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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0758 ORDINANCE NO. 758 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHEM~~T OF A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION, PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFOR, DEFINING THEIR POvVERS AND DUTIES, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR FIRE PRO- TECTION AND FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY IN CONNECTION WITH HAZARDOUS 1MTERIALS AND PROCESSES IN SAID CITY; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND RE- PEALING CERTAIN PARTS OF ORDINANCE NO.323 OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 17, 1935, AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this ordinance, the following words, terms and phrases shall be deemed to have the following meaning: "REQUIRED WRITINGS": Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required by this ordinance, it shall be made in writing in the English language. "CONSTRUCTION OF GENDERS": The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. "CONSTRUCTION OF SINGUL.R AND PLURAL": The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. "SHALL" AND "MAY": "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive. "APPROVED": Shall mean any type of construction, device or material, or any process or method of operation for which a written approval has been issued by the Chief. Any type, material, quality, method, construction or workmanship meeting the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters of the National Fire Protection Association, or hU3 a "Label of Approval" of the Underwriters' Laboratories Incorporated, when consider satisfactory to the Chief of t he Fire Department, shall be approved. "AUTOMOBILE PARKING STATION": Shall mean any place where motor vehicles are stored, kept or parked outside of a building as or in connection with a business enterprise. "AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION": Shall mean any 10cation other than a public garage, Y1hcr e any flammable liquid is sold and put -1- OJ. 7 b'1 into the fuel tank or container of any motor vehicle. "UNIFORM BUILDING CODE" or ZONING ORDINANCE": Whenever "uniform building code" or Zoning ordinance" are referred to in this ordinance they shall mean the Uniform Building Code or the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Arcadia. "BUILDDTG": Shall mean any structure or portion thereof used to shelter or enclose persons or property of any kind. "FIRE RESISTIVE ROOM OR BUILDING": Shall mean any room or building of not less than two hour fire-resistive construction through- out as specified in the Uniform Building Code. "STORAGE ROOM OR BUILDING": Shall mean a room or building or vault us ed only for the purpose 0 f the storage, mixing, handling and use, or drawing off of flammable liquids. "SP"BCIAL ROOM OR BUILDING": Shall mean a room or building of four-hour fire-resistive construction throughout as specified in the Uniform Building Code. "CHIEF": Shall mean the Chief of the Fire Department or any officer, member, or inspector of the fire department specially au- thorized or deput:tzed to act for him. "CLOSED CUP ~rESTER": Shall mean the Taglibue Closed Cup Tester used by the American Society for Testin~ Materials. "COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION": Shall mean construction, in the whole or in part, of combustible material. "COMBUSTIBLE FIBRES": Shall include. cotton, sisal, henequen, ixtle, jute, hemp.. tow, cocoa fibre, oakum, baled waste, kapok, hay straw, Spanish mO:3S and, excelsior. "COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL": Shall mean material which will ignite at a temperature of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit or less. "COMMERCIAL DISTRICT": Shall mean any Zone C-2 or other business district established in the zoning ordinance. "CONTAINER": Shall mean any open or closed receptacle used to hold a flammable liquid. -2- o.uf, 75% "DISTRIBUTING PLANT": Shall mean any location where flammable liquids are stm~ed in bulk for resale or distribution. "DRAWING OFF": Shall mean the removal of any flammable liquid from any contaD1er when flammable vapors escape during such removal. "DRUM": Shall mean any closed container having a capacity of not less than five gallons or more than sixty-one gallons. "DRY CLEANING LIQUIDS": Shall mean any liquids, other than water; used fop t he removal of dirt, grease, paint or other stains from wearing apparel, textiles, fabrics, furs, rugs and similar articles. Dry cleaning liquids shall be divided into three classes: 1. High hazard dry cleaning liquids; flammable liquids having a flashpoint below 100 degrees Fahrenbei t. Typical of this class are gasoline, benzene and naphtha. 2. Low ha:~ard dry cleaning liquids; flammable liquids having a flash point of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Typical of this claas are stoddllI'd solvent and various petroleum pro- ducts clasaed as to fire hazard with kerosene, parrafin oil, or between paraffin oil and kerosene. 3. Nonflronmable dry cleaning liquids; liquids which are strictly nonflammable or are classed as nonflammable at ordi- nary tempel'atures. Typical of this class are carbontetrachloride and trichlorethylene. Dry cleaning shall include immersion or agitation in dry clean- ing liquids, also brushin~ or scouring with such liquids and the process of dyeing in a solution of dye colors in such liquids. Spotting i~l the 10cal application of dry cleaning liquid, to spots of dirt, grease, paint or stains, on any wearing apparel, textiles I fabric:s, furs, rugs and similar articles. "DRYING ROOM": Shall mean any room or space wi thin any build- ing containing any object or material from which flammable vapors escape or may escape. "ELECTRICAI, EQUIP~NT": Shall mean any motor, light, generator, -3- 9 ---0 0./1)' 76 a I wiring, switch or other appliance or device which uses, controls or is operated by electricity. "EXPLOSIVES" OR EXPLOSIVE"': Shall mean and include any chemical compound or mechanical mixture, that is commonly used, or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion, that con- tains any oxidizing and combustible units, or any other ingredients in such proportion, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, or concussion, by percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb. "EXPLOSION PROOF": Shall mean free from the hazard of explosion as determined b~r the Chief. Equipment bearing the label of approval!. of the Underwri l;ers I Laboratories Incorporated, for use in hazardous; areas will be aeceptable. "FINISHING SHOP": Shal1 mean a building or part thereof used for the application of flammable finishes by means of spraying or dipping. "FIRE DISTRICT":: Shall mean any fire district in the City of Arcadia establiBhed by Ordinance. "FIRE DOOR": Shall meEln any fire-resistive door as defined in the Uniform Building Code. "FIRE-RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION": Shall mean construction specified in tho Uniform Building Code, as of one-hour, two-hour, three-hour, or four hour fire-resistive construction, as the case may be. "FLAMMABLE LIQUID": Shall mean any liquid wi th a flash point which is lower 1;han 200 degrees Fahrenheit when determined by the closed cup testor. "CLASS 1 F]~AMUABLE LIQUID": Shall mean any liql id having a flash point whi,)h is not higher than 25 degrees Fahrenheit when -4- (}.ltct. loY determined by the closed cup tester. "CLASS 2. Fl.AMMABLE LIQUID": Shall mean any liquid having a flash point between 25 degrees Fahrenheit and 100 degrees Fahrenheit when determined by the closed cup tester. "CLASS 3 FlJ\MMABLE LIQUID": Shall mean any liquid having a flash point between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and 200 degrees Fahrenheit inclusive, when determined by the closed cup tester. "JOBBER'S PLANT": Shall mean any premises where flammable liquids are sold at wholesale. "LOADING RACK": Shall mean any system of piping maintained and used for transferring flammable liquids from pipe lines or tanks to vehicle for wholesale distribution. "w\NUFACTUfING DISTRICT": Shall mean any Zone M-l or Zone Ivl-2 as established by the Zoning Ordinance. "MANUFACTURING PLANT".: Shall mean any location where any flammable liquius other than in a sealed container, are handled or used in any manufacturing process. "PERSON": Shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, company, association or partnership~ or the agent of the aforesaid. "PORTABLE": Shall mean moveable or not attached to real property. "I'ORTABLE BUGGY": Shall mean an approved portable tank not exC eeding 61 ga llons in capaci ty mounted on a 11 metal wheels wi th rubber tires and equipped with a pump and hose. "PROPER VENTILATION" or "PROPERLY VENTILATED" or "PROPERLY VENTED": Shall mean ventilation, either natural or artificial1y forced, that will cause t he space to be ventilated to be free from combustible or explosive vapors or gases. "PUBLIC GARAGE": Shall mean any place where motor vehicles' are sold, repaired, cleaned, serviced, painted, parked, kept, stored or rented as or in connection with a business enterprise. "PYROTECHNICS": Shall mean any sparkler, squib, rocket, fire- -5- V-ict 1Sv' cracker, Roman candIe, signal lights, railroad track torpedo, flash- light composition, fireworks, or other devices or composition used to obtain visible or audible pyrotechnic display, and shall include fire balloonij, that is, bal100ns of a type which have burning materia~ of any kind attached thereto. "PYROXYLIN PLASTIC": Shal1 mean and include any plastic sub- stance, material or compound, other than nitro-cellulose film as provided for in the film storage regulations, having soluble cotton or similar nitro-cellulose as a base, including celluloid, fiberloid, pyralin, viscoloid, zylonite and similar products, materials and compounds by whatever name known, when in the form of blocks, slab~, sheets, tubes or fabricated shapes. "RETAIL STORE"': Shall mean any location other than an au to- mobile service :3tation or public garage, where any flammable liquid is sold directly to the consumer. "SAFETY CONTAINER": Shal1 mean any type of container approved by the Chief. "SEALED CONTAINER": Shall mean any metal container sealed in such a manner so as to prevent the escaping of any liquids and vapors therefrom. "SPRAY BOO~m": Shall mean any space enclosed on at least three sides within a l~oom or building in which such space flammable liquids are applied by 11 pressure spray method. "STOREII: or "STORAGE"': Shall mean to have present or the presence of any flammablEl liquid on any premises. "ABOVEGROUND STORAGE": Shall mean storage other than under- ground storage. "INSIDE STORAGE"': Shall mean storage within any building. "OUTSIDE STORAGE"': Shall mean storage other than inside storage or underground storage. "UNDERGROUND STORAGE": Shall mean storage in tanks buried underground. -6- /7 J -/r"V VA , /Yv ItTANKIl: Shall mean any non-portable container with a capacity in excess of 61 gallons~ "USE": Shall mean mix, process, spray, dip or apply. IlVAPOR-PROOF": Shal1 mean free from the hazard of ignited vapor or gas as determined by the Chief. Equipment bearing the label of approval of the Underwriters' Laboratories Incorporated, for use in a hazardous area will be acceptable. "ZONE".: Shall mean any 3) ne established by the Zoning Ordinances. Part 1 BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 2: A Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department I of the city of Arcadia, California is hereby established which shalli be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department. The Chief of the Fire Department shall designate an officer of the Fire Department who shal1 be in charge of the Fire Prevention Bureau. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such other members of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. SECTION 3:: It shall be the duty of the officers of the Bureau of Fire Prevention to enforce all laws and ordinances covering the following: 1. The pI'evention of fires; 2. The s1;orage and use of explosives and flammables; 3. The maintenance of automatic and other private fire alarm systems and inlltallation and maintenance of fire extinguishing equip- .,I ment; 4. The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes; 5. The ml3ans and adequacy of exit in case of fire from factories, schools, hotels, 10dging houses, asylums, hospitals, churches, halls, -7- {/,A.oV. 7~t theatres, 8Jllphitheatres, and all other places in which numbers of persons TIork, live or congregate from time to time for any purpose;; 6. The inv'3stigation of the cause, origin, and circumstances of fires;; They sllall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other sections of this ordinance, and as may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law. SECTION 4: The Chief of the Fire Department or any inspector may, at all reasonable hours, enter any building or premises within his jurisdiction for the purpose of making any inspection or inves- tigation which, under the provisions of this ordinance, he or they may deem necessa~i to be made. SECTION 5: The Chief of the Fire Department or an inspector specially designated thereto, shall inspect, as often as may be necessary, all specially hazardous manufacturing processes, storages or installations of gases, chemicals, oils, explosives and flammable materials, all interior fire alarms and sutomatic sprinkler systems, and such other hazards or appliances as the Chief of the Fire Departmen~ shall designate, and shal1 make such orders as may be necessary for the enforcement of the laws and ordinances governing the same and for safeguarding of life and property from fire. SECTION 6: It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Dopartment to inspect, or cause to be inspected by the Bureau of Fire Prevention, or ty the Fire Department Officers and Members, as often as may be necessary, all buildings and premises for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire, or any violations of the provisions or intent of any ordinance of the City affecting the fire hazard. \~enever any inspector shall find in any building or upon any premises, combustible or explosive matter or dangerous accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulations of rubbish, waste paper boxes, shavings, or any highly inflammable materials, and which is so situated as to endanger life or property; or shall find obstructions to or on fire ellcapes, stairs, passageways, doors or windows, liable -8- OAd. 1S.f to interfere vdth the operations of the Fire Department or egress of occupants in 'case of fire, he shall order the same to be removed or remedied. SECTION 7: It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to inspect, or cause to be inspected by the Bureau of Fire Prevention or b:y the Fire Department officers or members, each place of public assembly at such times, including time of occupancy and use, as to insure compliance with all laws, regulations and orders dealing with overcrowding, use of decorations, maintenance of exit ways, collapse of revolving doors, and maintenance of fire appliances in such places of assembly. Vfuere conditions are found to be unsatis- factory, written orders for immediate correction shal1 be given. SECTION 8: The Chief of the Fire Department or an Inspector, upon the compla.int of any person or whenever he or they shall deem it necessary, shall inspect any building and premises involved in the complaint. \Vhenever any of said officers shall find any build- ing or other structure which, for want of repairs, lack of sufficient fire escapes, automatic or other fire alarm apparatus or fire ex- tinguisbing equipment or by reason of age or dilapidated condition, or from any other cause, is especial1y liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger other property or the occupants thereof, and whenever such officel' shall find in any building combustible or explosive matter or flammable conditions dangerous to the safety of any such bul1ding or the occupants thereof, he or they shall order such dangerous conditions or materials to be removed or remedied. SECTION 9: The service of such orders as mentioned in other Sections may be made upon the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed, either by delivering a copy of same to such occupant personally or by delivering the same to and leaving it with any person in charge of the premises, or in case no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of said premises. Whenever it may be nec- essary to serve such an order upon the owner of premises, such order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with the said person a copy of the said order, or, if such owner is -9- absent () /t(' j, 7_i% '. from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order, by mailing such copy to the owner's last known postoffice address. SECTION 10: The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall investigate the Cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occuring in the city by w).1ich property has been destroyed or damaged and, so far as possible, shal1 determine whether the fire is the result of careless- ness or design. Such investigations shall be begun immediately upon the notification of the occurence of such a fire by the inspector in whose district the fire occurs, and if it appears to the officer making such an investigation, that such fire is of suspicious origin, the Chief of the Fi:?e Department shall be immediately notified of the fact~l. He shall take c::large immediately of the physical evidence, shall notifJ' the proper auth:>rities designated by law to pursue the investigation of such matters, and shall further co-operate with the authorities in the collection of evidence and in the prosecution of the case. Every fire shall be rl3ported in writing to the Bureau of Fire Prevention wi thin two days of the occurence of same, by the chief officer in WhOSE' jurisdiction sUI~h a fire occured. Such report shall be in such form as shal1 be pre:3cribed by the Chief of the Fire Department, and shall contain a statement of all facts relating to the cause, origin and cir.. cumstances of such fire, and extent of the damage thereof, and the insurance upon such property, and such other information as may be required. SECTION 11: The City Attorney, upon request of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall assist the inspectors in the investigation of any fire which, in their opinion, is of suspicious origin. SECTION 12: It shall be the duty of the Chief of t he Fir e De- partment to require teachers of public, private and parochial schools and educational institutions to have not less than one fire drill each month and to kel3p all doors and exits unlocked during school hours. SECTION 13: The Chief of the Fire Department shall keep, in the office of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, a record of all fires and of all the facts c"ncerning the same, including statistics as to the -Hl- OAel /5 i extent of such fires and the damage caused thereby, and whether such 10sses were covered by insurance, and if so, in what amount. Such record shall be made monthly from the reports made by the in- spec tors under the provision of this ordinance. SECTION 14: The annual report of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall b e made on or before the First day of August, and transmitted to the Chief of the Fire Department; it shall contain all proceeding& under this ordinance with such statistics as the Chief of t he Fire may wish to include therein; the Chief of the Fire Department Department/shall also llecommend any amendments to the ordinances which, in his judgment, shall be desira~e. SECTION 1~: Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be con- strued as applying to the transportation of any article or thing shipped in conformity with the regulations prescribed by the Inter- state Commerce Commission, nor as applying to the military or naval forces of the United States. SECTION 16: A permit is the written authority of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, issued pursuant to this ordinance, to have, keep, store, use, manufacture, sell, handle and transport explosives, flammable materials and rubbish, as hereinafter defined and to operate or maintain establishements hereinafter specified. SECTION 17: Whenever the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall reject or refuse to grant a permit, or when it is claimed that provisions of this ordinance or any ordinances relating thereto do not apply, or when it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of this ordinance or any regulations have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, and the permit applied for having been refused by the Bureau of Fire prevention, than the person may appeal from the decision of the Bureau of Fire Preven1;ion and may apply to the City Council for a permit. SECTION l~: In determining the flash point of flammable liquids, the Tag Closed Tester (standardized by the National Bureau of Standards) shall be authol'itative in the case of dispute. All tests shall be made in accordance with the methods of tests as adopted by the American Society of Tes1;ing Materials. -11- (J.4cl 75Y' SECTION 19: The Chief Building Inspector and the Chief of t he Fire Department shall act as a Committee on determination, and specify any new materials, processes or occupancies, and trades which shall require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in this ordinance. The officer of the Fire Prevention Bureau shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office, and shall also maintain in his office details and descriptive drawings showing approved and acceptable methods of storing, handling or protecting such materials as shall be deemed as requiring a permit. SECTION 20: The intent of this ordinance is to safeguard and restrict the storage, handling and use of dangerous and hazardous materials to a reasonable degree with respect to injury to persons and destruction of property. Installation, construction and safeguards shall be provided in a standard modern and approved manner. Compliance with the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters shall be prima facie evidence of such approved manner. The Chief of t he Fire Department shall maintain public files of the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, which shall be deemed as advisory require- ments to this ordinance insofar as they can be applied to each par- ticular installation for which a permit is required. SECTION 21: The City Council of the City of Arcadia hereby reserves the right, pOW'3r and authority t o modify any of the provisions of this ordinance upon recommendation of the Fire Chief or his duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of this ordinance, provided that the spirit of this ordinance shall be observed, public safety secured, and sub- stantial justice done. The particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department thereon shall be entered upon the records of the department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant. SECTION 22: Before permits may be issued, the Chief of the Fire Department or his assistants shal1 inspect and approve the receptacle.s, vehicles, buildings or storage places to be used. -12- atd, 75~ SECTION 23: AIl applications for permits required by this ordi- nance shall be made to the Bureau of Fire Prevention in such form and detllil as it shall prescribe. SECTION 24: Every permit granted by t he Bureau of Fire Prevention under the provi:sions of this ordinance shall be for such period as the Chief of thl~ Fire Department may determine, not to exceed one year. Such permit must at all times be kept on the premises designated thereon, and shall, at all times, be subject to inspection by any officer of the fire or pol1ce departments. SECTION 25: One permit only shall be required by retail establish.. ments dealing in, or manufacturing plants using, two or more flammable combustible or explosive materials to be kept in the establishment at anyone time. SECTION 26: Permits required by this ordinance are for: Transportation, storage oruse of explosives..........Sec. 30 Blasting. . . .... . ... . .... .. .. ... . .. .. .. .. . . ... ... .. .. .. . .. .... .. . .. . .. II 34 Pyrotechn.i(~ Displays............................................ II 35 storing and handling of Pyroxylin Plastic over 100 pounds......................................... It 43 Manufacture of Pyroxylin Plastic Articles............. n 43 Calcium Carbide Exceeding 100 pounds.................." 60 Acetylene Generators Exceeding 5 pounds Capacity......" 60 Storage and handling Class I liquids.................." 69 Storage and handling Class II liquids................." 69 Storage and handling Class III liquids................" 69 Retail Dealer in Flammable Liquids...................." 86 Painting, Including Spraying and Dipping.............." 86 and " 120 Jobber in Flannnable ~iquids........................... fI 86 Manufacturing and using F'lammable Liquids............." 86 Storage of Hazardous Chemicals........................ II 139 Refrigeration in Excess of 20 pounds of refrigerant..." 151 Bonfires.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. . ... If 204 -13- (] ~J, -1.5:( PART 2 EXPLOSIVES SECTION 27: Nothing in this par t shall be held to mean and include any small arms ammunition or signal rockets, or devices or compositions USlld to obtain visible or audible pyrotechnic effects, which are coverod in Part 3, nor to include explosives in the forms prescribed in the official United States Pharmacopeia. SECTION 28:: It shal1 be unlawful for any person to manufacture any explosives, except that any explosives may be manufactured in the laboratories in col1eges and similar institutions for the purpose of investigation and ins true tion. SECTION 29: It shall be unlawful for any person to transport or carry any explo~live in or upon any public conveyance which is carrying passengers for ~ire. SECTION 30: It shall be unlawful for any person to have, keep, use, store or transport any explosives, except under permit as pro- vided for in this ordinance. SECTION 31: Every vehicle while carrying explosives shall have painted on its front, sides and back, in easily legible letters at least four inches high, in contrasting colors, the word, "EXPLOSIVES", or in lieu thereof shall display, in such manner that it will be visible from all directions, a red flag wi th the word "DANGER" printed, stamped or sewn thereon in white letters. Such flag shall be at least twenty-four inches square, and the letters thereof shall be at least six inches high. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of a vehicle containing such explosive to smoke in or about such vehicle, or to permit smoking in or about such vehicle. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or carry in the bed or body, or cause to be placed in the bed or body of any lTll!1i,cl~ containing such explosives, any metal tool or other piece of metal, or any matches. -14- cJ~' 16"6 (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or carry or cause to be car:ried in any vehicle containirg explosives, any ex- ploders, detonators, blasting caps or other similar explosive material. (d) The permit for transporting explosives shall designat e the time when, and may designate the route whereon the same may be transported. SECTION 32: All explosives shall be stored in a magazine com- plying with the re~uirements of this ordinance, unless such explosives are being transported or used as prescribed and authorized by this ordinance; and an accurate record showing the disposttion of each con- tainer or package of explosives stored, transported or used shallbe kept such record to be subject to inspection by t he Bureau of Fire Pre- vention at all times. SECTION 33: Rll magazines in which permissible explosives are had, kept or stored, shall be located at distances from neighborhood buildings, highways and railroads in conformity with the American Quantity and.Distance Table. Provided that one portable magazine con- taining not more than fifty pounds of explosive may be allowed if plac'9d on wheels and 10cated not more than ten feet from, on the same floor with and directly opposite to the entrance on the floor nearest the street level, and one portable magazine containing not more than five thousand blasting caps, may be allowed if placed on wheels and 10cated on the floor nearest the street level. Blasting caps or detonators of any kind shall not be kept in the same magazine with other explosives. All magazines shall be kept 10cked except when being inspected or when explosives are being placed therein or being removed therefrom. All magazines or places where explosives are stored shall be kept clean and free from grit, rubbish and empty packages. Magazines shall be made offireproof material or wood covered with sheet iron and shal1 be conspicuously marked "MAGAZINE-EXPLOSIVES". -15- o~, 75:? SECTION 34: BLASTING: No person shall blast or carryon any blasting opera1;ion without first having obtained a permit from the Bureau of Fire Prevention. The applicant for such permit shall file a bond deemed adequate in each case by the Bureau of Fire Prevention which bond shall become available in the payment of any damage arising from the neglect of the contractor or his agents or employees. PART 3 PYHOTECHiUCS AND SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION SECTION 35: No person shall have, keep, store, use, manufacture, sell, handle or transport any fireworks or blank cartridges or small fire arms or anything containing any proportion of any substance of an explosive nature within the corporate limits of the City of ArcadiE.; provided however: (a) That nothing in this ordinance shall be held to apply to the possession or use of signaling devices for current daily con- sumption by ra:tlroads and others requiring them. (b) The City Council may permit any person, firm, corporation, association or organization to make a public display of fireworks, and for that purpose to use and discharge fireworks at such times and such places in the City of Arcadia situate south of Foothill Boulevard, as said City Council may fix and establish, provided that a written application for a permit so to do is filed with the Chief of the Fire Department of said City at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the date of said display. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to whom the application for permit is made, to make an investigation and submit a report of his findings and his recommendations for or against the issuance of the permit together with his reasons therefor, to said City Council. The City Council shall have power in its discretion to grant or deny the permit. (c) The public generally may use and discharge such fireworks as are permitted by the laws of this State, on the 4th day of July of each and every year in the City of Arcadia situate south of -16- \ 1J'~C~ OftC , 0 Foothill Boulevard, provided that if said 4th day of July in any year falls on Sunda~' said fireworks may be used and discharged as in this Section specif~ed, on the 5th day of July instead of said 4th day of July. (d) It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian, or other person having the legal care and custody of any child in said City of Arcadia under t he a ge of fourteen (14) years, to allow, permit or suffer such child to light, fire, discharge explode or set off any fireworks or blank cartridges or small arms or anything contain- I ing any proportion of any substance of an explosive nature. Provided, however, this provision shall not apply to said 4th day of July of any year (or the 5th day of July of any year as provided in Paragraph (c) of this se,~tion. (e) It s~all be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or cause or permit to be sold fireworks of any kind within said City of Arcadia except that the City Council may permit such fireworks to be sold within said City of Arcadia upon the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days of July of each and every year, provided however that if said 4th day of July in any year falls upon Tuesday, then such fireworks may be permitted to be sold on the 1st day of July in such year; and provided further, that a written application for permit to sell, cause or permit to be sold, said fireworks is filed with the Chief of the Fire Department of said City not less than thirty (30) days in advance of the date or dates upon which said fireworks are desired to be sold. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to whom the application for permit is made, to make an investigation and submit a report of his findings and his recommendations for or against the issuance of the permit together with his reasons therefor, to said City Councili. The City Councili shall have power in its discretion to grant or deny the permit. (f) That nothing in this ordinance shall be held to ~ply to the possession, sale or use of normal stocks of flashlight compo- sitions by photographers or dealers in photographic supplies. SECTION 26: Small arm ammunition whenever used in this -17- o.ul. '/.5"6' ordinance shal1 be held to mean any shotgun, rifle, pistol or revolver cartridges. SECTION 37: No person shall manufacture within the city limits any small arms ammunition. This shall not be construed as prohibiting the hand loading of smaIl arms ammunition for private use and not for resale. PART ~ NITRO-CELLULOSE MOTION PICTURE FILM SECTION 313: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell any toy or miniature motion picture machine using nitro-cellulose motion picture film or to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any nitro-cellulose motion picture films to any person not having a permit to handle, use or display such film. SECTION 39: A permit shall be required for the storage of nitro-cellulose motion picture film in quantities greater than five reels, or aggregating more than 25 pounds in weight. No permit shall be issued for any building unless the rooms in which film is handled or stored are protected by automatic sprinklers; provided that this does not include projection booths covered in Section 42. SECTION 40: STORAGE: Nitro-cellulose motion picture film in other than the original shipping cases conforming to Interstate Commerce Commission regulations, in amounts in excess of 25 pounds but not in excess of 1,000 pounds shall be kept in approved cabinets if not in vaults; amounts in excess of 1,000 pounds shall be kept in vaults. Note: The standard roll of film 1 3/8 inches (35mm.) wide and 1,000 feet long weighs about 5 pounds. SECTION 41: Film Cabinets and Vaults. (a) Cabinets shall be of approved construction and shall not have a capacity in excess of 375 pounds of film. (b) Cabinets having a capacity of over 50 pounds of film shall be provided w:Lth a vent from each compartment to the outside of the building. Th,~ vent shall have a mihimum effec tive sectional area of 14 square :Lnches per 100 pounds of film capacity. -18- J /5~f (/.4- . (c) Cabinets holding over 75 pounds of film shal1 be provided with at least one automatic sprinkler; provided that a cabinet constructed so that each roll is in a separate compartment and wil]. burn out without communication of fire to film in any other com- partment need not be provided with an automatic sprinkler. (d) Film vaults shal1 be constructed, vented and sprinklered in accordance with the requirements for standard film vaults and in a manner satisfactory to the Bureau of Fire Prevention. SECTION 4~l: Every picture machine using nitro-cellulose film shall be installed or operated within a booth, to be constructed in accordance with the Uniform Building Code as adopted or as amended. PART 5 PYROXYLIN YLASTIC < SECTION 4;S: AIl retailers jobbers and wholesalers storing or handling more than 100 pounds of pyroxylin plastic shall obtain a permit; a permit shall also be required for the manufacture of articles of' py]~oxylin plastic, which shall include the use of pyroxylin plastic in the manufacture or assembling of other articles. SECTION 44: All display of pyroxylin plastic articles in stores shall b,~ shown in show cases or show windows except as per- mitted below: (a) Arti,~les may be placed on tables but no table shall be over three feet wid,~ and ten feet long~ and tables shall be spaced at leas t three fel~t a part. Where articles are displayed on counters they shall be arranged in like manner. (b) Spac,es underneath tables shall be kept free of storage of any kind and of accumlations of paper, refuse and other combustible material. (c) Sales or display tables shall be so located that in the event of a fire at that table, the table shall not interfere with free exit from the room, in at least one direction. (d) Electric light shall not be directly above any pyroxylin -19- J 15r O/t . pla~tic material, unless provided with a suitable guard to provent heated particles falling. SECTION 45: All new and existing buildings shall have all parts of the building used for the manufacture or storage of articles of pyro:cylin plastic equipped with an approved system of automatic sprinklers. SECTION 46: All raw pyroxylin plastic material in factory buildings shall be kept as follows: (a) \Vhere ]'aw material in excess of 25 pounds is received in any building or flre area, an approved vented cabinet or vented and sprinklered ',ault shall be provided for the storage of the material. (b) Not more than 1000 pounds of raw material may be stored in cabinets in allY one workroom, but not more than 500 pounds in any one cabinet, nor more than 250 pounds in one compartment. (c) All rav, material in excess of that permitted above must be kept in vented vaults not exceeding 1500 cubic feet capacity and with one autclmatic sprinkler head to each 125 cubic feet of ~ total vault spacEl and with construction and ventilation in conformity with standard practice for such use and satisfactory to the Bureau of Fire Prevention. SECTION 47: In factories manufacturing articles of pyroxylin plastics such sprlnklered and vented cabinets, vaults or storage rooms shall be provided as may be necessary to prevent the accumu- lations in work rOoms, of raw stock, stock in process or finished articles. Such cabinets, vaults or rooms shall be of such size, number, arrangement and location as specified by the Bureau of Fire Prevention. SECTION 48: In the work rooms of pyroxylin plastic factories, operators shall not be stationed closer together than three feet, and the amount of' material per operator shall not exceed one-half days supply and s.hall be limited to the capacity of three tote- -20- (. ~li:f 0,4& ~ boxes including material awaiting removal or use. SECTION 49: All waste material such as shavings, chips, turnings, sawdust, edgings and trimmings shall be kept under water in a metal receptacle until removed from the premises. SECTION 50: No pyroxylin plastic shall be stored within two feet of steam pipes, radiators or chimneys. Smoking is hereby prohibited in any establishment storing or handling pyroxylin plastic and prominent "No Smoking" signs shall be posted. Fire extinguishers, fire pails and other fire protection equipment deemed necessary by the Bureau of Fire Prevention s hall be provided. SECTION 51: Nothing in this part shall be construed as con- flicting with State Regulations pertaining to plastics. PART 6 ~HOTOGRAPHIC AND X-RAY NITRO-CELLULOSE FILM SECTION 52: In hospitals and similar institutions, doctors' offices and x-ray laboratories, all unexposed nitro-cellulose photographic and x-ray film, unless in unopened Interstate Commerce Commission shipping containers, shall be stored in cabinets or vaults, as outlined be~ow: all exposed nitro-cellulose photographiC and x-ray film shall be kept in outside storage houses, except that not more than 500 pounds may be kept in approved cabinets within the building, constructed as outlined below. SECTION 53: In portrait and commercial studios, all exposed nitro-cellulose photographic and x-ray film shall be stored in cabinets, vaults, or outside storage houses, as outlined below; storage of unexposed film in excess of fifty cubic feet, unless in unopened Interstate Commerce Commissicin shipping containers, shall be in a room equIpped with automatic sprinklers. SECTION 54: CABINETS: of (a) Cllbinets shall be/approved insulated construction -21- OM/. -;};' j and shall not e:lCceed ten cubic feet capacity. (b) Cabinets shal1 be equipped with at least one automatic sprinkler in each compartment unless specifically approved for use without automatic sprinklers. (c) Each '~abinet shall be provided with a vent to the outside of the building. The vent shall be so constructed orprotected by a substantial metal grid so as to prevent stoppage of vent in case of combustion ffi' decomposition of film contents. For a cabinet having ten cubic feet inside volume the vent area shal1 be propor- tional except that no cabinets shall have a vent area of less than 14 square inches. (d) Vent flues inside the building shall be of a construction oquivalent to N,). 18, United States Gauge metal covered with one inch of heat inllulating material. SECTION 55: Vaults and outside storage houses shall be sprinklered and vented and in strict accordance with the standao d requirements fOl~ vaults or for outside storage houses, and satis-. factory to the Bureau of Fire Prevention; provided, however, that outside storage houses which are not within 100 feet of any other building are not reqlired to have automatic sprinkler protection. SECTION 56: All wiring and electrical equipment in rooms or vaults where film is stored shall conform to the State Electrical Safety Ordinancll; only incandescent electric lights shall be per- mitted and in vaults these shal1 be protected by wire guBr'ds, vapor- proof globes or both. Portable or extension cords shall not be used in any storage vault. SECTION 57: Smoking shall be prohibited in rooms where film is stored or in developing or similar work rooms. Conspicuous "No Smoking" signs shall be posted in prominent places. SECTION 58: No film shall be stored within two feet of stealll pipes, radiators, chimneys or ?ther sources of heat. SECTION 59: Fire pails or extinguishers shall be provided -22- oJ- / IJI as required by the Bureau of Fire Prevention. PART 7 CALCIUM CARBIDE AND ACETYLENE SECTION 60: No person shall store or keep calcium carbide in excess of 100 pounds, nor operate an acetylene generator having a carbide capacity exceeding five pounds, without a permit. ilcetylene generators shal1 be of approved type. ZONES M-l and M-2 SECTION 61: Calcium carbide in excess of 600 pounds but not in excess of 5,000 pounds, may be stored in a separate room or compartment inside a one-story building containing other occupancy, provided such room or compartment is separated by a fire-resistive partition from other parts of the building, and without cellar or basement underneath such carbide storage section. This room or compartment may also be used for storage of fuel gas cylinders. Adequate ventil.9.tion shall be provided for all storage. SECTION 62: Not to exceed 5,000 pounds of calcium carbide may also be stored within an inside generator room or compartment of construction as above mentioned when such generator room or compartlJlent is located in a one-story building without cellar or basement underneath the generator section. Such generator room or compartment /nay also be used forthe storage of fuel gas cylinders. SECTION 63: Calcium carbide in excess of 5,000 pounds shall be stored above ground in one-story buildings, without cellar or basement, and u'ged for no other purpose, except the storage of fuel gas cylinders, or an outside generator house. Location of such storage buildings shall be outside congested manufacturing districts. Construction used shall be such as to insure a dry, waterproof building. Adequate ventilation shall be provided. -23- Our. 1.5-f If storage building is of incombustible construction, it may adjoin other one-story buildings if separated therefrom by unpierced fire walls. If detached less thah 10 feet from such building or buildings, there shall be no opening in any of the mutually exposing sides of such buildings. within said distance. If the storage building is of combustible construction it shall not be within twenty feet of any other one or two-story building, nor within thirty feet of any other building exceeding two stories. SECTION 64: Stationary generators shall be installed in a well ventilated fire-resistive outbuilding, the size of which shall not exceed that required to allow free operation of the appar- atus and the storage 0 f the necessary carbide. SECTION 65: Portable generators shall not be used inside build- ings except in rooms of total volume at least 35 times the nominal aggregate gas generating capacity of the unit or units used therein. PART 8 COMPRESSED AND LIQUEFIED GASES OTHb~ THAN ACETYLENE SECTION 66: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store, use or dispense any Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the City of Arc.9.diaj except that nothing in this part shall be construed as prohibiting the installation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Systems for use on premises in Zones M-l and M-2 for stand-by purposes or inrolstrial use; provided that such systems conform to the Safety Orders of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California. SECTION 67: No thing in this part shall prohibit the use 0 f Liquefied Petroleum Gases in connection with heating devices, when such use is necl3ssary in construction or repair work; provided that the containers, piping, valves, fittings and other parts conform to the Safety Orders of the Department 0 f Industrial Relations of the State of Califol'nia. -24- , (//l.c/ l~jf SECTION 68: Nothing in this part shall be construed as pro- hibiting the storage of or use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the fuel tanks of automotive equipment. PART 9 HEGULATING THE USE, HANDLING, STORAGE AND ShLE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS SECTION 69: PERMITS. A. Where required. Except in the fuel tanks of petroleum heating appliances, stationary engines, tractors, airplanes, and automobile equipment, it shall be unlawful for any person to store more than one (1) gallon of Class 1 or Class a and five (5) gallons of Class ~ flammable liquid in any building in which any person resides, or more than five gallons (5) Class 1 or Class a flammable liquid, and twenty (20) gallons of Class 3.flammable liquid on any premises, without first having obtained a written permit for such storage from the Chief of the Fire Department. B. Application. Any person desiring a permit for the storage of flammable liquids shall mar e written application therefor on a form to be furnished by the Chief of the Fire Department. C. Issuance of Permit. The Chief of the Fire Department shal] cause such application to be investigated and if said investigation shows that the applicant has complied with. all the laws pertaining to such storage and that such storage will not cause undue hazard to life or property, the Chief shall issue such a permit; otherwise such permit shall be denied. D. Display of Permit. Said permit shall be displayed at the location for which it was issued so that it may be easily read at all times from a point near the main entrance to the premises. E. Transfer of Permit Prohibited. Permits shall not be trahsferable. F. Building Permits. Ilhenever the Building Inspector has -25- .> ( f-JJ 01d, reason to believe that any building, plumbing or electrical permit is to be issued for any premises for which a permit is required under .~his ordinance, he shall forward a copy of the application for such building, plumbing or electrical permit to the Chief of the Fire Department within twenty-four hours after receipt thereof.. G. Revocation of Permit. The Chief of the Fire Department shall revoke anJ permit issued under the terms of this ordinance when he finds either: 1. That said permit is being used by any person other than to \'Ihom it was issued; or 2. That the conditions or limitations set forth in said permit have been violated; or 3. That vIolations set forth in any written notice served upon a permittee by the Chief of the Fire Department have not been corrected within the time required by said notice; or 4. That said permit is being used for any premises or location other than that for which it was issued. H. Prohibited Locations. Except. as hereinafter provided in this section, the Chief of the Fire Department shall not issue any permit to store flammable liquids at any location which by the provision of the Uniform Building Code would be included in occupancy groups A. B. C. or D, nor in any home, school or institution which is required by law to have a permit or license from the Division of Institutions of the state of California, except where such liquid is used in connection with medical, surgica~ or dental services, provided that such storage for such services shall be in containers of a capacity not exceeding one gallon. :t. Special Permits. It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of the provisions of this ordinance to minim&ze the hazard to life and property inherent in the flammable liquids without -26- o~d, '7S? unneccessarily regulating the storage or use of such liquids. In order to accomplish this purpose, the Chief of the Fire Department is hereby empowered to issue a special permit to store or use flammable liquids without requiring strict compliance with the provisions of this ordinance in any case where such strict compliance would work undue hardship and is not essential to the public health, safety and welfare, Such permits may be issued upon such conditions as may be considered necessary by the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 70: General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed so as to prohibit the use of fl~~able liquids in artisans' torches or appliances when such use is necessary in manufacturing, construction or repair work. (b) Nothing in this ordinance shal1 be construed so as to prohibit the necessary use of flammable liquids for repairing, decorating or finishing work. Storage of Class 1 or 2 flammable liquid used in such work is prohibited except during the time such storage is necessary in the performance thereof. Such liquids shall not be left on the premises overnight except when such work is being done at night. (c) Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed so as to prohibit the storage and/or use of flammable liquids when such storage or use is in accordance with the provisions of the Health and Safety Laws of the state of California. (d) "No Smoking'!: signs with red letters not less than four inches high nor less than one half inch wide on a white background, shall be posted so as to be readable on all premises for which permits are required under this ordinance and at such other place& where flammnble liquids are present as the Chief of the Fire Departmen1; shall determine. It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke where such signs are posted. -27- C}/I-~/ 7J:;;f' (e) Any permit under this ordinance may be issued upon the condition that there is continuously maintained in good working order at the place where flammable liquids are present, such first- aid fire-fighti~g equipment, sprinkler system or automatic fire extinguishing device or system as may be considered necessary by the Chief of the Fire Department. (f) It shs.ll be unlawful for any person to transfer any Class 1 or Class a flammable liquid, other than in any sealed container, to or from any automotive vehicle while the motor there- of is in operation, except where such motor operates pumps to load or unload such vehicle. (g) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any distributing plant unless such plant is located in Zone M-2. (b) Any pe,rson when requested to do so by the Chief of the Fire Department, shall provide sample of any liqJ. id Vii thin his; possession, not exceeding four ounces for the purpose of testing for flash point.. (i) No per'mit shall be issued to store or use any Class 1 or Class 2 flmMlable liquid in any basement or cellar as defined by the Uniform Building Code except that flammable liquids may be stored in basemonts completely protected by an approved type of sprinkler system, or i~ basements of four-hour fire resistive construction; and providing further that all such basements shall have ample vent~lation approved by the Chief of the Fire Department and further that the type and quantity of flammable liquids, and the method of storage and dispensing of flammable liquids shall meet the approval of the Chief of the Fire Department, but in no case shall the storage of flammable liquids be permitted in basements which are under a lodge hall, school, church or other places of public assemblage. (j) No permit shall be issued to store, draw off or use any Class 1 or Clas:~ 2 flammable liquid outs ide of and within ten (10) -28- O/t<:-l /60>' feet of any building. SECTION ?li: Hazardous Heating and Lighting Appliances May Be Prohibited. The Chief of the Fire Department may prohibit the use of any type, kind or make of heating or lighting appliance using flammable liquids which has not been tested by him or some competent authority and found to be properly safeguarded, or which is not installed so as to provide reasonable protection against 10ss of life or property. SECTION 72.: storage of Class 1 and Class 2 Liquids. Except in sealed containers, no Class 1 or Class 2 liquids may be stored within ten (10) feet of any stairway, elevator or exit except when in a space separated from the stairway, elevator or exit by a fire-resistive partition. SECTION 73:: Two Exits Required in stores and Jobbers' Plants. In all stores and in all jobbers' and manufacturing plants in which fl~mmable liquids are stored, at least two exits shall be provided, one of vlhich shall be remote from the point of storage. SECTION 74:: Handling Limited in Buildings Occupied by Families. The mixing, storing or handling of flammable liquids of Class 1 and Class 2 in open containers is prohibited in any building of residential occupancy. SECTION 75:: I,;anufacturing Plants. In manufacturing plants: where persons ar'e employed above the second floor, all elevator, stair and other wells or vertical openings communicating to rooms in which Class 1 and Class 2 liquids are mixed or stored in recep- tacles permitting escape of vapors, shall be enclosed and provided with self-closing doors or trap doors with heat-releasing deviceS! arranged to close doors automatically in case of fire. SECTION 76: ~;anufacturing Plants Prohibited in Buildings. Occupied as Dwellings. No manufacturing plant where flammable liquids are used shall be located in any building of residential occupancy. -29- / -, ~ O.{ (',', /.? ,) SECTION 77: Kettles and Other Vessels. Kettles, vats, saturators and other vessels used in manufacturing processes, and containing more than five gallons of flammable liquids, shall not be located within five feet of combustible material nor within five feet of any exit, unless two or more exits are provided, and all combustible floor thereunder within a radius of ten feet shall be protected with non-combustible coverings. All kettles and other open vessels shall be provided with substantial covers arranged to close automatically in case of fire or which can easily and readily be placed in position, or shall be provided with an adequate automatic extinguishing device. SECTION 78: Lighting Shall be by Electricity. Flammable liqlids shall not be handled in the presence of open flame or fire, but may be drawn and handled when lighting is by incandescent electric lamps installed in compliance with the State Electrical Safety Ordinance. SECTION 7H: Ventilation. Rooms in which Class 1 and Class 2 liquids are usod in open vats, pans or other vessels, or Class 1, 2 and 3 li~id8 are heated or otherwise treated in such manner as to produce flalmnable vapor, shall be well ventilated. V{here natura] ventilation is not sufficient, the Chief of the Fire Department may require forced ventilation with a vent opening at least 2) square inches in the wall at floor level near each open receptacle containing suc~ liquids or each heating device from which vapors may escape and opposite to any door or other air inlet. Such opening should be covered with twelve mesh number 16 galvanized wire web and shall be kept clear of all obstructions. From eachvent opening, a flue of at least 20 square inches area and of non-combustible mater- ials, built into wall or floor, or securely fastened thereto and so arranged as not to be subject to mechanical injury, shml conduct to and through. a sparkless exhaust fan, to be run continuously, and which shall be of sufficient size to change the air in the room -30- aJ7~ I , completely every five nimutes; except that more ventilation shall be provided when in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department that one air change every five (5) minutes is not sufficient he may require more adequate ventilation. All discharge outlets of vent pipes shall be provided with 12 by 12 mesh or equivalent non-corrod- ible wire screen and shall be so located that they will not expose surrounding property and shall be acceptable to the Chief of the Fire Department. Any other equivalent system of ventilation may be approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 80: storage of Barrels and. Drums Limited. Barrel9l and drums cont&ining Class 1, 2 or 3 liquids stored outside any building shal1 not be piled upon each other nor stored in a passage- way or beneath any window and no open lights shall be permitted in any storage yal'd, and further provided that drums shall be stored on end. SECTION 81: Drums and Barrels Must Be Kept Closed. Drums and barre Is for flnmmable liquids shall have caps, plugs and bungs replaced immediately after package is emptied, and at all times except when drawing off, unless equipped with tight fitting barre 1 pump. SECTION 82: Pump Required. Except as permitted in Section 85 flammable liquids shall be drawn from tanks, drums or barrels by pumps so constl'ucted as to prevent leaking or splashing, or by some other system approved by the Chief of the Fire Department, with controlling apparatus and piping so arranged as to allow control of the amount of discharge and prevent leakage or discharge inside the building b;r any derangement of the system. I"/hen inside a build- ing the pump o;~ other drawing off device for Class 1 or a liqu ids, shall be 10cat'3d on or above the grade floor, preferably near an entrance or other well ventilated place. (a) Motor driven pumps shall have an automatic control to stop motor, connected to the dispensing hose in such a manner -31- 04C';; 7.3d that a slight tension on hose is necessary to keep motor operating. This is also known as the Los Angeles Power ControL SECTION 8~5: No Gravity Feed Permitted. Except as permitted in Section 84, no tanks, drums, nor other containers inside a building, or discharging inside a building, shall be provided with a faucet or other bottom-drawing-off device which will permit the gravity flow of liquids inside the building. Pipes shall not terminate at ar~ point 10wer than the level of source of supply. SECTION 84: Exceptions to Sections 82 and 83. The Chief of the Fire Department may permit the storage and gravity flow of flammable liquids in connection with domestic oil burning equipments, and in manufacturing and jobbing plants where the nature of the manufacturing process requires such storage and flow, and also the storage and gravity flow of commodities of Classes 2 and 3 liquids, in stores, plants and establishments, where the nature of the liquid will not permit pumping; provided that the contents of tank holding Class 2 or Class 3 liquids shall be sufficient only for one day'~ operation and such storage shall be in a special room in accordance with the Uniforn Building Code as adopted or as amended. SECTION 85::. Fuel Oil Equipments. An approved domes tic type. oil burner may be supplied by gravity from two connected outside storage tanks, provided neither tank exceeds sixty (60) gallons: capacity and the'y are connected to the fuel line by an approved three-way valve. Gravity feed to approved burners installed in stoves and ranges is permitted subject to the following provisions. 1. That no gravity tank exceed a capacity of six (6) gal10ns. 2. That no metal tank of the vacuum feed type have a capacity in excess of three (3) gallons, and that not more than two such tanks be connected to a single heating unit. 3. That metal tanks as referred to in Paragraph 1 -32- aJ 7,~'Y above, be substantially constructed and specifically approved for the purpose intended. 4. That such systems be provided with suitable auto- matic safeguards to prevent flooding of the burner. 5. That such gravity or vacuum tanks be located not less than two (2) feet from the device in which burner is installed, provided that the temperature rise of the oil supply at this distance is not excewsive when the burner is operated at full capacity. 6. That supply tanks be securely a ttached to non- combustible supports rigidly fastened to the floor or waIl in such a manner as to minimize the possi- bility of mechanical injury due to accidental con- tact, jarring or vibration; and that such supply tanks be provided with means of determining the oil fuel level which will not involved the possi- bility of leakage of oil. SECTION 8E: Permits and Licenses. Permits and licenses shall state the nature of the business of the applicant, the maximum quantity of each class of liquid to be kept, and the location of the storage. Permits and licenses shall be listed as follows: Garage License (with or without storage) Storage Permit Retail Dealer's License Painter's Permit (including spray painting) Paint and Oil Dealer's License Jobber's License Manufacturer's Permit or License Dry Cleaner's License Oil Burner Permit A. Withi~ City Limits of Arcadia. No permit shall be issued for storage 0 f flammable liquids within the City Limits of Arcadia in amounts exceeding those shown in the following tables: -33- OAJ 7/3--S/ 1MXIMUM STORAGE (in gallons) PERMITTED Residential District Fire Zones 1 and 2 District M-2 Outside Inside Special Room Sprecial room or building or buildinp; Class 1 15 A,n 60 C* Class 2 60 Bi, 120 C" " Class 3 120C-;;' 500 C~ Outside Special romm or buildinp; 25 Al~ Inside Special'Room or buildinp; 120 B* 75 Bl, 750 C'~- 300 c* 1000 Cl< Inside Special Room or Building JJrawing 01'1' and use to comply with Section 86 C l<---A In sealed containers or safety cans of not more than one (1) gallon capacity. *---B In sealed containers or safety cans of not more than five (5) gal10ns capacity. If---C In sealed cGntainers or safety cans of not more than five (5) gallons capacity, and in barrels of n~more than sixty (60) gallons capacity. B. Drum stora~: It shall be unlawful for any person: 1. In any commercial district to store drums containing flammable liquids outside of a special room or building or to stor'e drums containing flammable liquids outside of a fire-resistive room or building outside of Fire District Number 1, unless each drum i~1 exposed on top; 2. To store drums containing flammable liquids outside of a special room or building in Fire District Number 1 or outside of a fire-resistive room or building outside 0 f Fire District Number 1,. unless such drums are placed so that each two rows thereof are at least four (4) feet apart; 3. In any M or C Zone, to store drums containing flammable liquid outside of a special room or building or outside of a fire- resistive room or building, unless two exits from such storage space are provided; 4. To stack d:rums containing flammable liquids outside of any building except in any manufacturing district; 5. To store drums containing flammable liquid outside of any building unless the location of such storage is at least ten (10) feet from any building and unless such 10cation is completely surrounded by an approved fence or wall. Such outside storage shall be un- limited in the ma:lUfacturing district, but elsewhere such outside storagE' -34- ad 7":'-;S/ shall be limited to the amounts mentioned in Section 86 A of this Ordinance under the headings "Inside of a Special Room or Building" and "Inside of a Fire-Resistive Room or l:Juilding"; C. Drawing Off or Use: 1. It shall be unlawful in any M or C Zone to draw off or use any Class 1 or Class 2 flammable liquid: (a) Within ten (10) feet of any stairway, elevator, fire escape or exit unless said stairway, elevator, fire escape or exit is separated from the area where such drawing off is done by walls of at least one-hour fire-resistive construction; (b) Within twenty-five (25) feet of an open flame; (c) Outside of any building unless the location of such use is at least ten (10) feet from any property line or any building and unless such 10cation is completely surrounded by an approved fence or wall. This provision shall not pertain to delivery for underground storage; (d) In any place not properly ventilated; (e) Outside of a special room or building in Fire District Number 1. or outside of a fire-resistive room or building in any ether fire district unless two exits are provided from the space wherein such drawing off or use occurs; (f) In any building regardless of location ar type of con- struction, unless in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, the exits are adequate in number, 10cation, size and type of construction to furnish reasonably safe exit for all persons uithin said building; (g) From or in any container, unless such container is of the approved type. ~very open top comtainer shall be pro- vided with a self-closing cover or with an api'roved closing device; (h) From out of or in any open top cortainer in excess of'the followirg quantities: -35- O.-<-c/ '76~ In a special room or building--------------lOO gallons In a fire-resistive room or building------- 50 gallons In any other room-------------------------- 1 gallon 2. Drawing Off. It shall be unlawful in any ~ or C Zone to draw off any Class 1 or Class 2 flammable liquid: .(a) From any drum, tank or pipe into any container including tank trucks, not electrically bonded in an approved manner; (b) In any spec ial room or building or fire-resistive room or building unless all electrical equipment, fixtures and appliances therein are vapor-proof or explosion- proof; (c) From any drum except by means of an approved pump or by means of an approved spigot; (d) From any container having a capacity in excess of five (5) gallons, within a building outside of a special room or building in Fire District Number 1 or outside of a fire-resistive room or building in any other fire district. 3. Use. It shall be unlawful to use any Class 1 or Class 2 flammable liquid in any room in any M or C Zone: (a) Unless it is of at least one-hour fire-resistive construction; (b) Unless all electrical equipment and appliances withillll such room comply with the state "'lectrical Safety Ordinanc:e. SECTION 87: Laboratory Tests. Any person requesting permission to store, handle, or use any flammable liquids and chemicals , shall when requested b;f the Chief of the Fire Department, furnish, at the owner's expense, one or mare of the following laboratory tests. The laboratory is to be a recognized laboratory, approved by the Chief of the Firl~ Department. -36- (}/l~l 7 [;7( Hazardous ppoperties common to most flammable liquids, which can be determined and measured by laboratory tests, shall include: volatili ty, ignition temperature, flammable or explosi ve limi ts, combustion intemlity (combustibility), vapor density,toxicity, and nature of products of combustion. This test shall apply to a11 flammable liquids including cleaning liquids, thinners for paint and varnish, floor oils, in- secticides, fumigants, varnish remover, solvents, refrigerants, dielectric media,. and wood preservatives. 'fhese liquids, when sub- mitted to the laboratory for classifications as to fire hazards, are subjected to such of the following tests as are applicable or found necessary . 1. RAnGE OF TESTS Flash Point SpeCific Gravity Distillation Spontaneous Heating Apparent Ignition Temperature Solubility in Water Presence of Acid Stability Saponifiable matter Vapor Dens i ty Explosive Range Explosion Box Test CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROU:iD TANKS SECTION 88: It shal1 be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store or keep, or cause or permit to be stored or kept, any volatile liquid in underground tanks unless such tanks are cons~ructed and installed in the following manner: Before such storage tank is used, the same type or design thereof shall be approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. -37- o /Lcl 7,'.)--';( Every such tank or tanks shall be thoroughly tested for leaks, and coated with t;ar or other rust resisting material before being set in place. "'11 such storage tanks must be constructed of gal- vanized iron or ~lteel and shall conform to the following schedule, towit: Capacity in Gallons Minimum Thickness of Metal 1 to 1,100 1,101 to 2, tiOO 2,501 to 4,000 4,001 to 10,500 10,501 to 12,500 12,501 to Hi,OOO 15,001 to 17,500 17,501 to 2C,000 20,001 to 22,500 22,501 to 25,000 Galvanized Iron Steel 12 gauge 3/16 inch Hl gauge 3/16 inch 7 gauge 3/16 inch -------- 1/4 inch -------- 5/16 inch -------- 3/8 inch -------- 7/16 inch -------- 1/2 inch -------- 9/16 inch -------- 5/8 inch approved by the Underwriters' , All such tanks shall be Laboratories, Incorporated and shall bear their label. ~here shall also be stamped upon such tank the gauge or thickness of the metal and the name of the person, firm or corporation manufacturing same. SECTION 89: Location of Tanks. Every such storage tank shal1 be buried underground outside of any building. The top of each tank shall be at least four (4) feet underground. The space above the top of each such ~ank shall be fil1ed with earth so as to be level with the s~rface of the surrounding ground. Maximum capacity of tanks for underground storage shall not exceed the amount. shown in the following table: -38- OAcl 7.5"'8 MAnMUH CAPACITY OF TANKS FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE Location If top of t ank i~1 not lower than all floors, basements, cellars, or pits of all buildings. Classes 1 & 2 Class 3 a. Within a radius of 50 feet UhUmited b. Within a radius of 40 feet 50,000 gallons c. Within a radius of 30 feet 20,000 gallons d. Within a radius of 25 feet 15,000 gallons e. Within a radius of 20 feet 5,000 gal10ns f. Vlithin a radius of 10 feet 2,000 gallons g. If within ten feet of any building, and the top of tank is above the lowest floor, basement, cellar or pit of the building 550 gallons Unlimi ted 500,000 gallons 200,000 gal10ns 150,000 gallam.s 100,000 gallons 75,000 gallons 50,000 gallons h. Tank containing Class 3 liquid 10cated beneath a building shal1 be below all portions of that building and is limited in capacity only in respect to other buildings as given above, a to g. i. Where adjoining property is not built upon, the capacity of the underground tank shall be limited, with respect to the adjoining prc.perty, as if a seven foot basement existed. There shall be a distance of not less than one (l) foot between two underground tanks. In covering, earth must be firmly tamped around and betwMn tanles. If, within the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, it is necessary, a retaining wall of concrete twelve (12) inches in width shall be constructed between tanks, such a waIl to extend below the bottom of the tank, beyond the ends and above the top. No tanks shall be ins taIled less than five (5) feet dis tant from a building, unless twelve (12) inches concrete or masonry walls be constructed at the time any tanks are installed to properly pro- tect any building, walls or ground from settling. Construction of said wall to meet the approval of the Building Inspector. SECTION 90: Vents for Underground Tanks. 1. All underground tanks, except pressure auxiliary tanks, shall be vented to the open air by means of a pipe the size of which shall be not less than required by the following table: Fill pipe 5 inches in diameter or less--lt inch Diameter Vent Fill pipe 6 inches in diameter----------l~ inch Diameter Vent -39- O,tcl. 7 S ;r 2. Provided that when offsets are installed in any vent pipe riser above ground level the si e of the vent pipe shall be one-quarter ~. inch larger in diameter than required in above table. 3. In the event that the size or condition of any vent pipe connected to any underground tank is such as to cause flow of vapor from the fill pipe opening during filling operations, changes in the vent pipe shall be made to properly correct such condition. 4. A battery of tanks may be vented into one (1) main riser provided vents are connected together not less than eight (8) feet above the ground and that portion of vent pipe above the point of inter-connection shall be equal to the combined area of all vent pipes. 5. All vent pipes shall run without sag or strap with a free drain from the tcpmost point of the vent. A fall of not less than one-quarter (i) inch to the foot shall be maintained toward the tank Vents shall be installed outside of any building, except that they may be imbedded in walls of masonry. 6. The top of any vent shall be not less than twelve (12) feet above the ground; provided, however, that if there is any building locateD within fifteen (15) feet of such vent pipe, each such vent pipe shall not extend less than eighteen (18) inches ~bove any. wall or roof, or other obstruction of said building that is located within fifteen (15) feet of said vent pipe, and in all cases the in- stallation shall be made so that the vapors issuing from such vent pipe shall not constitute a fire hazard. 7. All vent pipes shall be equipped with an approved double ell ~ hooded fitting, the opening in which shal1 be not less than equal to the area of the vent pipe. 8. Auxiliary tank exhausts from visible type pumps shall be vented the same as for storage tanks; provided, however, that the size of the vent pipe ,shall not be less than one half (t) inch and may be connected to the vent riser of any storage tank eighteen (18) -40- /1. /'."7.s;.s>- ( j,AC{.. inches above the ground level. Not more than two (2) such exhaust pipes from such vIsible pumps shall be manifolded or connected to any storage tank vent riser unless the size of the pipe used for such connection and vent riser is equal to the combined area of all such pipes, SECTION 91: Fil1ing Pipe. A filling pipe shall be connected with each and evepy storage tank. Every pipe shall extend up to the ground level and Bhall be capped with a water tight screw cap. No filling pipe shall be connected with more than one such storage tank. End of filling pipe in tank shall be sealed by a trap or the pipe extended into the tank to a point below the 10wer end of the suction pipe and when installed in the vicinity of any door or other building opening !lhall be as remote therefrom as possible so as to prevent liability of flow of oil or vapor through building openings; terminal shall be outside of building in a tight, incombustible box or casing, so designed as to make access difficult by unauthorized persons. TANKS AND pmdP HOUSES SECTION 92: Application and Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or'borporation to establish, conduct, maintain or use, or cause or permit to be established, conducted, maintained or used, any building, lot, p~cel of land or premises as a jObber's plant, without first obtaining permission therefor, from the Vity Council. Every per- mit issued shall contain the name of the person, firm or corporation to whom the same is issued and it shall specify that the same is issued for a jobber's plant, the location by street and number of the premises upon which such jobber!s plant i~. or is to be located, the amount of gasoline that may be stored therein, and the exact location where gasoline storage tanks, if any, shall be placed. Every application for a permit to establish, conduct, maintain or use any jobber':s plant before action is taken thereon by the City Council, shall be ::,eferred to the Chief of the Fire Deplr tment for in- vestigation and report. No such permit shal1 be granted for the es- tablishment, conduct, maintenance or use of any jobber's -41- plant that /" --,y- OIOC. '76 does not comply in all respects with the requirements of this Ordi- nance; provided, further, that in the event that any person, firm or corporation €,ngaeed in the business of conducting, operating, or maintaining any jobber's plant, shall vacate the premises at which he is conducting s1;~ch business, or discontinue such business, then, and in that event, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to subsequently use, establish, conduct, operate or maintain the said premises for such purpose or purposes, unless such premises shall be made to comply with all the requirements of this ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any ,person, firm or corporation to es- tablish, conduct, maintain or operate, any jobber's plant under or by virtue of a perl1\i t issued to or in the name of any other person, firm or corporation. SECTION 93: Filling Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to fill or permit to be filled, any tank with a petroleum product having a flash test of 100 degrees or less, until such tank has b€,en approved by the Chief of t he Fire Department and a written permit obtained for the use of such tank. SECTION 94: Blue Print. Every application for a permit to es- tablish, conduct, maintain or operate a jobber's plant shall be ac- companied by a blue print in triplicate showing the g round plan an d arrangement of such establishment, the 10cation of all storage tanks, the distance of such tank from the nearest building thereto, the location of all piping, Elquipment, appliaane and fire prevention methods pro- posed to be established, such as foam connections, dykes, f:!r e waIl and hydrants, arrl no permit shall be granted unless such ground plan construction, ms.terials and arrangements have been approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 95:: Construction of Flants. .It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to commence or proceed with the erection, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, repair or conversion of ~lY building or portion thereof, designed, intended for use, or used, or to use or maintain or cause to be used or main- -42- {2t c/ 76--;:f tained, any building or portion thereof, as a jobber's plant unless such erection, c~nstruction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, repair or conversion of such buimding is approved by the Chief of the Fire Department and the City Building Inspector. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to con- struct or cause or permit to be constructed for the purpose of storing or dispensing of gasoline, any jobber's plant within five hundred (500) feet of any school,~heatre, hotel or any public assemblage. SECTION 96: Pump Houses. Any building in which is housed a pump, or pumps, used for pumping gasoline into storage tanks located an premises must be constructed of incombustible material. Wiring of such building must be enclosed within metal conduit. No convenience outlets shallbe permitted. All artificial lights shall be of electric type, and all light glc'bes inside BUch building shall be vapor-proofj also such other lights located on the premises which, within the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, are dangerous. ~witches to motors or lights shall be located outside of such building or they shallbe so constructed as notw throw a spark. There shall be conspicuously dis- played on the door or doors leadinc into such building, a sign or signs with the words "NO SI.;OKING", not less than four (4) inches in height. No pump house shall be connected to .any other building, nor shall it be located nearer than ten (10) feet to another building or thirty (30) feet from any tank. The floor in the building shall be of concrete. There shall be located in an acdessible position, and main- tained in good working order at all times, not less than one (1) quart~ carbon tetrachloride type extir.guisher for each and every motor in- stalled in any pwnp house. Such extinguishers shall be filled and maintained with the proper fluid. Pumps, deliv,~ring or being supplied from surface tanks, shall be provided with valves on both suction and discharge ends of pump, and in deli verine; to t. anks, a check valve shall be ins talled to prevent flow of liquid from tank to pUJ:\p. Said pumps shall not be propelled by any internal combustion engine unless such engine is equipped I. -.0--- - 42-A- ale ' 76 '1 with solidly piped exhaust from a point not less than ten (10) feet above ground level and shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Chief of the l<'ii:'e Department. AIl electric motors used for such purposes shall be of the non-sparking or explosion-proof type. SECTION 97: Construction of Surface Tanks. Horizontal or ver- tical tanks of five hundred fifty one (551) g~lon capacity but not over eleven hundred (1100) gallon capacity shall be constructed throughout (excluding tops) of open hearth steel or wrought iron, of a thickness not less than fourteen (14) United States Standard Gauge. Tops of vertical tanks shall be constructed of' not less than sixteen (16) United States Standard Gauge. SECTION 98: Horizontal Tanks over 1100 Gallons Capacity. Tanks having a diamlbter not over six (6) feet shall be constructed throughout of at least three-sixteenths (3/16) inch steel. Tanks having a diamete,r over six (6) feet and not over eleven (11) feet shall be constructed of at least one-quarter (i) inch steel. SECTION 99: Vertical Tanks over 1100 Gallons Capacity. Tanks having. a diameter not over six (6) feet shall have the shell and bottom constructed of at least three-sixteenths (3(16) inch steel, and mininlum thickness of top shall be not less than ten (10) United States Standard Gauge. Tanks having a diameter of over six (6) feet and not over eleven (11) feet shall have the bottom and lower ring constructed of not less than one-~uarter (t) inch steel, the lower ring shall not be less than four (4) feet wide. The height of tanks specified in this section shall not exceed three (3) times the diameter of said Tank. Vertical tanks having a diameter over eleven (11) feet shall have a capacity over twenty-five hundred (2500) gallons and less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons, the height not to exceed three times the diameter and maximum height of thirty (30) feet. Standard sheets of open hearth steel tank plates shall be used in the construction of these tanks. -43- r:;ltc/ ~5J The bottom of such t~nk or tanks shal1 be constructed of one-. quarter (i) inch steel. The shell must not be less than three- sixteenths (3/16) inch for tanks up to fifteen feet in height. Tanks from fifteen (15) to twenty-two (2a) feet high shall have the bottom and first ring not less than one-quarter (i) inch steel, and the first ring not less than five (5) feet wide, the rings above this first one-quarter (i) inch ring shall be not less than t bree- sixteenths (3/16) inch thick. Tanks from twenty-two (22.) to thirty (30) feet high shall have the bottom and the first two (2.) rings not less than one-quarter (i) inch thick, each of these one-quarter (i) inch rings shall be not less than five (5) feet wide, the remaining rings shall be not less than three-sixteenths (3/16) inch steel. The top of such tanks shall be dished, cone shaped or floating deck type, and shall be not less than ten (10) United States Standard Gauge. All seams shall be riveted,caulked, welded or otherwise made tight. SECTION 100: Foam Connection. All surface tanks of eleven thousand (11,000) gallons or over shall be properly equipped with ..- foam connections, the lines of such connection shall be run to the outside of retaining wall or to any other point the Chief of the Fire Department shall designate, and shall not be burhid below , ground level. There shall be a female hose connection two and one- half (2k) inches in size, the threads to be the same as used by the Fire Department. All surface tanks must bear a number, such number shall be conspicuously painted; a~l Fire Department connections must bear the same number as the tank to which they are connected. AIl foam connections shall be approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 101: Location. All surface storage tanks for gasoline or other petroleum products, having a flash test of less than one- hundred (100) degrees, shall be placed at least one (1) tank diameter from those boundaries of the parcel of land upon which the tanks are built, which are also boundaries of adjacent and adjoining -44- O.Ac./ 76'-'Y parcels of land Vlhich may b e built upon. Any tank, erected before the passage of this ordinance ~hich does not comply ~ith this section, shall have a fire wall erected between such tank and the property line, if within the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department such protection is necessary. SECTION 102.:: The Minimum Dis tance Between Surface Tanks. Tanks shall be spaced in accordance with the following tables: J\IINIlIfUH DISTANCES BETVJEEN ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS (Applies to all classes of liquids) Capacity of Tank (or of the larger of the two I,IinilllUm dis tance tanks between which distance between tanks: is to be measured) GallonS'. 18,000 or lelSs. 24,000 or less: 48,000 or le.ss 75,000 or lEISS 100,000 or lElss over 100,000 :5 feet 5 feet 10 feet 13 feet 15 feet Distance equal to the diameter (or the greatest horizontal dimension if the tank is not cylindrical) of the tank, or of the larger of the two tanks between ~hich distance is to be measured. SECTION 103: Dykes. All tanks shall be isolated by a reinforced concrete dyke, sufficient in strength to withstand the pressure which would result if the enclosure were entirely filled with liquid with a specific gravity equal to that of water. The capacity of the dyke shall be t\lenty (20) percent greater than the aggregate capacity of ml tanks within said dyke, making a total of one hundred twenty (120) percent. SECTION 104: Safety Valves --Vents. Each surface storage tank of over eleven hundred (1100) gallon capacity shall be equipped with -45- (J/tcl. 7..5 Y adequate vacuum and relief valve and all tank openings which may permit the escape of inflammable vapor shal1 be protected with noncorrodible screen of not les:3 than 40x40 mesh or other flame arrester, each tank under eleven hunw~ed (1100) gallon capacity .shall be equipped with relie!' valve or vent to conform with requirements provided for underground storage tanks. SECTION 105: Stairways. All platforms and stairs or ladders used in connection with surface storage tanks shall be constructed of non- combustible material. SECTION 106: Shut-off Valves. All surface storage tanks shall have a valve 10cated nllar the tank in each pipe line entering same. Where two (2) or more tanks are cross connected, there shall be a valve near each tank in each crOS!1 connection. SECTION 107: Pipe. All piping used in connection with surface storage shal1 be of standard full weight iron or steel, with malleable iron, steel or ca~,t iron fittings. No rubber or other packing shall be used. If unions are used, at least one face shall be of brass with close fitting conical joints. Litharge and glycerine shall be used on pipe joints. Piping shall be protected against mechanicali injury and be rigldly supported. SECTION 108: Loading Racks. All loading racks or unloading or filling racks, spur tracks or pipe lines shall be electrically bonded and grounded to permanent moisture. All tanks, tank trUCks, tank cars or receptacles shall have a grounding device attached thereto before 10ading or unloadi.ng or filling operations are commenced. , There shall be erected around the filling pipe or pipes, a steel or concrete platform or guard to act as a protection against damage to such fil1ing pipe in case of collision. Such platform shall be approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 109: Loading Pipe Valves. There shall be installed in each loading pipe line at the loading platform, three (:5) valves; one (1) of the gat.e valve type shall be 10cated within two (2) feet of the ground level, one (1) of the gate valve type shall be 10cated within easy reach of the operator and shall be closed immediately after each loading operation and shall remain c 10sed except during the actual 10ading process, and the. otl1.er valve shall be 10cated at the end or near the end of the 10ading pipe and shall be of the quick acting, self closing type and shall be approved by the Chie~ I _,y-- -46- ( J~ . 7.6 of the Fire Department. SECTIO~ 110: Grounding Tanks. All tanks shall be electrically grounded by resting directly on moist earth or otherwise electrically grounded to permanent moisture. SECTION 111~ Tank Foundations. Tanks that do not rest upon the ground directly shall have foundations and supports of masonry or protected steel construction. SECTION l12~ Fences. All jobber's plants shall be properly fenced to keep out tlnauthorized persons, or a watchman shall be on dut;y at all times. Such fencing or observation by watchman shall be subject to the approval of t he Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 113: Extinguishers. There shall be maintained at all times in every jobber's plant and shall be kept in readiness for im- mediate use, at least one (1) forty (40) gallon foam type engine. Such engine shall be located on the premises within a shelter and shall be accessible at any and all times. Des ides this extinguisher, there shall be maintained at all times at certain locations, a certain number of foam type extinguishers of the two and one-half (2~) gallon type, such number and location to be designated b:y the Chief of t he Fire Department. No extinguisher type shallbe accepted by the said Chief tn~ is not approved by the Underwriter's Laboratories, Incorporated, and bear their label Jf approval. All extinguishers shall be filled with the proper fluid and shallbe properly refilled at least once each year, bearing tag uith date of last filling. sECTIOa 114: No SmOking. No person, firm or corporation con- ducting, maintaining or operating any jObber'S plant shall smoke or permit any smoking upon the premises whereupon such jobber's plant is located. A metallic sign containing the words "NO SMOKIlW" in letters not less than fow' (4) inches in height, followed by the words, "UNDER PENALTY :'F ARREST" in letters about one and one-quarter (It) inches in height, shall be displayed in conspicuous places in and about the premises and buildings as may be required by the Chief of the -47- (21.(0/7,;-r Fire Department. SECTION 115: Rubbish. No person, firm or corporation shall permit any waste, grease, papers, rags or rubbish of any kind to re- main in or about the premises of any jobber's plant unless such is kept in a metal receptacle fitted with a close-fitting, self-closing metal lid. SECTION 116: Open Flames or Fires. No appliance shall be used producing an open flame, fire or light on the premises, unless per- mission is granted in writing by t he Chief of t he Fire Department. TANK TRUCKS SECTION 117: (a) All trucks used for the transportation of flammable liquids in bulk quantity exceeding one hundred (100) gallons shall be inspected by the officer of the F'ire Department, and unless certified by him as to their compliance with.this ordinance, they shall not be operated on the streets of the City of Arcadia; provided, that this certification shall not be required for trucks bearing the license or approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission; or the license or approval of the State Highway Department; or to trucks transporting flammable liquid in drums, cans and other containers of less than sixty (60) gallons individual capacity. (b) No truck transporting flammable liquids in bulk shall be left unattended on any street, highway, avenue or alley. Provided that this will not prevent a driver from the necessary absence from the truck in connection with the delivery of his load, except during actual dis- chE411ge of the liquid when some responsible person must be present at the vehicle; nor shall it include stops for meals during the day or at night if the street is well lighted at the point of parking. (c) Truc.ks containing flammable liquids may be parked in open parking lots or on private property in Zone M-l or M-2. They shall not be parked or garaged in buildings otiler than those specifically approved for such storage by the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 118: (a) Tanks shall be constructed of open hear th or blu€, annealed steel, o;~ other suitable material of a st .'en(5th -48- equivalent t2tC'J. 76-,y' to the following table: Aggregate Capaci1~ Minimum Thickness of Steel . United States Standard Gallons Shell Head Up to 600 600 to 1200 Over 1200 14 gauge 12 gauge 10 gauge 14 gauge if bilced, otherwise 12 gauge 12 ~auge if bilged, otherwise 10 gauge 8 gauge (b) Tanks elxceeding twelve hundred (1200) gallons in capacity, may be constructed with twelve (12) gauge shells and ten (10) gauge heads provided they are sub-divided into compartments of six hundred (600) gallons or less and are mounted on chassis eqlipped with low pressure balloon tires. (c) Shell and head joints shall be welded, riveted and welded, brazed or riveted and brazed, riveted and calked, or made tight by some equally satisfactory process. (d) Each compartment of the completed tank saall be tested and proven tight at five (5) pounds minimum pressure. Fill openings shall be four (4) incpes in diameter. (e) Tanks in excess of six hundred (600) gallon capacity shall be subdivided into compartments, none of which shall exceed six hundred (600) gallon capacity. (f) Each tank compartment shall be provided with a suitable operating vent, and in addition thereto venting facilities of such size and capacity as will prevent rupture of the tank from such in- ternal pressure as may be created by exposure fires. (g) All draw-off valves or faucets shall have discharge end threaded or other"nise so designed as to ;:;ermit of tight connection with hose extendi~ to fill-pipe. (h) Every t9.nk trucll: shall be provided with properly attached rear bumpers. The rear bumpers or chassis extension shal1 be so ar- ranged as to ade~lately protect the draw-off valve or faucets in case of co llision. (i) Each compartment of a gravitydischarge truck tank shal1 bs equipped with a reliable and efficient shut-off valve located inside -49- OAe} 7.S-r the shell of the tank in the compartment outlet, and except during the delivery operations such valves shall be automatically kept closed, or shall be so interlocked with the delivery operation that it will be mechanically closed when delivery operations are completed. (j) The operating mechanism for such valves shall be provided with a secondary control, remote from the tank fillinG parts and discharge faucet~1 for use in event of accidents or fire during delivery operations, and such control mechanism shall be provided with a fusible section which will cause valves to close automatically in case of fire. (k) In every case there shall be provided between the shut-off valve seat and discharge faucet, a shear section which will break under the strain and leave the shut-off valve seat intact. (1) Tanks, chassis, axles and springs shall be metallically connected. Tank trucks shall be equipped with drag chains lone enough to reach the ground. (m) During the filling operation, metallic contact shall be maintained between the fill pipe and the tank truck. (n) The foregoing provisions shall also apply to the con- struction and operation of trailers and semi-trailers. All trailers shallme firmly and securely attached to the towing vehicle by means of suitable draw-bars, supplemented by safety chains. (0) Every trailer shall be equipped with a reliable system of brakes, with reliable provisions for operation from the driver's seat of the vehicle drawing it. (p) Each trailer shall be provided with side lights and a tail light. (q) Every t~nk truck and trailer shall be equipped with at least one ap..rove:i hundfire extinguisher of a type ;suitable for extinguishing oil fires. CONThINERS PAIdTED DISTINCTIVL COLORS SECTION 119: Portable containers for Class 1 and Class 2 liquids shall be painted red (entire container or conspicuous band or stripe) and may be conspicuously lettered in black "DANGEROUS - KEEP LIGHTS AllAY". -50- OficL 7,':;;-,y-) It shall be unlawful to keep or place above mentioned liquids in con- other than those marked as designed, or to use the containers tainers~for any other liquids or substances than those specified or fail to keep their exterior clean so that lettering and coloring are easily distinguishable. PJ..RT 10 THE APPLICATION OF FLAHR~LE FINISHES General Requirements SECTION 120: Permits. A permit shall be required for any finishir.g shop using more than one (1) gallon of material on any workine; day, or storing in connection with the use thereof, more than five (5) gallons of flammable finish. SECTION 121: Location. Finishing shops shall conform to the requirements of the Uniform Building Code as adopted or as amended. S~CTIC~ 122: ~torage of Flammable Pinishes in Finishing Shops. The storage of flammable finishes inside of finishing shops shall be restricted as follows: (a) Not to exceed twenty (20) gal10ns with no container exceed- ing one (1) gallon capacity, may be stored on a substantial shelf at least four (4) feet above the flour and with suitable guard strip to prevent containers from falling. (b) Not over fifty (50) gallons with no container exceeding five (5) gallons capacity may be stored in a cabinet, entirely enclosed and made of suitably stiffened sheet iron of at least eighteen (18) United States Standard Gauge in thickness, and doubled walled with one and one-half (l~) inch air space or equivalent construction. Doors shall be 0 f construction equivalent to the walls of cabinets; provided with 3-point lock, fit closely and be kept closed when not in use. Door sills shall be raised at two (2) inches above the bottom of the cabinet. (c) Quantities in excess of those given under (a) and (b) shall be in suitable st.orage and mixing rooms as specified in the Uniform Build~ng Code as adopted or as amended. S;:b;CTION 123: Mixing. (a) Mixing operations shall be carried -51- {/,-1.<;/ "7.!;-P'" on only in special room as specified in the Uniform Building Code as adopted or as amended, or in a special room of equivalent construction; provided that containers of a total capacity not exceeding two (2) gallons may be opened and their contents mixed in the finishing room dUl'ing such times as the ventilating system is in operation. (b) Receptacles containing flammable finishes shall be kept tightly covered. SECTION 124: Containers. (a) All containers of flammable finishes shall be of metal suitably constructed to prevent leakage. Interstate Commerce Commission Containers shall be accepte d for s tor_age. (b) Containers used as part of the spraying outfit shall be of metal, except that glass containers not exceeding one (1) pint capacity also containers ~ith glass inner linings of not more than one (1) gallo~ capacity (protec~ed with a metal holder orguard permanently fixed around the cont iner) malT be used. SECTION 125: Ventilation. (a) Unless suitable ventilated spray booths are used for all finishing operations, finishing rooms shall be continuously ventilated during operation. Ventilation shall be such as to effect at least one complete change of a:ir every three (3) minutes. (b) Exhaust outlets in finishingrooms shall be located not over five (5) feet above the floor and shall discharge directly outside of building. Stacks and ducts shall be of substantial construction with extend joints riveted and soldered or otherwise made tight. They Shall/as directly as possible to the outside air and preferably not through other rooms, and be so arra1 ged that discharged vapor and residue or fire there- from will not endanger adjoining property. They shall not be connected to other ventilating or collecting systems. SECTION 126: Lighting and E1ectrical Equipment. Artificial lighting shall be by electricity only. All electrical wiring and equipement in finishirg shops shall be in accord with the State Electrical Safety Ordinanc e. -52- O/iC/ "7.3-J/ Where sprayi~g is done in properly arranged spray booths, por- tions or the room more than twenty (20) feet rrom a booth need not be considered Hazardous Locations under the State Electrical Safety Ordinance unless such portions are so classified as the result of other operations. In the area within twenty (20) feet of properly arrmged spra~ booths, the State Electrical Safety Ordinance may be modified to allow motors of the totally enclosed type or of the open induction type having no brushes, made or break contacts, collectors or other arcing or sparking par ts, ElIld to allow lamps of the enclosed vapor-tight type. SECTION 127: Housekeeping. (a) Finishing shops shall be kept free from all unnecessary combustible matel'ials and refuse. (b) Floors of finishing shops, drain boards and the interior of s~ray booths shall be thoroughly cleaned at least once a day and all fans, ducts, side walls and ceilings kept clean as may be practi- cable at all t imEls. In cleaning, care shall be taken to use implements which will not create sparks. Vlherever prac tic able , surfaces to be cleaned shall be sprayed or otherwise wet down with uater before cleaning. Sweepings or deposits from spray booths or rooms, ducts or stacks shall be immediately removed from the building a1d safely disposed of. (c) Metal waste cans with self-closing covers shall be provided for all was te and rags ,'/hich have come in contac t vii th paints, varnishes, and other finishing compounds. SECTION 128: Open Flames and Heating. No open flame shall be permitted in storage or mixing rooms, storage cabinets, finishing rooms or spray booths. For heating purposes, indirect systems onl~, such as steam, hot air or hot water shall be used. SECTION 129: Grounding. AIl metal spray booths, dip tanks, bake ovens, mixers, rilters, pumps, motors and shafting shall be electrically gro1mded in an effective manner. SECTION 130: Fire Extinguishing Equipment. The Chief of the Fire Department shall require the installation or portable fire -53- Ot ,,-I .7<.~JY extinguishers or other fire extinguishing appliances as may be deemed necessary in finishin8 rooms, or near the storage cabinets and spray booths. SECTION 131 :: Smokihg. Smoking shall be prohibited in any room used for thE> storage of flammable finishes and in any finishin~ room. Suitable "No Smoking" signs shall be prominently displayed. SECTION 132: Spraying. (a) All spraying shall be performed in a spray room or spray booth as specif'iE.d below or its equivalent. (b) If spraying is performed in a room not provided \~th spray booths as herein provided, such spray room shall be separated from the remainder of the building by partitions of fire-resistive con- struction equivalent to incombustible wallboard on wooden studdingl cement or gypsum plaster on metal lath on wooden studding or wooden studding covered on both sides with sheet iron. Doors in openings in spray room partition shall be equal in fire resistance to par- tition and shall be of the self-closing type or so installed as to close automatically in case of fire. (c) Spray.booths .shall be of metal or other noncumbustible material and of l~ple size to accomodate the object to be sprayed. (d) Spray booths shall be provided with exhaust systems of sufficient capacity to adequately remove vapor or residues. Supply IV of air entering room where the spray booths are located shall be equivalent to thH exhaust capacity provided. Each spray booth shall have an independent stack or vent, except that not more than three boothB each with less than six (6) square feet frontal area may connect to one (1) stack. They shal be properly supported and shall have at least a six (6) inch clearance where passing through wooden floors, roofs, partitions or in close proximity to them or other combustible material. (e) Ventilating fans in spr~y rooms and booths shall be kept in continuous operation while spraying is being carried on and shall not be stopped until all flammable vapors have been removed. -54- /i /' --;T,~ (y {/ACL'. /o.~ (f) Pails or receptacles shall not exceed ten (10) gallons capacity for gravity feed to spray guns and shall be kept covered with tight fitting noncombustible covers. Only wire cables or those containing stranded wire cores shall be used to suspend gravity feed pails. Pails or receptacles containing flammable finishes shall be returned to the storage cabinet or storage room at the close of each day., (g) No portable lamps shall be used inside spray rooms or booths and ducts Hnd in any location where there is a possibility of the spray coming into direct contact with the lamp or fixture. Electric motors s11all not be placed inside booths or ducts. (h) Motor vehicles shall not be moved by their own power while in the finishing room. Electric storage batteries shall be removed. DIP TANKS SECTION 133: Dip tanks having an area in excess of ten (10) square feet shall be provided with approved covers arranged to close automatically in case of fire and also arranged so that they can be closed man'.lally. Smaller dip tanks shall be provided wi th suitable covers 0[' with asbestos blankets \7hich can be placed over the tanks. If di:>> tanks are protected by an approved automatic fire extinguishing system employing a fire retardant chemical or gas or water spray, the covers specified above may be omitted. JAPANNING AND ENAtffiLING SECTION 134: Japanning and enameling drying ovens shall not be placed in contact with wood floors or other combustible material. Heating of ovens shall be done by steam coils, indirect hot air circulation through oven to outside, indirect hot oil circulating pipes, indirect gas burners or electricity. Open flames or fires shall not be in communication with the com- partments where goods are being treated. -55- ad 7.-:;-J"/' PART n SALE AND USE OF DRY CLEANING LIQUIDS SECTION 135: Sale of High Hazard Dry Cleaning Li~id$ Restricted. No person shall sell or offer for sale at retail, any Class 1 or Class 2 flammable liquid for the express purpose of domestic cleaning. SECTION 136: Permit. No person shall perform any dry cleaning, whether of a commercial or private nature, using more than sixteen (16) fluid ounces of high hazard dry cleaning liquid or more than one gallon of low hazard dry cleaning liquid or nonflammable dry cleaning liquid, without a permit therefor. No permit sh~l be granted for any dry cleaning operation employing high hazard or low hazard dry cleaning liquids except in a plant conforming to the laws of the state of California or rules and regulations made by the State of California regulating such plants. SECTION 137:: Mechanical Ventilation. (a) A mechanical system of ventilation of sufficient capacity to insure complete and continuous chane;e of air in dry cleaning rooms once every three (3) minutes shall be installed and shall be provided with means for remote control. (b) The blades and spiders of all exhaust fans shallbe of non-ferrous material or the casing shall consist of or be lined with such material. PART la PREVENTION OF DUST EXPLOSIONS SECTION 138: The Fire Department is hereby authorized to prohibit further operations in any grain elevator, flour, starch or feed mill producing flammable dusts where: (a) Elevator legs,lspouts, hoppers ana other dust conveyors' are not dJst-tight. (b) Accumulations of dust are permitted in the interior of the building and a suitable dust removal systQm is not maintained. (c) Open flame or spark producing -56- equiplment is permitted in t:::hc/ 7{:;1f rooms containing dusty atmospheres. (d) Pneumatic or mac;netic separators are not maintained ahead of all grinding or pulverizing machines. (e) Operation is not under competent supervision. (f) Machinery and parts of t he crushing, drying, pulverizing and conveying systems are not adequately grounded. PART 13 HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS SECTION 139: The Chief of the Fire Department shall be empowered to restrict the storage, handlinG and sale of chemicals and chemical compounds which are of a corrosive or poisonous nature, or which materially increase the fire hazard. t~ere kept in contain- ers or packages 1:~sual to the retail trade, no general restriction shall apply other than shelving shall be substantial and storage shall be neat and orderly. SECTION 140: For storage of hazardous chemicals in warehouses, factories and wholesale stores, material of an oxidizing nature such as nitrates, nitrites and chlorates shall be stored in dry places, and the Chief of the Fire Department may require a separate room or building when the quantity stored constitutes a material hazard. SECTIOl! 141.: Bulk storage or storac;e of two or more carboys of acid shall be outside in a yard or an enclosure, or in a speciali room provided with a suitable container for the character of acid in case of breakage or leak. SECTION 142: The Chief of the Fire Department may require the separation, or isolation of any chemical which is of a nature which in combination with other chemical or \"lith organic matter may bring about a fire or explosion or may liberate a hazardous or poisonous gas. PART 1.4 C01ffiUSTIBLE FIBERS SECTION 143: Loose fibers (not in suitable baes or packages) whether housed OJ' in the open, shall not be stored within one hundred -57- aU'; 7C~ (100) feet of an;r buildine; except as hereinafter specified. SECTION 144: Not to exceed one hundred (100) cubic feet of loose combustible fiber may. be kept in any building provided storage is in a metal-lined bin, e,:!uipped with a self-closing metal-lined cover. SECTION 145: Quantities exceeding one hundred (100) cubic feet of loose conmustible fiber, but not exceeding five hundred (500) cubic feet may be stored in rooms or compartment having floor, wall$ and ceiling constructed of material possessins su'fficient fire resistance to withstand a standard one-hour fire test. Openings into such rooms or compartments shall be cut off from other parts of the building by approved fire doors. SECTION 146: Quantities exceeding five hundred (500) cubic feet of loose conmustible fiber may be stored in approved vaults, constructed as follows: . (a) Storage vaults shall preferably be located outside build- ings. If located inside, safety vents to the outside air shall be provided. (b) Walls, floors, and ceilings shall be constructed of reinforced concrete or other approved noncombustible material. Roofs of outside vaults shall likewise be of noncombustible material but may be so constructed as to readily give way in case of an internal explosion. (cl Opening~, if any, between vault and main building shall be protected on each side of wall by an approved fire door. Wall openings in outside vaults exposing other property (not sufficiently detached to be considered cut off) shall be protected by approved fire doors. 01' equivalent. (d) Vaults located within buildings and exceeding one thousand (1000) cubic feet storage capacity shall be protected by approved automatic sprinklers. SECTION 147: Loose fiber, not to exceed twenty-five hundred (2500) cubic feet, may be stored in a detached, suitably located "loose house"., with openings properly protected against entrance -58- O-td .76-:'V of sparks. The "loose house'" shall be used for no other purpose. SECTION 148: Blocks or piles of baled fiber shall be separated from adjacent storage by aisles not less than five (5) feet wide; or by flash fire barriers consisting of continuous sheets of non- . combustible matel>ial extending from floor to a height of at least one foot above the highest point of piles and projecting at least one foot beyond 1;he s ides of the piles. SECTION 149: Sisal and other fibers in bales bound with com- bustible tie ropes, also jute and other fibers liable to swell when wet, shall be stored to allow for expansion to the extent of twenty (20) per cent of their bulk in any direction without endangering buildine walls, eeilings or columns. Not less than three (3) feet clearance shall be maintained between sprinkler pipes and top of piles. Not less than three (3) feet clearance shall be left between walls and sides of piles, except that if storage compartment is not more than thirty feet in width. One foot clearance at side walls: will be sufficient, provided a center aisle not less than five (5) feet wide is maintained. PART 15 REFRIGERATION SECTION 150: Refrigerating Machinery Rooms. Refrigerating rooms are rooms in which are located compressors, generators, condensers, receivers, absorbers or other apparatus necessary to produce or contain the refrigerating agent. Rooms which contain only the refriger'ating chemical supply pipes to and from the refrigerating coils are not considered refrigerating machinery rooms, but such rooms, if occupied by any persons must comply with the requirements as to exits hereinafter described for refrigerating machinery rooms. (a) Refrigerating Capacity. Plants using more than one hundred (100) pounds of s.mmonia in the system shall be considered as plants of three (3) ton capacity or over even if rated at less than three (3) ton capacity by the manufacturer. SECTION 151: Permits. Applications for permits shall state -59- cz,..d 7.S~f./ the make of refrigerating machinery used, the refrigerating capacity in tons, as rated by the manufacturer, the kind of chemical used and the amount of surplus chemical stored. The application shall be signed by the installation engineer and shall state the address of the applicant. The application shall also state the name and address of the person or persons for which the installation or mteration is made and location of the plant. Except as hereinafter provided in this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate within the City of Arcadia, any plant producing refrigeration by means of gases under pressure without a permit issued by the Chief of the Fire Department, and such permit shall not be issued to any person, firm or corporation until all the provisions of this ordinance shal1 have been complied with. SECTION 152.: (a) No installation of a refrigerating unit or system containlng in excess of twe~ty (20) pounds of refrigerant shall be made until a permit has been obtained from the Fire Department, except that no permit shall be required for non-condensing refrigerating systems using air as a refrigerant. (b) Systems requiring a permit and containing any refrigerant which is harmful to health and the vapors of which are not readily apparent through odor or irritating effect shall have added to such refrigerant a suttable leak detecting agent which will give warning before dangerous concentration is reached. This restriction shall not apply to systems employing carbon dioxide. (c) For the purpose of this ordinance a "toxic II. refrigerant is one falling in Underwriters' Laboratories, Incorporated toxicity classification Groups 1 to 4 inclusive. The following refriGerants are toxic as this defined, or are flammable or both toxic and flammable. Amonia Butane Dichlol'ethylene Ethyl Chloride Sulphur Dioxide Methyl Bromide -60- a~d 76?' Ethane MethyJl. Formate Ethyl Bromide Propane SECTION 15:.1:: (a) Each cC1mpressor shal1 be in a special machinery room with suitable exit to the outside. Adequate means for ventilation shall. be provided by a door or window opening to the outside or a ttelchan-' ical ~ystem of ventilation shall be provided. (b) Remote control shall be provided so that all machinery can be shut down without entering the machinery room. (c) All doorways between the machinery room and other parts of the building shall be normally closed and shall be tight fitting. No other openingll between t he machinery room and other parts of the buildings shall be permitted. (d) No open flame or spark producing device shall be permitted in any refrigerating machinery room. SECTION 154: (a) No system containing butane, ethane, propane or other refrigerant having a flash point below twenty-five (25) degrees Fahrenheit shall be permitted. (b) Coils Garrying refrigerants which are flammable or which are toxic as defined in Section 152: (c), shall not be placed in air ducts or othor air circulating. passages of air cooling systems. Brine or water, Gooled by such refrigerants may be sprayed into such air passages or may be circulated through coils located in such passages, but no such brine shall contain any flammable constituent. SECTION 155: (a) Safety 'lalves: All refrigeratine plants shall be equipped with an automatic safety valve or valves on each compressor or generator, which valve or valves shall be set to discharge at a pressure not greater than is set forth in the following table: Refrigerating Agent Ammonia --------------not to exceed 300 pounds per square inch Carbon Dioxide -------not to exceed 1400 pounds per square inch Sulphur Dioxide ------not Ethy~ Chloride -------not to exceed 100 pounds to exceed 100 pounds -61- per square inch per s.quare inc h /7d ?,.::;;r Such automatic safety valve or valves shall be connected to the high pressure side and may discharge to the low pressure side in such manner as may be approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. In addition to the safety valves names there may be installed an electrically controlled safety device by which the plant is shut off when the pressure exceeds the amount specified in the above table. On carbon dj.oxide plants, in addition to the safety valve at the compressor specified in the preceding section, there may be an automatic safety valve located on the high pressure and on the low pressure sides as a substitute for the emergency device referred to in Section 163 of this Ordinance. The points of connection for such automatic safety valves shall be located as indicated for the emer[;;ency dischm'ge lines. The outlet from such automatic safety valves may discharge into the engine room or into the outer air. (b) Elevator, dumbwaiter or other shafts containing moving objects shall not be used for outlet or junction boxes, nor for tubing or piping carrying refrigerant. (c) System:l of more than twenty (20) pounds capacity, or systems supplying two or more evaporators, and using seamless metal tubing for refrigerant lines, shall have all such t tiDing, except between the compressor and the nearest riser box or manifold, installed in iron pipe or other metal enclosure, with suitable metal outlet boxes for manifolds and for all valves except those at t he evaporators. Flexible metal enclosures may b e used at bends or at terminals if not exceedinG siJt (6) feet in lencth and rigidly fastened to connectingpipe or valve. Each run of pipe shall be sealed or plugged at each junction box inlet with a material not affected by moisture or the temperature of the line. All joints shall be accessible and shall be of sweated types, except that flared joints may b e used for tnbing not more than five-eights (5/8) inch in diameter and whel'e the recp ired test pressure does not exceed one hundred eiGhty (180) p!'lunds. Enclosures shall be rigidly secured to the walls or other support. Tubing shall be independently t event excess've vibration and/. supported in such a manner as 0 pI' . -62- /7/1.<- . . '7:j,Y strains at joints and connections. Valves, service connections and joints in tubing shall be rieidly secured in suitable metal boxes at accessible points. SECTION 156: Pressure and Pipe and Fittines. (a) The maximum pressure allowed in a refrigerating machine shall not exceed those set forth in the following table: Refrigerating Agent Amonia -----.-----------not to exceed 300 pounds per square inch Carbon Dioxide --------not to exceed 1400 pounds per square inch Sulphur Diox:l.de -------not to exceed 100 pounds per square inch Ethyl Chloride --------not to exceed 100 pounds per square inch (b) All pipes used for refrigerating purposes shall stand a hydrostatic test of at least double the maximum pressure per square inch specified in this section, and all fittings shall b e guaranteed to stand a pressure of at least three (3) times the maximum pressure per square inch s:~ecified in this Section. (c) All gau,:;e glasses shall be adequately protected and provided with shut-off valves. (d) All pipes containing a refrigerating chemical under pressure shall have conspicuous siens attached to them at proper places designating in easily legible letters the name of the chemical contained therein. The signs shall be placed on each main supply and suction pipe in each rooml Valves which control main sections of refrigerating system and are necessary to separate such sec tions in case of emere;ency, shall be labeled. All signs and labels shall be enameled iron signs vii th letters not less than one (1) inch high. The letters shall be red on a white background. SECTION 157: No system shall be placed in operation untili the complete installation has been tested by the installer in the presence of the authority enforcine; this Ordinance. A certificate of approval shall be posted on the premises where the system is installed. Tests shall include a vacuum test of the complete piping system, preferabl;r with the evaporators installed, but valves thereon may be closed to I~event withdrawal of the refrie;erant; under this -63- O-.A.C'-/ 7b-!'?" test a vacuum of twenty (20) inches of mercury shall be placed upon the system and shall be held for a period of twenty (20) minutes, with no detectabll3 drop, after the pump has been stopped. After the va.euum test, the system of piping shall be tested by application of the pressure indicated in the followins table: Refrigerant Used Test Pressures High Side Part Low Side Part Lbs. per sq. inch Lbs. per sq. inch. 1500 750 300 150 180 80 135 50, 50 25 15 15 30 30 235 US 30 30, 70 30 75 30, Carbon Dioxide Ammonia Methyl Chloride Sulphur Dioxide Ethyl Chloride Methyliene Chloride Monofluorotrichloromethane (Fll) DichlorodifluoroDlElthane (F12) Trichlorotrif1uoroethane (Fl13) Dichloromonofluoromethane (F21) DichlorotetrafluOI'oethane (Fl14) SECTION 158: Repair Valves. No val ves shall be located in the emergency discharging lines excepting the control and check val ves to the water and refrigerant mixer, but there may be one control valve on each emerE;ency line located near connection to main high and low pressure lines for repair purposes only. Such additional valves shall be kElpt open at all times and the handles or wheelS! shall be removed from same. SECTION 159: King Valves. The liKing Valvell, IIDiffusing Valvell' and IIDiffusing L:l.nesll' on all plants shall be painted red, all other valves on the plant shall be painted black; provided also that a suitable sign with arrow shall be provided in machinery room indicat- ins location of Il:}[ing Valve'f. SECTION 160: Diffusing Line Gauges. In refrigerating plants there may be installed at the discretion of the engineer in charge of the plant, lpressure gauges on the high and low pressure emergency -6~- lj-tc! 76:J/ lines for determining changes in pressure while emergency lines are operating. SECTION 16!: Container Storage. Refrigerating plants may store a surplus stock of two cylinders of the refriBerating chemical, or, if deemed necessary by the Chief of the Fire Department a quantity not to exceed t'm (10) per cent of the charge of the plant. No cylinders containing Bas under pressure shall be stored in the boiler room, but shall be stored in a cool place which has good ventilation and is remote as possible from danger offire. SECTION 16B: Plants of Three Tons or More. All refrigerating plants of three (3) tons refrigerating capacity or over, using ammonia or ethyl chloride as a refrigeratinB agent, shall be equipped v/ith a device or devices for discharging the refrigerating agent under pressure, in case of emerGency, into sufficient water t 0 absorb all discharged Gas and carry it off to the sewer. The device or devices herein re- ferred to shall be constructed in accordance with the approval of the Chief of the Fire Department. The officers and members of the Fire Department shal: have the sole use of the device or devices herein mentioned and shall supply the necessary water. The emergency valves and a standard fire department two and one half (2~) inch female hose connection shall be located on the public thoroue;hfare side of the building, either outside the building with the valves and hose connection recessed in the wall so that they do not protrude beyond the surface of the wall, or in the vestibule, having full glass panel doors which will provide easy access from the street. The valves shall be located at a heiBht not less than five (5) feet and not more than six (6) feet above the street or vestibule flo~ level. The hose connection shall be located at a heiBht not less than eighteen (18) inches and not more than twenty-four (24) inches above the street or vestibule floor level. In no case shall such valves and connections be located over the exhaust outlet for ventilating the room or rooms containing the refrigerating plant or system. Both the low and the high pressure lines shall be diffused into -65- UAd 7~~ the sewer connection by means of the mixer. The diffusing valves shall be protected by either an approved metal box with a locked cover or by full glass panel approved by the Chief of the Irire Department. On either protector there shall be painted in eaaily leGible red letters tthe words, "For Fire Department Use Only". The "High Pressure" diffusing valve shall bear the label such as ffiequired for pipes in Section 156(d) of this Ordinance. The "Low Pressure" valve shall bear the same kind of label with the exception that the word "Low" shall be substituted for the word "High". There, shall also be a label with the words "To Ammonia Mixer" painted in easily legible red letters placed on the hose connection. SECTION 163: Plants Less Than Three Tons Capacit;y. Diffusing Line: Each r€frigerijting plant of less than three (3) tons capacity shall be equi~ped with an emergency pipe or pipes by which, in case of accident, the gas under pressure can can be discharged by a valve which can be operated both inside and outside the refrigerating plant into the air, or brought into contact with sufficient water to absorb and carry off all gases so dischareed. The diffusing valves shall be located on the back of the building or at a location designated by the Chief of the Fire Department; placed at a heisht of five (5) feet above the floor or ground level. In no case shall the emergency valves be located over the exhaust outlet for ventilating the room containing the refrigerating plant. The diffusins valve located on the outside wml shall be pro- tected by an approved metal box with locked cover. The lock shall be opened only by members of the Fire Depmrtment. On the outside of the box there i3hall be painted in easily legible red letters the words, "For Fire Department Use Only". The diffu:ling valve shall bear a label such as required for pipes in Section 156 (d) of this Ordinance. Diffusing valve boxes sha~l be installed so as to be recessed in the wall, making the outside of box flush with the face of the wml. -66- /J / -;:V u"{C,,~,, 76' ; In case refrie;erant is diffused into water used for cooling purposes, the water shall not be used for that purpose again, but shall be replaced with fresh water beforel plant is placed in oper- ation. SECTION 164: In domestic systems exceeding twenty (20) pounds capacity, the compressor, if not located in a machinery room, shall be located as nearly beneath the riser as practicable; shall be located in an accessible part of the buildine; with adequate liehtine; facility provided; shall, in any case, be located at least ten (10) feet from stoJ'age of combustible material; and shall be protected against mechanical injury by a noncumbustible partition, or by heavy metal netting secured by two-~y-four (2x4) inch wooden studding or to metal posts. The compressor shall not be located under stairways or near dumb-waiters or elevator shafts and shall preferably be not in a room containing storage of combustible material. SECTION 165: Shut-off valves shall be installed at each service outlet in pressure and return lines, and in each riser or manifold connection at or near the compressor. These valves shall be fitted with a hand wheel or other means of ready operation as an integra part thereof. Valves in service connections shall be located outside of refrigerating unit and at such distooce above the floor as will provide ready accessibility. Evaporators, Which may be removed as a unit, shill her e valves permitting the removal of the evaporator with valves attached. SECTION 166: Service Connections. (a) Not more than a single tenant shall be supplied from an outlet box on a main riser. Such outlet box shall be located within the premises of the tenant served and so arranged as to be accessible at all times. (b) No outlet or junction box shall be permitted in any hall- way, stairway or vertical shaft not cut off at each story. (c) Every refrigerator shall be rigidly secured in Place. -67- a~-'76"-'V SECTION 16'7: Every system containing over twenty (20) pounds' of refrigerant which operates above atmospheric pressure, and every water cooled system containing over twelve (12) pounds of refrigerant and capable of producing a pressure in excess of the test pressure Bhall be provided with a pressure limiting device. SECTION 168: No stop-valve shall be located between a pressure relief device, or pressure limiting device and the part of the system protected therf3by, unless two pressure relief devices of required size are used and so arransed that on1hy one pressure relief device can be cut off for repair purposes at anyone time. SECTION 169: A rupture member may be substituted for the relief valve.in carbon dioxide systems or systems operating below atmospheric prl3ssure. PART 1.6 MATCHES SECTION 170: Wholesale storage. At wholesale establishments: and wherever matches exceeding sixty (60) matchman1s gross (14,400 matches each gl'oss) are stored, shipping containers containing matches shall be arranged in piles not exceeding ten (10) feet in height with ai81es at least four (4) feet wide. SECTION 171: ~here other materials or commodities are stored on the same floor with matches, a corner or other portion of the room shall be devoted to match storage exclusively, and a clear space of not less than four (4) feet maintained between match storage and such other materials or commodities. SECTION 172: No matches shall be stored within ten (10) feet of any open elevator shaft, elevator shaft opening, open stairway or other vertieal opening. SECTION 17~;: Vfuere shipping containe:::,s containing matches are opened, the contents of such broken containers shall be removed and stored in metal or metal lined bins equipped with spring self- -68- CJtc/ ;?;?-J closing metal or metal lined covers. SECTION 174: Storage by Retailers. lfuere matches are sold at retail, original seal ed packages may be stored on shelves. i"fuen such packages are broken, individual boxes shall be stored in metal or metal lined bins as described in Section 173. above. PART 17 GARAGES SECTION l75: Repair ITork. Carbon and lead burning, welding and other proc:esses involving direct application of flame shall not be carried on in any garage housing more than twenty (20) auto- mobiles on an:\, floor unless the garage is equipped with an auto- matic sprinkler system, or such processes are carried on in a room enclosed by walls having a fire resistance rating of not less than two (2) hours, with openings therein protected by approved fire doors or fire windows, and with no opening from such room to any upper story. No repairs of any kind shall be made in any basement or sub-basement garage. SECTION 176: Cleaning with Flam!nable Liquids. No flam:nable liquid with a flash point below one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit shall be used in any garage for washing parts or removing grease or dirt, unless in a special closed machine approved for the purpose, or in a separate room enclosed by >lalls having a fire resistance rating of not less than two hours, with openings therein protected by approved fi.re doors or fire v/indows, and with no opening from such room to any upper or lower story. SECTION 177: Handling of Gasoline and Oils. The reservoirs of motor vehicles shall be filled directly through the hose from pumps attached to approved portable tanks or drawing from under- ground s torae;e. tanks. No transfer of gasoline in any garage shall be made in any open container. ( There shall be no facilities for easoline handling or filling -69- U4d 7 sS;'-' in any basement or sub-basement garage and no such filling or handling oper&tions shall be carried on therein. No gasoline or other volatile flammable liquid shall be allowed to run upon the floor or to fall or pass into the drainage system of the premises. Self closine; metal cans shall be used for all oily waste or wasted oils. Contents of oil separators or traps of floor drainage systems shall be collected at grequent intervals and removed from the premises. SECTION 178: Automobile Paintine; and Spray Painting: 1. It sh&ll be lawful to mix ingredients and to paint or spray portions of a~tomobiles for minor repairs or refinishing any place within any pre<perly ventilated pUblic garaee provided that no open flame shall bE' within twenty-five (25) feet of the mixine;, painting or spraying and further provided that containers of such inc;redients shall not excE,ed one gallon capacity. All such containers must be sealed when not in use. All portable combustible material shall be removed to a cliste,nce of at least ten (10) feet from the location of such mixine;, painting or spraying. 2. All other painting or spraying within any public garage outside of a Bpray booth shall be performed in a room, and it shall be unlawful to paint or spray therein unless such room: (a) Is separated from the remainder of the building by par- ti tions of fil'e-res is ti ve cons truc tion equivalent to incombustible wallboard on wooden studding, cement or gypsum plaster on metal lath on wooden studding, or wooden studding covered on both sides with sheet iron. Doors in openings in spray room partitions shall be equal in fire..resistance to partition and shall be of the self- closing type or so installed so as to close automatically in case of fire. Floors shall be of concrete. (b) All 131ec trical equipment shall be of explosion-proof or vap@r-proof type. -70- a-'le/ .7S-'f (c) Is properly ventilated. (d) Is constructed so that any glass used is wire glass, safety glass of a heat treated type not less than one-fourth (t) inch in thickness. (e) Has its entryway for automobiles unobstructed for a distance of not less than fifteen (15) feet outside of such entryway. 3. It shall be lawful within any public garage to use a metal paint mixing rack with a capacity not exceeding twenty-five (25) one-gallon containers, provided that not more than five (5) zallons is mixed in anyone operation unless the space within six (6) feet from such rack is unobstructed at all ;points. PART 18 THEATRES AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE SECTION 179: Placing Obstructions Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct any aisle, passageway, corridor or stairway of any church, assembly hall, lode;e hall, theatre or any other public buildine; within the corporate limits of the City of Arcadia, used for the purpose of worship, instruction, entertain- ment, or public assemblages; corridors or stairways during or preparatory to any service, performance, exhibition, lecture, concert, baIlor other public gathering, or by placine; therein any chair, settee, camp-stool or other obstruction. SECTION 130: Permitting Obstruction, Violation. It shall be unlawful for any lessee, owner, manager or person in charge of any church, assembly hall, lodge hall, theatre or other public building within said city to allow or permit any aisle, passageway, corridor or stairway to be obstructed or blocked in any manner as provided in Section 179 and 181 of this Ordinance. SECTION 13l: \!heel Chairs, Koveable Objects Prohibited. It shall be unlawful to cause, place or permit to be placed, any wheel chair or any readily moveable object in any foyer, lobby, or -71- O/.-cJ 76~ entrance which is liable to be moved or knocked into any aisle~ passase or co~ridor of any building used by any occupancy as provided in Section 179 and 180 of this Ordinance. SECTION IBZ: Locked Doors Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for the lessee, manager, owner or person in charge of any church, assembly hall, 10dBe hall, theatre, or other public building within said city to permit any exit door to be locked or fastened immediately preceding, during or immediately after any service, performance, lecture, exhibition, concert, baIlor other public gathering. SECTION 193: Clear passage from all exits and on sidewalks must at all times be maintained outside of all places of assembly. SECTION 184: No aisle, passageway or stairway in any store shall be obstructed with tables, show-cases, or other obstructions during hours said store is open to the public. SECTION 185: It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Police Department to render assistance in the enforcement of the pro- visions of this part and to direct and require police officers to enter all places of assembly for such purposes. S~CTION 186: Marking and Illumination of Exits. Marking and illumination of exits shall conform to the Uniform Building Code as adopted or as amended. SEC'l'ION 187: Smoking. 1. Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke any cigar, pipe or cigarette, or to smoke or burn tobacco in any form in any theatre, moving picture theatre, or in any place where signs containing the words "NO SMOKING" have been posted pursuant to an order of the Chief of the Fire Department, made as provided herein. The Chief of the Fire Department shall order such signs to be erected in any place of public assemblage ~here in his opinion, smoking would constitute a menace to life or property. This section shall not be deemed to make it unlawful for a performer to smoke upon the -72- a,tcl 75".? staee during and as a part of any theatrical production, or for any person to smoke in smoking rooms designated as such and approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. 2. To Permit or Allow a Violation. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owninG, managing or controlling any theatre, or any other place of public assemblage where smoking is prohibited by Sub-section 11111 of this Section to allow or permit such smoking. 3. Prohibited in Projection Booth. It shall be unlawful for any person to ignite, place or permit to remain ignited, any open fire, or any cigar, cigarette or pipe, in any enclosure or room in which any motion picture machine is operated. PART 19 MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 188: Open Flames - Candles Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or organization to use or allo\'/ to be used any open flame, burning candle or candles for the purpose of light or decoration in connection wi th any public gathering" entertainment, . demonstration, or public program without first obtaining a permit in writing from the Chief of the Fire Department. Such permit may be granted only in cases where no hazard will result from the use proposed. SECTION 189: Street Fire Prohibited. It shall be unlawful to set fire to or ignite or burn any material in a public street or parking; provided, '1.oVTever, that the City Engineer and Superintendent of Streets, may, upon application therefor, issue a written permit for the burning of. material in a public street or parking, when in his judgment suoh fire is necessary in the constnuction or repair of any street, water or gas main, conduit or similar improvement in or under said street. Such permit must be oountersigned by the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 190: Vents or Hoods. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit any vent or hood or other con- -73- O/lcl 76'f" trivance designed or intended to, or which does, carry away grease or fat, or the vapor thereof, to become foul or coated with grease, fat or other flammable material. SECTION 191: Containers for Combustible Rubbish. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or having control of any buildings, lot or premises, or as owner or lessee or tenant to allow any combustible rubbish or other material to accu- mulate or remain in or around such buildings, lot or premises, unless such rubbish or other material is placed and kept in a covered con- tainer of adequate size; provided that such container shall be con- structed either of metal throughout or with a lining of metal, and such container shall be equipped also with a self-closing top of a type approved by the Chief of t he Fire Department; and provided further that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to a private resi- dence or dwelling. SECTION 192: Flammable Material, Removal of: It shall be unlawful for my person, :firm or corpora.tion owning or having charge of, or control of any land, lot or premises as owners, lessee or tenant or otherwise, to allow any weeds, dry grass, dry or dead vegetation, flammable or combustible rubbish or any other material, condition or substance to exist, grow or r'3main upon such land, lot or premises if such weeds, dry grass, dry oJ' dead vegetation, flammable or combus tible rubbish or any other material condition or substance is a menace to life or health or to the safety of property is liable to start or spread fire thereon to adjoining property. SECTION 192..1: Smoking Tobacco - Striking Matches. It shall be unlawful between t;1e firs t day 0 f May and t he fifteenth day of December of any year, both dates inclusive, for any person to light, ignite or otherwise set fire to or to smoke or burn any cigarette, p~pe, cigar or tobacco, or any substance in any manner or form, or to ignit e or cause to be ignited any match or matches, or to use or carry any open flame or lighted lantern, or to throw or dispose of any lighted or smoldering object, in or upon any mountainous brush or forest-covered land, or -74- 0/'-<1 7,,:;-,y' land covered with any inflammable material, or upon any road or trail transversing any such mountainous brush or forest-covered land, or land covered with inflan~able material; provided, however, that nothins i~ this section shall apply within buildings or the dooryard premises of any place of habitation. SECTIO~ 192.2: BurninE Grass Nor~h of Foothill Boulev~d. It shall be unlawful for any person to set or liEht any open fire in or near the foothills or on any brush covered lanQ. within the city limits of Arcadia without first obtaining a special written permit from the Chief of the F'ire Department or the Canyon guard; provided, that such burning may be done in an apfroved type incinerator, after all grass, weeds, brus~, or other inflammable materials are cleared away to not less than one hundred (100) feet from where such burning is done, and such burning may be done only between the h ours of six o'clock A. M" and eleven o'clock A. M. SECTION 193: Incinerators, Approved Type. Incinerators as referred to in this Section shall be deemed to mean or include any concrete or masonry incinerator of a type approved by the Chief of the Fire Department, in which all smoke exits are suarded by adequate screens made of a heavy material or wire with a mesh not exceeding one-half (}) of an inch. All openinss for intake must be protected by doors and all openings for clean-out must be protected by doors to prevent sparks from being blown out or scattered. SECTION 194: Incinerators - Hours for Burning. It shall be unlawful to set fire to, ignit e or burn any material in the open air, or in any incinerator at any time other than between the hours of six o'clock A. M. and eleven o'clock A. M., of the same day, provided, however, that the l.hief of the i'ire Department upon app'li- cation therefor, may issue a written permit for the burning of material in the 0 pen air or in an incinerator outside the hOlr s of six o'clock A. M. , and eleven o'clock A. 1,;., and with a proper permit therefor such burning shall be lawful. SECTION 195: Incinerators - ~fuere Prohibited. It shall be -75- a/u:! 7~JY unlawful to erect, maintain or locate, any concrete or maso~ry incinerator within four (4) feet of any woodm building or structure. Any such concrete or masonry incinerator may be erected, maintained or located aga~nst any concrete or masonry or stone structure if such incinerator be equipped v!ith an adequate smokestack of sufficient area and height; so that it extends at least two (2) feet above concrete masonry or stone structure. SLCTIO~ IS'6: Outdoor Fireplaces and Barbecues. Notwithstanding any other provisions of t;1is Section, it shall be lawful for any per- son to ignite or burn any combustible material in any permanent out- door fireplace, grill or barbecue pit for the purpose of cooking food. Such fireplace, grill or barbecue pit shall have been approved in writine by the Fire Department as to construction and location, and such fires shall be kept under competent and continuous supervision. All flammable ~11 combustible material shall be removed a sufficient distance from said fireplace, grill or barbecue pit so as not to con- stitute a fire hazard, and all fires or coals in said fireplaces, grills, or pits shall be thoroughly extineuished after use thereof has been completed. SECTION 197: Basement Storage. It shall be unlawful to store any material or permit any material to be stored uithin eighteen (18) inches of and below the ceiling of any basement, provided that material may be stored against the ~alls of said basement. SECTION 198: Blocked Fuses. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to block or allow to be blocked in any manner, any fuse or fuses used in any electrical circuit which may be used in any building or buildings, or to fix any safety device so that it will become inoperative, SECTIO~ 199: Alleys to be Kept Clean. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning property fronting on any public alley in the City of Arcadia, to fail, refuse or neglect to keep the portion of such alley between the center line and the property line of such property, free from garbage, rubbish or com- bustible materia~. -76- aJ 701Y SECTION 200: Cotton batting, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, celluloid or other highly flammable materials shall not be used for decoration purposes in show-windows or stores without a PElrmit, provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall be held to prohibit the display of saleable goods permitted and offeredftbr sale in the store. Electric light bulbs in stores or public halls shall not be decorated with paper or other combustible materials unless such materials shall first have been rendered flame-proof. SECTION 201: No person shall take into any building, barn or any other place where highly flammable, combustible or explosivEl material is kept, an open flame, unless such light or flame shall be secured in a glass globe, w ire mesh cage or similar appI'oved device. SECTION 202: All chimneys, smokestacks or similar devices for conveying smoke or hot gases to the outer air, and the stoves, furnaces, fire boxes or boilers to which they are con- nected, shall be constructed and maintained in such a manner as not to endanger adjacent property, and in accordance with the Uniform Building Code. SECTION 203: No heating apparatus with an open flame, and no artificial lighting system other than incandescent elec- tric lights, shall be used in any warehouse for the storage of rags, exc.elsior, hair or other combustible material; nor in any shop or factory used for the manufacture, repair of or renovating of mattresses or bedding; nor in any establishment for the upholstery of furniture. -77- a~<j '7(;~J7 SECTION 204: All trapdoors, except those which are auto- matic in their operation, in any factory building or buildings used for storage_, shall be closed at the completion of the business of each day. Every outside window in a building used for manufacturing purposes or for storage which opens directly on any hoistway or other vertical means of communication be- tween two or more floors in such building, shall be plainly marked with the word "SHAFTWAY" in red letters at least six (6) inches high on a white background, such a warning sign to be so placed as to be easily discernible from the outside of the building. Every door or window opening on such shaftway from the interior of the building, unless the construction of the parti ticm surrounding the shaftway is of such distinci tive nature as to make its purpose evident at a glance, shall be simi- larly marked with the warning word IISHAFTWAY" so placed as to be easily vJ.sible to anyone approaching the shaftway from the in- terior of the building. SECTIOn 205: If the Chief of the Fire Department finds upon an inspection of any p remises, building or structure, any rubbish, debris, waste or inflammable or combustible materials, not so arranged or disposed as to .afford reasonable safeguard against the dangers of fire; or if he shall find that the articles, materials, goods, warell and merchandise, on or in such premises, building or structure. ll.re so arranged and disposed that the occupants thereof or persons rightfully on or in the same, would not, because 0 f such. arrangement I! and disposition, be afforded reasonable access to the -78- ulU/ 767 exits of said 1=remises, buildinc; or structure in case of fire; or if he shall find that by reason of such arrancement or disposition, the members of the Fire Department would unnecessarily and un- reasonably be interfered \":ith in the e;cercisE of their duties in and about such pre~ises, buildinc or structure in case of a fire in the same; he me.y order in wri tine; the removal of such rubbish, debris, waste cr inflammable or combustible materials from said premises, buil~inE or structure, or the disposing &nd arran~in~ of the same on or in said premises, building or structure, in such manner "IS will remove such danger from fire. He may also order in writine that Scch ~ticles, materials, ~oods, wares or ~erchandise be so Rrr~nsed and disposed on or in said ~remises, buildinc or structure thqt the occupants thereof, or the persons richtfully on or in the same, will be af~orded all reasonable access to the exits from the same in case of fire, and the members of the Fire Depart- ment will be ai'forded all reasonable facilities for the discharce of their dutie~1 in :..nd about said premises, building or structure in case of fire. SECTION 206: No person shall kindle, maintain or assist in maintaining an~' bonfire or other exposed fire wi thin the City, exceptinG under written permit from the Chief of the Fire Department, when such burninc shall be done in an €q)proved type ircinerator, or under such conditions as may be approved by him and under such proper so.fee;ual'ds as he may direct as to time and \"leather conditions, and on condition that such per~it carries an obligation on the part of the Grantee to keep sufficient safe control of said fire, and to be responsible for all damaGes therefrom, and that all resultant embers shall be oxtincuished and the hot ashes removed or ~et doryn kt clos~ of sa:d fire. SECTION 207: Chemicals. The City Council may, from time to time, by Re:lolution, adopt rules Rnd reGUlations Governinc the use, storage and handlinG of flammable liqUids, and the use, storRge -79- /1 1-7-'0 {//1..('-!, ,I'::;' "'- and handlinG of chemicals in the City of Arcadia, and may order the inspection of E.n;)' place of business engaGed in the manufacture of or USE of chemicals, qnd if it deems it necessary or expedient so to do, may order the immediate abandonment of such manufacturing or use of chemicals. SECTION 208: FumiGation. It shall be unlawful for any per~on, firm or corporE.tion to conduct the business of fumiGation without a license. The Fire Department shall be notified in writin['; \7hen any building or structure is to be closed in connec.tion v/ith the use of any toxic or flammable fumic::mt, and a representative of the licensee shall be on d~ty throughout the period that entrance would be hazardous. All licensees shall maintain and have available suitable self- contained or forced-air breathinG apparatus. No fumigation room, vault or chamber using a toxic or flammable fumigant shall be maintained without a license from the Chief of the Fire DepartMent" issued only after an inspection and approval of the apparatus, materials and methods of operation and the porsons in charge of oper~tions. SECTION 209: No person shall store, use, transport or sell nonflammable compressed or liquefied gases without a license. This provision shall not apply to physicians, dentists und hospitals using oxygen, nitrous-oxide or other similar reCOGnized and approved Gases in their professional practice, nor to the use of carbon dioxide. All such gases shall be transported only in containers, not exceeding thirty (30) gallons water capacity, \7hich have been approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission as to construction, valves, accessc,ries and all other requirements of such commission. SECTION 210: It shall be unlawful to inflate toy balloons with hydrogen or to sell or use toy baloons so inflated. SECTION 211: Automobile Tire Rebuilding Plants. A license -80- /7 / 7. ;'T:/ (./,A.d. 00 shall be requi7ed for any tire retreading or rebuildinc plant. SECTION 212: Tire retreading shops shall have all floor openings, such as stairs and elevator shafts, enclosed in a standard manner, and with exposed windows protected by wired glass in metal sash and frames. SECTIOn 213: Buffing machines shall be located in a separate room and used for no other purpose. Each machine shall be connected to an ample dust-collectine system discharging to a suitable con- tainer which shall be cleaned at frequent intervals to prevent spontaneous ignition. SECTION 214: Each room where rubber cement is used or mixed, or flammable solvents are applied, shall be equipped with an effect- ive system of mechanical or natural ventilation. SECTION 215: Tire retreading shops in buildinGs of wooden construction or in buildings used in whole or in part for human , hal7itation or in connection with stores, shall be suitablu cut off by fire partitions or fire walls from other portions of the buildinE and shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system. SECTIO;~ ~:16: Woodviorkine Plants and Lumber Yards. Sa\'lmills, planing mills and other woodworkinc plants shall be equipped with refuse removal systems \'!hich rJill collect and remove sawdust and shavinLs as produced; or sui table metal or metal-lined bins, pro- vided with normally closed covers or automatically closinG covers, shall be inst~llled at or near such machines, and shavings and saw- dust shall be swept up and deposited in such bins at sufficiently frequent intervals as to keep the premises clean. BloVler an d exhaust systens shall comply with the Standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the installation of Blower and Exhaust Systems for Dust, Stock and Vapor Removal. SECTION 217: Provisions sh&l be made for the removal from the building of slabs and other \'iaste pieces of \'lood, ei tuer as produced or a<; the close of each workinc day. -81- 0.,(('1. 7.5' gJ SECTION 218: The burning of shavings, sawdust and refuse material shall be permitted only under boilers, in furnaces or in properly constructed incinerators or refuse burners. All stacks shall be provided with suitable spark arresters. At boilers or other points where sawdust or shavings are used as fuel, a masonry or concrete storage bin with raised sill, shall be provided. SECTION 219: Fire fighting equipment, either chemical extinguishers or small hose supplied from a suitable water system, shall be provided near any machine producine shavings or sawdust. SECTION 220: No storage of lumber in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) board feet shall be permitted as a lumber yard, or in connection with the operation of an industrial plant, without I a license from the Chief of the Fire Department, nor to maintain such storage in connection with the construction of building or structure ~ithout a license from the Chief of the Fire Department. SECTION 221: No pile of lumber shall be higher than fourteen (14) feet, wider than twenty (20) feet, or longer than twenty (20) feet, or not longer than the dimensional length of the lumber, nor shall any such pile be situated nearer than twelve (12) feet to any other pile or to any building or structure, other than one built to shelter it from the weather. Every roa.dway between any such '-piles or outside any such piles shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide and shall be maintained free from accumulat.ion of rubbish, equipment or other articles or materials. SECTION 222: Permanent lumber storage, operating under a license, and ElxCeedin[; more than three (3) piles, shall be provided wi th a. sui tab:.e fence around the property, unless the storage is' vii thin a building. SECTION :,23: The Chief of the Fire Department is hereby em- powered and ffilthorized to inspect all warehouses, stores, industrial -82- C.Ad "Z~r establishments and any building, structure or open space in ~hich combustible materials are handled, stored, manufactured or sold, and where conditions found justify the prohibition of smoking, he shall order the o~ner or occupant in ~ritine; to post suitable signs or placards in each room, building, structure or place in which such prohibition of smoking shall be enforced. SECTION 224: All such siGns or installations shall read "By Order of the Chief of the Fire Department". S~CTION 225: The Chief of the Fire Department may designate special rooms or portions of structures in which smoking, under such restrictions as he ma;y de"ienate, may be permitted. SECTION :::26: The term "smoking" shall ir>clude the carryinc of a lichted pipe, cigar, ciGarette or tobucco in any form. SECTION 227: It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any placard 01' to smoke in any properly placarded place. S"';CTION ~~28: BowlinG Alleys. Ii license shall be required for the operation of any bowling alley. SECTION 229: Resurfacing operations shall not be curried on ~hile the establishment is open for business. The Chief of the Fire Department shall be notified when alleys are to be resurfaced. Proper ventilation shall be provided. HeatinG, ventilating, or coolinG s;ystems employing recirculation of air shall not be operated. All motorized or other equipment in the area \7hich might be a source of ignition shall be disconnected and all smokinG and open flames prohibited during resurfacing operations involving the application of flammable finishes, and for one hour thereafter. SECTION 230: Pin refinishinc shull not be done on the premises while the establishment is open for business. A special room, moetinG with re1uirements as defined olse~here in this Ordinance, shall be provided for this purpose. It shall not be located below . Grade. Storace of flammable liquids in such rooms shall not exceed -83-. OM}' 7S8' sixty (60) callons in ori.::;inal metal containers or approved safet~T containers not exceedine five (5) eallons indi ~ idual c apac ity. A metal TIaste-cun TIith s~lf-closing cover shall be provided for all waste material and raes, and the contents of such waste-can shall be removed daily. SmokinG shall be prohibited at all tir.les in refinish- ine; roomso PART 20 FITI:C: E~~TIl'~.}UISHI;.;G .2:-~1; IP~311T SECTIon 2~;1: All basements, cellars and sui)-cellars exceedinlj fifteen hundred square feet in area within enclosinG masonry walls, and used for storace, sc.le, manufacture or handline of mutArials indicated in SElction 232, shall be equipped rlith a atandard wet pipe system of automatic sprinklers and with supply from city TInter mains o~ other suitable source of supply. SBCTIOU 2<;2: Basements, cellars, and sub-cellars requirinG the above protection are those in connection ~lth rag, paper or yunk storace; shippinG, receivinc; or storac;e of fUrniture, dry GOOds, toys and other articles involvine qu~ntities of eRcelsior, moss, paper and like materials; manufacture of articles containin~ or involvine hlGh:~y combustible materials; storage of danGerous chem- icals or acids.. SECTICll 2;~3 = The Chief or a member of the Fire Department shall surve~T each mercantile and manufacturinc; establishment, each school, each p:ace of assembly, each hospital or place of detention, and each hotel, apartment house or tenement building and shall designate sui tnble fire appliances in or near boiler rooms , kitchens of restaurants, clubs and like establishments, storace rooms involving cons~dera~le combustible material, rooms in which hazard- ous manufactur:Lne processes are involved, Garage sections and other places of a Generally hazardous nature. Such appliances ma;\' consist of automatic alarm systems, automatic sprinklers, standpipe and hose, -84- O/ZcI ;?~-g-- fixed, wheeled or portable chemical extincuishers of a type suitable fOl' the probable class of fire, or suitable asbestos blankets, manual or- automatic covers or the intro:l.uction of an inert (3as. In specially hazardous processes or excessive storaee, appliances of more than one t~pe may be required or special systems installed. SECTION 234: Sprinkler systems, standpipe systems, alarm systems and an~" other protective extineuishinB systems ~hlch have been installed in compliance with any permit or order, or because of any law or ordinance, sha.ll be maintained in operative condition at all times, and it shall be unlawful for any oymer or occupant to reduce the effectiveness of the protection furnished. Provided this shall not proh:~bit the O\'ll1er or occupant from temporarily reducinr; or discontinuill(3 the protection where necessary to make tests, repairs, al terlltions or additions. The Chief of the Fire Department shall be notified before such tests, repairs, alterations or addi- tions are started, unless the work is to be continuous until completion. SECTION 235: Failure to install or provide the equipment ordered by the Chief of the Fire Department, and to maintain it in operative condition at all times, shall be considered a violation punishable as indicated hereinafter in this Ordinance. Repeated disrecard of such orders shall c~nstitute sufficient basis for the revokine of any permit or license held. SECTION 236: Cotton battine, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, celluloid or other hiehly flamMable materials shall not be used for decoration puryoses in show windows or stores without a permit, provided, however, that nothin(3 in this Section s hall be held to prohibit the display of saleqble eoods permitted ana offered for snle in the store. Electric li~ht bulhs in stores or public halls shall not be decorated with paper or other combustible materials unless such materials shall first have been rendered flameproof. SECTION 237: In places of public assembly all combustible -85- O/lCJ75'? decorative material, includinE curtains, accoustical materials, streamers, c lo';h, cotton batting, strav/, vines, leaves, trees and moss, but not including floor coverings, shall be rendered flame- proof; provided that this shall not be required of materials not exceedin[ one Bixteenth (1/16) inch in thickness, applied directly to and adhering to a noncombustible base. Such flameproofinc;, unless certified by Underwriters' Laboratories, Incorporated, or other laboratories of recognized standing, as beinG of a permanent nature, shall be testerl hy the fire department each six months and the trea.tment renewed if necessary. SECTIOH 2:58: Tin cans, bottles, rocks, automobile parts, ashes, old lumber, parts of trees, and all other rubbish and waste matter which miGht form a catch basin for the collection of paper, leaves, dry grass, weeds, trash or any combustible material, \7hich said rubbish and v!aste matter cause the cleaninG of the premises, or the 'elimination of a. fire hazard to be difficult, then such rubbish and waste matter as hereinabove emlmerated shall be ordered removed from the premises. SECTION 2:59: Legality. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validi ty of thl3 r emainine; portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Arcadia hereby declares that it ~ould have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, scntence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespec ti ve of the fac t that anyone or morl3 of the sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid. SECTIO~ 240: That Sections 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of O:?dinance No. 323 of the City of Arcadia entitled "An Ordinance of t~e City Council of the City of Arcadia relating to fire protectio~ ana fire prevention, regulating the burning of brush, rubbish or other materials, for the protection of fire hose, -86- oJ. 7:.;11 fire apparatus and the water system of said City of Arcadia, pro- hibiting the taking of water without permission of an authorized official of s aid City, establishing an incinerator district, creating the office of Chief of the Fire Department, establishing a district north of Foot- hill Boulevard as a fire hazard, providing for incinerators in residential districts, repealing Ordinances Nos. 120, 154, 199, and all ordinances in conflict herewith and providing a penalty for t he violation thereof", adopted Septemb'3r 17, 1935, and all ordinances or par ts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 241: Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed. fiv@ hundred dollars ($500.00) or six (6) months imprisonment in the City or County .Tail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 24B: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and !lhall Cause the same to be posted for a period of ten days, in at least three public places in the said City of Arcadia, towit: on the Bulletin Board in the City Hall, on the Bulletin Board in the Public Library, and on the Bulletin Board of the Arcadia Police Department, and thereupon and thereafter said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. SIGNED and APPROVED this 19th day of April, 1949. ~~ <-~~~/ MA 0 the City 01' ca a ATTEST: ~ i. ~.h~ Ci1:'y C erk. / !) I ~REBY CERTIFY, that the above and foregoing Ordinance was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia at its regular meeting held on the 19th day of April, 1949, by the following vote, towit: AYES : NOES : ABSENT : Councilmen Boucher, Klomp, Libby and Russell None Councilman Nugent C a -87- i>~th'" r o~<^~ 7071'