPA #33, and the Standard for Dip Tanks Containing Flammable or Combustible Liquids, NFPA #34, shall apply to all operations for the application of flammable finishes covered within the scope of this section.
(c) Smoking. It shall be unlawful to smoke in any spray finishing or coating areas and in the vicinity of dip tanks. “No Smoking” signs with lettering of approved size shall be conspicuously posted in such areas. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1; 2016 L.M.C., ch. 30, §1.)