ARTICLE 13

DRY CLEANING AND DRY DYEING ESTABLISHMENTS

Sec. 175. Permit.

§ 176. Restrictions.

177. Equipment.

178. Operation.

179. Fire-prevention.

Sec. 175. Permit.-No person shall maintain or operate a dry cleaning or dry dyeing establishment without a permit.

§ 176. Restrictions.-No permit to maintain and operate a dry cleaning or dry dyeing establishment shall be issued for any building: (a) In which the compartment wherein the volatile inflammable oil is used is situated within 50 feet of the nearest wall of any building occupied as a school, hospital, theatre, or other place of public amusement or assembly;

(b) Which is occupied as a tenement house, dwelling or hotel; (c) Which is of wooden construction;

(d) In which the compartment wherein the volatile inflammable oil is used is artificially lighted by any means other than electricity. (e) Where drugs, cigars, cigarettes or tobaccos are kept for sale; (f) Where paints, varnishes or lacquers are manufactured, stored, or kept for sale;

(g) Where drygoods or other highly inflammable materials are manufactured, stored or kept for sale;

(h) Where matches, rosin, turpentine, hemp, cotton, or any explosives are stored or kept.

(i) Which is not equipped with an approved system for storing and handling all volatile inflammable oils, stored or used in such establishments as prescribed in sub-divisions 5, 6, 9, 13 and 14 of § 131 of Article 9 of this chapter.

§ 177. Equipment. 1. Certificate of approval.-No system for the storage of volatile inflammable oils shall be installed in any building used as a dry cleaning or dry dyeing establishment, unless it be of a type for which a certificate of approval shall have been issued.

2. Settling tank. At the close of each day all volatile inflammable oils remaining in the wash tank and extractors shall be transferred through continuous piping to an underground tank. Volatile inflammable oils in a dry cleaning and dry dyeing establishment shall not be kept outside the dry cleaning room except in approved storage system, and shall not be transferred except by pumping directly from an approved storage system. (Amend. May 25, 1915.)

3. Roof-tanks. (Repealed May 25, 1915.)

4. "Wash tank" room.-Each room or compartment wherein a "washing tank" is located shall be properly ventilated, and shall be equipped with self-closing fireproof doors and windows that can be easily opened from the outside.

5. Asbestos cloths or blankets. Each room or compartment in which a washing tank is located shall be equipped with one or more asbestos cloths or blankets to smother fire, the number and size of which shall be prescribed by the fire commissioner. (New. Ord. May 25, 1915)

6. Portable containers. All portable containers used to convey goods from washers to extractors shall be equipped with rubber tired rollers, wooden or fibre rollers or wooden bottoms. (New. Ord. May 25, 1915.)

7. Extractors. All extractors shall be constructed so that the gasoline extracted shall flow by gravity through the pipe into the settling tank of an approved storage system. (New. Ord. May 25, 1915.)

8. Drying tumblers. Drying tumblers shall not be permitted in rooms containing wash tanks, and shall be independently connected with the outer air in the manner prescribed for drying rooms. In no case shall they be heated above 150 degrees Fahr. (New. Ord. May 25, 1915.)

9. Containers or devices. Proper containers or devices to prevent or extinguish fire may be prescribed by the fire commissioner, who may issue certificates of approval for such devices. (New. Ord. May 25, 1915.)

$178. Operation. 1. Settling, filtering and distilling.—All volatile inflammable oil which has been used in the process of dry cleaning or dry dyeing shall be settled, filtered or distilled in a machine or apparatus, of a type for which a certificate of approval shall have been issued.

2. Sewer protection. No person shall discharge any volatile inflammable oil into any public drain or sewer.

3. Supervision. The operation of a dry cleaning or dry dyeing establishment shall be continuously under the care and supervision of a person holding a certificate of fitness as manager thereof. The number of persons required to hold such certificates shall be determined by the fire commissioner and stated in the permit, but in no case shall there be required more than 3.

§ 179. Fire prevention. 1. Steam extinguishing appliance.-Each room or compartment wherein a "washing tank" is located shall be equipped with an approved steam fire extinguishing system, the supply valve for which shall be placed on the outside of the washing room with one valve so arranged that the steam can be instantaneously turned on.

2. Buckets of sand. Each premises in which a dry cleaning or dry dyeing establishment is located 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 for absorbing waste oils. The number of buckets and the quantity of sand to be so kept shall be determined by the fire commissioner and stated in the permit.

3. Artificial lighting. No system of artificial lighting other than incandescent electric lights shall be installed in any building used as a dry cleaning and dry dyeing establishment, unless it be 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 floor. All electric switches shall be placed outside the room containing wash tanks, and outside all drying rooms. (Amend. May 25, 1915.) 4. Exposed flame or spark. No stove, forge, torch or other device employing flame or fire, nor any electric or other apparatus which

is likely to produce an exposed spark, shall be allowed in any building used as a dry cleaning or dry dyeing establishment, unless it be placed in a room or compartment separated from the remainder of the building 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 protected. No boiler or furnace shall be located in any such dry cleaning and dry dyeing establishment unless separated from the remainder of the building by an unpierced fireproof wall consisting of solid masonry, or its equivalent, of at least 8 inches in thickness; provided, however, that where the construction of such unpierced wall shall be impracticable, the fire commissioner may permit such openings in the wall as may be necessary, and prescribe such protection therefor as in his judgment the particular case shall require. (Amend. May 25, 1915.)

5. Carrying matches. No person shall carry matches into any room or compartment in which volatile inflammable oil is used or stored, and the person holding the certificate of fitness as the manager of the establishment shall be responsible for the enforcement of this section. He shall also see that all clothing intended to be dry cleaned is searched and all matches removed therefrom, before being brought into the compartments where volatile inflammable oils are stored or used. (Amend. May 25, 1915,)

ARTICLE 14

MOTOR CYCLE REPAIR SHOPS AND STORAGE PLANTS

Sec. 190. Permit.

$191. Restrictions.

8192. Fire prevention.

$ 190. Permit. Except upon premises for which a permit has been issued under this article, no person shall conduct a repair shop for motor cycles, nor store, house or keep, nor receive for storage, housing or keeping, more than four motor cycles containing gasoline in their fuel tanks; provided, however, that such a permit shall not be required for premises used as a garage under a permit duly issued therefor, nor for premises used for the storage or repair of motor cycles owned and operated by members of but one family.

§ 191. Restrictions. 1. Storage of oil. Such permit shall state the amount of kerosene and lubricating oils which may be stored on such premises, which amount shall not be exceeded.

2. Basement premises. No permit shall be granted for premises below the grade story of any building.

3. Tenement houses, etc. No permit shall be issued for any premises situated in any tenement house, hotel or frame building, or in any nonfireproof building in which there is a factory or place of public assemblage, unless:

(a) The compartment enclosing such premises is of fire retarding material throughout, including doors and windows, and

(b) All doors and windows opening from each compartment into other portions of the building are self-closing.

§192. Fire prevention. In all premises for which a permit is issued under this article, the following regulations shall be complied with:

(a) No gasoline, except that in the fuel tanks of motor cycles, shall be permitted on the premises and such fuel tanks shall not be opened, drawn from or filled on the premises.

(b) No coal or oil burning stove shall be used.

(c) No motor cycle or part thereof shall, under any circumstances, be cleaned by the use of gasoline.

(d) Only electric lights shall be used, the bulbs of which shall be enclosed in wire cages or otherwise properly protected in a manner approved by the Fire Commissioner.

Except under special authority from the Fire Commissioner, no gas or open flame shall be used for heating, lighting, or repair purposes.

(e) Fire pails, filled with sand, approved fire extinguishers and "no smoking" signs shall be provided in such number as the Fire Commissioner may require.

§ 2. Section forty-three of such chapter is hereby amended by inserting therein a new subdivision, to be numbered twenty-six-a, and to read as follows:

26-a.

Motor cycle repair shop or storage place, or both Adopted February 6, 1917. Became effective February 20, 1917.

ARTICLE 15

PAINTS, VARNISHES AND LACQUERS

$5 00

Sec. 200. Permit.

§201. Restrictions.

§ 202. Volatile inflammable oil.

Sec. 200. Permit. No person shall manufacture, store or keep for sale paints, varnishes or lacquers or any other substances, mixtures and compounds commonly used for painting, varnishing, staining or other similar purposes, in quantities greater than 20 gallons without a permit.

§201. Restrictions.-No permit for the manufacture, mixing or compounding of paints, varnishes or lacquers shall be issued for any premises

(a) Which are situated within 50 feet of the nearest wall of a building occupied as a school, theatre or other place of public amusement or assembly;

(b) Which are occupied as a tenement house, dwelling, hotel, workshop or factory;

(c) Which are artificially lighted by any means other than electricity; (d) Where drugs, cigars, cigarettes or tobaccos are kept for sale; (e) Where drygoods or other highly inflammable materials are manufactured, stored or kept for sale.

§ 202. Volatile inflammable oil.-No permit shall be issued for the storage and sale of volatile inflammable oil in any paint shop, in a tenement house, nor for the storage of such oil in excess of 20 gallons in any building occupied by two families, nor for the storage of such oil in excess of 55 gallons in any building occupied as a dwelling by one family. (Amend. May 25, 1915.)

Sec. 205. Permit.-No person shall store or keep calcium carbide in excess of 120 pounds without a permit.

$206. Conditions. 1. Containers.-Each can, drum or container

for holding calcium carbide shall be constructed of tin, iron or steel, without the use of solder. It shall be closed in such manner as to be air and water-tight, and shall be conspicuously marked CARBIDE— DANGEROUS IF NOT KEPT DRY.

2. Place. Calcium carbide in excess of 600 lbs. shall be stored in approved metal packages above ground in one-story buildings without cellar or basement and used exclusively for the storage of calcium carbide. Such buildings shall be constructed to be dry, waterproof and well ventilated and shall be located outside congested mercantile or manufacturing districts. If the storage building is of incombustible construction it may adjoin other one-story buildings if separated therefrom by an unpierced fire wall; if the storage building be a detached structure and located less than 10 feet from such one-story buildings there shall be no openings in the adjacent sides of either buildings. If the carbide storage building is of combustible construction it must not be within 20 feet of other one-story or two-story buildings, nor within 30 feet of other buildings over two stories. (Amend. May 25, 1915.)

3. Warning. A building used for such storage shall have a sign conspicuously displayed on the outside thereof bearing_in_letters at least twelve inches high the words CALCIUM CARBIDE-USE NO WATER.

$207. Restrictions.-No permit shall be issued for the storage of calcium carbide in excess of six hundred pounds in any building(a) Which is not used exclusively for such storage;

(b) Which is situated within fifty feet of the nearest wall of any building occupied as a hospital, school, theatre, or other place of public amusement or assembly;

(c) Which is of wooden construction.

Sec. 210. Permit.

§ 211. Compressing.

§ 212. Acetylene.

ARTICLE 17

GASES UNDER PRESSURE

§ 213. Oxygen blow-pipes.

Sec. 210. Permit.-No person shall compress, generate, store, or sell any acetylene, Blaugas, Pintsch gas or other gases and mixtures of gases or transport through a pipe from one locality to another any gas, unless otherwise herein provided for, at a pressure exceeding 6 pounds to the square inch, or atmosphere air to a pressure exceeding 100 pounds to the square inch, nor in quantities exceeding a total container capacity of 30 cubic feet, without a permit. (Amend. July 16, 1915.)

§ 211. Compressing. 1. Capacity.-No person shall store for sale any gas compressed to a pressure greater than 6 pounds to the square inch without a permit, except the following:

(a) Nitrous oxide or oxygen for use for medical or surgical purposes in quantities not exceeding a total container capacity of 5 cubic feet for both gases, and in containers none of which shall have a capacity exceeding 2.5 cubic feet;

(b) Combustible gases under pressure exceeding 15 pounds per square inch, such as Blaugas and acetylene, in quantities not exceeding 500 cubic feet gas measure and in containers none of which shall have a capacity exceeding 2.5 cubic feet.

(c) Non-combustible liquefied gases except chlorine in quantities not exceeding a total container capacity of 1 cubic foot, and in containers none of which shall have a capacity exceeding 200 cubic inches. (Amend.)