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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
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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.
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"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,
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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
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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-
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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.
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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-
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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(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".
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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(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
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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
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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
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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-
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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:
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(a) Cllbinets shall be/approved insulated construction
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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(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)
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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'
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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
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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)
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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
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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-
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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---
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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--
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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
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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
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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
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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".
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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(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.
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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)
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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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' .
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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(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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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~.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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