Fire department equipment storage rooms shall be provided to store the required fire fighting equipment and shall comply with the following:
A. Each equipment storage room shall have a minimum of forty-eight (48) square feet of floor space, with no dimension less than six feet. Size may be reduced when approved by the fire department.
B. Ceiling height shall be at least seven feet, six inches.
C. Rooms shall be of two hour fire-resistive construction with no opening rated less than one and one-half hour.
D. Rooms shall be locked with access by the fire department only. Keys shall be provided in a fire department key box.
E. The door to the equipment storage room shall have a permanent sign stating, "FIRE DEPARTMENT USE ONLY."
F. Stairway doors shall be identified to indicate the location of equipment storage rooms in the following manner:
1. The stairway which is adjacent to equipment storage rooms shall have an exterior sign on the first floor level, or fire department entrance level, identifying the floors where rooms are located adjacent to that stairway. These stairways shall have roof access. (Refer to fire department design and test specification manual)
2. At each floor level where equipment storage rooms are located, signs shall be placed on the stairway side to identify that floor as an equipment storage room location. (Refer to fire department design and test specification manual)
G. Shelves, cabinets and racks shall be installed as specified by the fire department.
H. The door to the equipment storage room shall be a minimum three feet by six feet, eight inches in size. (Prior code §§ 9.28.1205, 15.08.801)