Sec. 22-47. Garages.

   (a)   Generally. Garages shall conform to all other applicable requirements of this code as well as the following provisions.

   (b)   Permit required. No person shall use any building, shed or enclosure as a place of business for the purpose of repairing any motor vehicle therein, without a permit from the Director.

   (c)   Dispensing of class I liquids into motor vehicles. Class I flammable liquids shall not be dispensed into the fuel tank of motor vehicles when the vehicle is located inside the building.

   (d)   Applicability of section to incidental uses. The provisions of this section shall apply to repair garages which are used incidental to another business.

   (e)   Applicability of section to off-road equipment. The provisions of this section shall apply to the repair of off-the-road type self-propelled equipment not classified as motor vehicles including but not limited to earth movers, tractors, cranes, mowers, snowmobiles, trenching machines and recreational vehicles.

   (f)   Maintenance and operation standards. All garages regulated by this section shall be maintained and operated in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard for Repair Garages, NFPA #88-B.

   (g)   Repair of non-self-propelled equipment. Repair of lawn mowers, outboard motors, chain saws, generators, pumps and other non-self-propelled equipment powered by internal- combustion engines shall be conducted in facilities that comply with the construction, ventilation, electrical and heating requirements for service stations. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

Sec. 22-48. Service stations.

   All servicing facilities where fuel is dispensed from fixed or temporary tanks or tank vehicles into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles or other equipment shall be designed, constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of this code and chapter 7 of the Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code, NFPA #30. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

Sec. 22-49. Bowling alleys.

   (a)   Bowling alleys shall conform to all other applicable requirements of the code, as well as the following provisions.

   (b)   No person shall conduct bowling alley resurfacing and refinishing operations involving the use and application of flammable liquids or materials without a permit from the Director.

   (c)   Resurfacing and refinishing operations shall not be carried on while the establishment is open for business. Approved ventilation shall be provided. Heating, ventilating or cooling systems employing recirculation of air shall not be operated during resurfacing and refinishing operations or within one (1) hour following the application of flammable finishes. All electric motors or other equipment in the area which might be a source of ignition shall be shut down, and all smoking and use of open flames prohibited during the application of flammable finishes and for one (1) hour thereafter.

   (d)   The refinishing of pins is prohibited in bowling alleys. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

Sec. 22-50. Application of flammable finishes.

   (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.)

Sec. 22-51. Flammable liquids transportation.

   (a)   Tank vehicles. Any vehicle used to transport flammable and combustible liquids in a container that exceeds one hundred ten (110) gallons capacity shall be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with National Fire Protection Association

   Recommended Regulatory Standard for Tank Vehicles for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, NFPA #385.

   (b)   Portable containers. No vehicle shall be used to transport more than one hundred ten (110) gallons of flammable liquids in portable containers unless such flammable liquids are in their original department of transportation approved shipping containers.

   (c)   Parking and garaging. No tank vehicle shall be left unattended on any street, highway, avenue or alley; provided, that this shall not prevent a driver from the necessary absence from the truck in connection with the delivery of his load; except, that during actual discharge of the liquid some responsible person shall be present at the vehicle.

      (1)   This section shall not prevent stops for meals during the day or night if the street is well lighted at the point of parking.

      (2)   Tank vehicles containing flammable liquids shall not be parked out of doors at any point for longer than one (1) hour, except off the streets, and at least twenty-five (25) feet from any building used for assembly, institutional or residential occupancy. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

Sec. 22-52. Use of certain gasoline stoves.

   The use in buildings, private residences and trailers of gasoline stoves or other similar appliances using class I liquids for cooking or heating is prohibited. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

Sec. 22-53. Gasoline torches and plumbers’ furnaces maintenance and use.

   (a)   Generally. All gasoline blow torches and plumbers’ furnaces shall be constructed, maintained and used in accordance with NFPA #393, Recommended Good Practice for the Construction, Maintenance and Use of Gasoline Blow Torches and Plumbers’ Furnaces.

   (b)   Capacity. The liquid capacity of gasoline blow torches shall not exceed two (2) quarts and that of plumbers’ furnaces, two (2) gallons, exclusive of the required air space above the liquid. Tanks for such torches and plumbers’ furnaces shall be constructed to withstand a working pressure of twenty-five (25) pounds per square inch.

   (c)   Ventilation. Adequate ventilation shall be provided where gasoline blow torches are used.

   (d)   Filling. Gasoline blow torches or plumbers’ furnaces shall not be filled inside of buildings. (1975 L.M.C., ch 23, § 1.)