(A) No interior wall shall be built, erected, or constructed within said limits, composed, or constructed in any part of wood, until the exterior walls shall be completed, and in case any such interior wall shall be so built, erected, or constructed, they shall be deemed to be exterior walls and such building shall be deemed to be a wooden building and the building so built, erected, or constructed they shall be deemed to be exterior walls, and such building shall be deemed to be a wooden building and the building so erected or constructed shall be deemed a violation of this subchapter.
(B) Any staircase consisting of five or more steps connecting the interior of the building to the exterior of the building and being enclosed on both sides by a solid wall material and also being enclosed on top of the wall material by a roof or other portion of the building shall be enclosed by a certified fire rated door at both the top and the bottom of the staircase. Any staircase so erected, constructed, or maintained shall be deemed a violation of this subchapter. This division (B) excludes any staircase that runs exclusively below grade level and leads exclusively to a basement or subterranean level of the building.
(C) (1) Any building with window and/or door openings where such openings face a public street, such openings shall not be covered in any manner other than by a window or a door, unless a remodeling plan has been submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission and the appropriate fire detection measures has been addressed. Any building with window and/or door openings not facing a public street on the first floor shall not be covered in any manner, by any material, unless a remodeling plan has been submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission and the appropriate fire detection measures has been addressed.
(2) Any building with window and/or door openings not facing a public street on the second or third floor shall not be covered by wood or other flammable window covering of any kind. Any building with windows covered that is inconsistent with this subchapter constitutes a violation of this subchapter. Any buildings within the Fire District with window or door openings with masonry fill as of the date of the passage of this subchapter shall not be in violation of this subchapter. Any buildings within the Fire District with window or door openings with masonry fill on the second or third floors of said building shall not be allowed to have an apartment, full-time dwelling units, or commercial enterprises or operations such that allow the public to enter those such areas on the second or third floors of said building.
(2005 Code, § 241.003) (Ord. 9, passed 9-20-1899; Res. 11-01, passed 2-21-2011) Penalty, see § 150.999