of a building, the occupancy of which is enumerated in this subdivision, where the garage has no frontage on the same street with any frontage of such building, and the wall or walls of the garage adjacent thereto are constructed of brick, unpierced for a distance of at least 20 feet therefrom. (Amend. Aug. 8, 1916.) § 152. Construction. 1. General regulations. Except as hereinafter provided in this section, all garages hereafter erected shall be of strictly fireproof construction as to all rooms and compartments, where motor vehicles with gasoline in their fuel tanks, are stored; and all garages heretofore erected shall have all walls, ceilings and floors covered with fire retarding material in all rooms and compartments where motor vehicles, with gasoline in their fuel tanks, are stored. 2. Non-fireproof roofs, doors and windows, where permitted. Garages not exceeding one story in height may have non-fireproof roofs and garages not exceeding two stories in height may likewise have non-fireproof roofs, provided the same are covered on the inside with approved fire retarding material in all cases where motor vehicles, with volatile inflammable oil in their fuel tanks, are stored or kept on the upper floor. Window openings and outside doors in such garages removed at least thirty feet from the nearest exposure, may be non-fireproof. 3. Non-fireproof construction, where permitted. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the erection or the granting of a permit for a garage of non-fireproof construction while the following conditions exist: (a) No volatile inflammable oil is stored except in the fuel tanks of the motor vehicles; (b) Fuel tanks of the motor vehicles stored, are not opened, filled or drawn from in the garage; (c) Not more than 4 motor vehicles are stored; (d) The garage is situated at least 15 feet from the nearest building, unless the nearest wall of such building or the wall of the garage nearest such building is of unpierced fireproof construction; the provisions of this sub-division, however, to apply only to garages, hereafter to be erected. (As amend. Aug. 8, 1916.) 4. Converted buildings. The requirements herein stated for garages hereafter erected shall apply to buildings erected after May 1, 1915, for any purpose, and thereafter converted for use for garage purposes. (New Amend. Aug. 8, 1916.) §4. Section 153 of article 11 of chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 153. Certificate of fitness. Each storage garage containing more than four motor vehicles, shall be continuously under the care and supervision of one or more persons, each holding a certificate of fitness. The number of persons to hold such certificates shall be stated in the permit, but in no case shall there be required more than 3 for any garage. (Amend. Aug. 8. 1916.) 85. Section 154 of article 11 of chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended to read as follows: $154. Garages in buildings having dwelling occupancies—when permitted. 1. In buildings otherwise occupied. A permit shall not be issued for a garage in a building occupied as a dwelling unless the ground floor area of the garage does not exceed 5,000 square feet and unless the occupants be the applicant or his employees or the applicant and one other tenant, or the applicant's employee and one other tenant, and provided that not more than two stories above the garage are occupied or used as living apartments, which apartments shall be separated from the garage by fire retarding walls and floors, not pierced except by one opening, protected by a fireproof selfclosing door, and provided that there shall be an entrance to the living apartments direct from the street without passing through the garage. In case the building is occupied by two families and on two stories above the garage, a fire escape or other secondary means of escape must be provided for each story above the garage. (Amend. Aug. 8, 1916.) 2. Repealed. Ord. July 16, 1915. § 155. Oil separators. 1. When required.-No garage permit authorizing the storage of volatile inflammable oil shall be issued for any premises, storing more than 4 motor vehicles, which are not provided with an oil separator, trap or other similar apparatus attached to the house drain, for the purpose of preventing volatile inflammable oils from flowing into the sewer; provided, however, that the fire commissioner may exempt from the requirements of this section a garage draining into a short sewer line. 2. Oil receptacle. The oil receptacle of an oil separator shall not exceed 50 gallons capacity, and shall be emptied as often as may be necessary to prevent the oil from overflowing; and such oils as are recovered from the separator shall be removed from the garage within 24 hours after being taken from the separator. 3. Sewer connection. Each oil separator shall be connected to the house drain, and shall be so arranged as to separate all oils from the drainage of the garage. 4. Waste oil. All oils spilled on the floor of a garage shall be removed by sponging or swabbing, and poured into the drain leading to the oil separator. § 156. Storage system. 1. Tanks.-No garage permit authorizing the storage of volatile inflammable oil shall be issued for any premises which are not equipped with an approved storage system of sufficient capacity for the proper storage of such oil, which shall be installed in the manner prescribed in subdivisions 5, 6, 9, 13 and 14 of section 131 of article 9 of this chapter; provided that each tank shall be embedded in and surrounded by at least 12 inches of portland cement concrete, composed of 2 parts of cement, 3 parts of sand and 5 parts of stone, except that storage tanks installed in garages may have a capacity not exceeding 550 gallons each. (Amend. July 16, 1915.) 2. Receiving supplies. No barrel containing volatile inflammable oil shall be taken off the wagon delivering such oil to a garage, but the oil shall be delivered directly to the storage tank through the filling pipe, by means of a hose coupled to the barrel containing the oil and connected to the intake provided for in subdivision 6 of § 131 of this chapter. No wagon or other vehicle engaged in the delivery of volatile inflammable oil shall be admitted to or taken within a garage or any portion thereof, and no person shall deliver or receive within a garage any volatile inflammable oil in a barrel or other similar receptacle, nor keep or store in a garage any barrel or other similar receptacle from which volatile inflammable oil has been drawn. 3. Approval of appliances. No storage tank, portable tank, oil separator, pump or other similar apparatus shall be installed in a garage unless it be of a type for which a certificate of approval shall have been issued by the fire commissioner. Proper containers or devices to prevent or extinguish fire may be prescribed by the fire commissioner, who may issue certificates of approval therefor. (Amend. July 16, 1915.) $157. Supplying vehicles. 1. Method. No person shall deliver volatile inflammable oil from a storage tank to a motor vehicle, except by means of an approved portable tank or directly through the outlet of the drawing-off pipe by means of an authorized hose attachment. All lights on motor vehicles except electric lights shall be extinguished before volatile inflammable oil is delivered to fuel tanks. (Amend. July 16, 1915.) 2. Portable tanks. Each portable tank shall be of a capacity not exceeding 55 gallons, and shall be mounted on a substantial iron or steel frame, with rubber-tired wheels. The oil shall be discharged from the tank only through a hose not exceeding 16 feet in length, having a shut-off valve close to the outlet or nozzle. 3. Pumps; basement service. No pump or stationary outlet for delivery of volatile inflammable oil in a garage shall be allowed on any floor below the street level; and no person shall deliver any such oil to the tank of a motor vehicle while on a floor of the garage below the street level, unless such floor is provided with adequate natural ventilation. (Amend. July 16, 1915.) 4. Restrictions. No person shall sell, deliver or use volatile inflammable oil in or upon any premises covered by a garage permit for any purpose other than that of filling the tanks of motor vehicles, motorcycles, motor tricycles, motor boats, airships or aeroplanes, except that the use of gasoline in gasoline torches of a capacity not greater than 1 quart shall be permitted, but in the repair department only. $158. Lighting. No system of artificial lighting other than incandescent electric lights shall be installed in any garage, unless of a type for which a certificate of approval shall have been issued. All incandescent lights shall be fitted with keyless sockets, and all electric switches and plugs shall be placed at least 4 feet above the garage floor. § 159. Fire prevention. 1. Exposed flame or spark.-No stove, forge, touch or other device employing flame or fire, nor any electric or other apparatus which is likely to produce an exposed spark, except such electric apparatus as may be placed five feet or more above a floor of a garage, shall be allowed in any garage unless it be placed in a room or compartment which is separated from the garage by a partition constructed of fire retarding material and provided with a self-closing fireproof door; provided, however, that electric motors may be of the fully enclosed type or provided with an approved type "A." (fire department specifications) motor enclosure; the terminal blocks also shall be properly protected. No boiler or furnace shall be located in any garage unless separated from the re mainder of the building by an unpierced fireproof wall, consisting of solid masonry of at least 8 inches in thickness or its equivalent; provided, however, that where the construction of such unpierced wall shall be impracticable the fire commissioner may permit such openings in such wall as may be necessary, and prescribe such protection therefor as in his judgment the particular case shall require. (As amend. July 16, 1916.) 2. Sand. Each garage shall be equipped with fire buckets filled with sand and kept on each floor, for use in extinguishing fire. A quantity of sand shall also be kept on each floor of a garage, for absorbing waste oil. The quantity of sand and the number of buckets for each garage shall be designated by the fire commissioner and stated in the permit. 3. Receptacles for waste. Each floor of a garage shall be equipped with self-closing metal cans; and all inflammable waste material shall be kept therein until removed from the building. 4. Storage of carbide. All calcium carbide stored in a garage shall be kept in water-tight metal containers with securely fastened covers; and the aggregate quantity kept on hand shall not exceed at any time 120 pounds. § 6. Section 160 of article 11 of chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 160. Oil selling stations.—A permit may be issued by the fire commissioner for premises wherein the business of an oil selling station is to be conducted and such business shall be covered, except as to fees, by the regulation on the subject of storage garages in so far as they are applicable thereto. (Ord. app. Aug. 8, 1916.) Sec. 170. Permit. ARTICLE 12 MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS § 171. Restrictions. Sec. 170. Permit.-No person shall maintain or operate a motor vehicle repair shop without a permit; provided that such a permit shall not be required of a person holding a garage permit for the same or adjoining premises. (Amend. May 25, 1915.) § 171. Restrictions.-No person shall 1. Store or keep for sale in a motor vehicle repair shop any volatile inflammable oil or calcium carbide, except in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed by the fire commissioner; 2. Introduce or receive into such a repair shop any motor vehicle containing volatile inflammable oil, unless the building or that portion thereof in which the motor vehicle is introduced is constructed of fire-retarding material. When such volatile inflammable oil is removed from the fuel tank of a motor vehicle within the repair shop, it shall be emptied directly from fuel tank into an approved safety can, portable tank, or approved storage system, and when returned to the fuel tank it shall be so returned directly from such safety can, portable tank, or approved storage system. (Amend. May 25, 1915.) |