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Openings in party or fire walls shall be provided with self-closing fire doors or with positive means of closing the openings to prevent the passage of fire. Doors in fireproof stair and elevator shaft enclosures and coverings for hatchways in floors of all buildings shall be self-closing.
('72 Code, § 151.036) Penalty, see § 10.99
Proportioning of the various load carrying parts of buildings and structures shall be governed by working stresses conforming to good engineering practice as set forth in the 1955 edition of the Building Code Recommendation by the National Board of Fire Underwriters except in cases where the recommendations are in conflict with the specific requirements of this chapter.
('72 Code, § 151.026) Penalty, see § 10.99
No private garage shall exceed 14 feet in total height, and no garage shall be constructed within 20 feet of the front lot line.
('72 Code, § 151.034) Penalty, see § 10.99
The stair and elevator shafts of all buildings except private dwellings, hereafter erected more than two stories high, shall be enclosed continuously by incombustible material, consisting of reinforced gunite not less than 2½ inches thick, or of solid portland cement plaster not less than 2½ inches thick on metal lath and metal frame or of reinforced concrete not less than three inches thick, or of any fireproof material or construction that will pass the standard fire test of the Underwriter's Laboratories of a period of at least two hours. The thickness must in all cases be sufficient to give rigidity.
('72 Code, § 151.038) Penalty, see § 10.99
Each bedroom shall have a window area of not less than 1/10 of the floor area.
('72 Code, § 151.033) Penalty, see § 10.99
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