(a) The equipment, processes and operation of automobile tire rebuilding and recapping plans shall comply with the applicable requirements of this code and the detail provisions of this section.
(b) A permit shall be obtained from the Director to conduct or maintain any tire recapping or rebuilding plant.
(c) The layout, arrangement and construction of buildings and structures used for tire rebuilding or recapping shall comply with the applicable requirements of the building code for the appropriate occupancy use group classification, and shall be provided with fire protection and fire extinguishment as required by that code. Buildings and structures and their service equipment shall be maintained in safe and sound condition as required by this code.
(d) Fire doors or other opening protectives to exitway or elevator enclosures or similar shaft enclosures required by the building code shall be kept closed except when the opening is in actual use.
(e) When tire rebuilding plants are required to be separated from other occupancies in the building by the building code, such separation shall be maintained in good condition and shall not be pierced or broken in any manner. When a sprinkler system is required by the building code in an automobile tire rebuilding plant it shall be maintained in proper and continuous working order.
(f) Buffing machines shall be located in a room separated from the remainder of the plant as required by the building code, and fire doors in such separations shall be maintained free of all obstructions at all times. Each machine shall be connected to an ample dust collecting system in conformity with NFPA Standard #91, Standard for the Installation of Blower and Exhaust Systems for Dust, Stock, Vapor Removal or Conveying.
(g) Each room where rubber cement is used or mixed, or flammable or combustible solvents are applied, shall be equipped with effective mechanical or natural ventilation. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)