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<br />(b). Where gasoline d'nsing equipment is located within a
<br />travel distance of 25 feet from the entrance to the heater room, the
<br />floor of the heater room shall not be below grade level.
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<br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR FIRE LIMITS, AND REGU-
<br />LATIONS GOVERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION,
<br />EQUIPMENT, OR REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES.
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<br />Be it ordained by the..otJ'4ot:!~o,"o{P-4u70o~ (jU.JL
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<br />Section 1. Adoption of Building Code. /J,/.)' ...tJ
<br />There is hereby adopted by theo.o.cd.;~..(,,~oI~):-. ~ ~ &. P~I
<br />for the purpose of establishing rules and -;;Uulations for the construc~, I
<br />alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and
<br />maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties,
<br />that certain building code known as the National Building Code, Abbreviated
<br />Edition, recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters of New
<br />York, being particularly the 1949 edition thereof and the whole thereof, saye
<br />and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of
<br />which not less than three (3) cop.!fs h~ been and now are filed in the office
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<br />of the Clerk of the(2.I"omo~_;r:lLu_or::t?~mm..and the same are hereby
<br />adopted and incorpo;;tl'd af! fully as if set out at length herein, and from
<br />the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof
<br />shall be controlling in the construction of all buildinr;'l~~ other .s~c~s
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<br />therein contained within the corporate li~~! r~e;,,~~~;;.-!!j-o:fl[~:cf::.4:
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<br />Section 2. Definitions.
<br />(a) WhereV(:A\WOrd "Muni~lit( is
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<br />(b) Wherever the term "Corporation Counsel" is used. ir;.?ai;..,ode,
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<br />., I Section 3. Fire Limits Estab~:~ . ~ n
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<br />The fire limits of theoo_~" omm~m--~.~~_..mmu.mo....om..m
<br />hereby established as fol)ows: tJ ./l~ f) A
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<br />'Beginning atoo.o...{Q2...u...mm@~!~:4L.....f.L,Zl,,&~)..o.om...
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<br />oo-omom..mo-ooomomo....mm_..oommo.mo.ooo.o...oom.....mom..omto the point of beginning.
<br />Note.-The fire limits should include all closely built mercantile
<br />and adjoining manufacturing districts and surrounding blocks on all
<br />sides which constitute an exposure to the district or within which new
<br />construction of a mercantile or manufacturing character is developing.
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<br />SECTION 38. DISPOSAL OF WASTE DURING CON- .
<br />STRUCTION OPERATIONS.
<br />Waste material and rubbish shall not be stored nor allowed to
<br />accumulate within the building or in the immediate vicinity, but
<br />shall be removed from the premises as rapidly as p'racticable. Com-
<br />bustible waste and rubbish shall be removed at least daily. No
<br />material shan be disposed of by burning on the premises or in the
<br />immediate vicinity. Dry material or rubbisn shall be wetted down,
<br />if necessary, to lay dust or prevent being blown about.
<br />SECTION 39. ELEVATORS, MOVING ST AIRW A YS
<br />AND AMUSEMENT DEVICES.
<br />(a). Elevators, moving stairways and amusement devices,
<br />hereafter erected, or installed, or hereafter altered shall be con-
<br />structed, installed and maintained in accordance with rules duly
<br />promulgated by the building official, or, in the absence of such
<br />rules, with "The American Standard Safety Code for Elevators,
<br />Dumbwaiters and Escalators" approved by the American Standards
<br />Association.
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<br />(b). It shall be unlawful for the owner to operate or permit
<br />the operation or use of a passenger elevator, freight elevator, mov-
<br />ing stairway or amusement device, hereafter installed or con-
<br />structed, until a certificate shall have been obtained from the
<br />building official.
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<br />(c). The building official shall make or calise to be made an
<br />inspection of every passenger elevator at least once in every
<br />three months, and of every freight elevator, moving stairway and
<br />every amusement device at least once in every six months.
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<br />GAS PIPING.
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<br />Section 4. Saving Clause.
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<br />Nothing in this ordinance or in the code hereby adopted shall be con-
<br />strued to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any court, or any
<br />rights acquired, or liability incurred, nor any cause or causes of action accrued
<br />or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed hereby. Nor shall any
<br />right or remedy of any character be ,lost, impaired or affected by this ordi-
<br />nance.
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<br />Piping for any and all types of gas used for lighting or fuel
<br />purposes in buildings and structures shall be installed to conform
<br />with generally accepted good practice. The "Recommended Good
<br />Practice Requirements for the Installation, Maintenance and Use
<br />of Piping and Fittings for City Gas" and "Gas Systems for Welding
<br />and Cutting" and "Liquefied Petroleum Gases" of the National
<br />Board of Fire Underwriters shall be deemed to be the generally
<br />accepted good practices.
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<br />Section 5. Validity.
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<br />The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance or of the
<br />code hereby adopted shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
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<br />Section 6. Inconsistent Ordinances Repealed
<br />Ordinances or parts thereof ,in force at the time that this ordinance
<br />take effect and inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
<br />Note.-It might be wen, as is sometimes done, to specify definitely
<br />the ordinances or parts of ordinances which are intended to be repealed.
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<br />1. General. Except as may be otherwise provided by law or
<br />ordinance, or rules duly promulgated by the building official, the
<br />plumbing and drainage system of a building or structure shall be
<br />instaUed in conformity with the "Recommended Minimum Re-
<br />quirements fqr Plumbing," of the Bureau of Standards, United
<br />States Department of Commerce.
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