[CC 1974 §510.010; Ord. No. 845 §301, 1969]
All chimneys, flues or fireplaces hereafter built or rebuilt
in any building, within the corporate limits, regardless of the type
of fuel used, shall conform to the provisions of this Article.
[CC 1974 §510.020; Ord. No. 845 §302, 1969]
A.
Chimneys
shall be built of brick, of solid block masonry or of reinforced concrete,
not less than three and three-quarters (3¾) inches thick. Chimneys
shall be lined throughout with fire clay flue lining or with fire
brick, provided that chimneys for gas appliances only may be lined
with any approved corrosion resistant lining, Chimneys shall be built
on concrete or masonry foundations. Chimneys shall not rest upon or
be carried by wooden floors, beams or brackets, nor be hung from wooden
rafters. Iron brackets or stirrups attached to wooden construction
shall not be used to support chimneys. Footings for exterior chimneys
shall start below the frost line.
B.
All chimneys
shall be built as nearly vertical as possible and shall extend at
least three (3) feet above the highest point at which they come in
contact with the roof of the building and at least two (2) feet higher
than any ridge within ten feet of such chimney or flue.
[CC 1974 §510.030; Ord. No. 845 §303, 1969]
A.
For Domestic Gas-Fired Appliances. Domestic gas consuming
devices may be vented to special flues when such special flues are
of a type listed and approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
or a similarly recognized testing laboratory and satisfactory to the
City Fire Chief, provided, however, that such special vents shall
not be permitted for incinerators, for devices or appliances which
may be readily converted to the use of solid or liquid fuel, nor on
boilers or furnaces except with specific approval of the City Fire
Chief.
B.
For Domestic Appliances Fired With Coal, Oil, Wood Or Gas. Heating appliances fired with coal, oil, wood or gas, may be vented
to special flues in lieu of the above when such special flues are
of a type listed and approved for such use by the Underwriters' Laboratories,
Inc., or a similar nationally recognized testing laboratory or installed
in accordance with the conditions of the approval and the circumstances
of such use are satisfactory to the City Fire Chief.
[CC 1974 §510.040; Ord. No. 845 §304, 1969]
A.
The back
and sides of fireplaces shall be of solid masonry or reinforced concrete,
not less than eight inches in thickness. A lining of fire brick at
least two (2) inches thick or other approved material shall be used
unless the overall thickness is twelve inches.
B.
Fireplaces
shall have hearths of brick, stone or other approved incombustible
material supporting on a fireproof slab or brick trimmer arches. Such
hearths shall extend at least twenty (20) inches outside of the chimney
breast and not less than twelve inches beyond each side of the fireplace
opening along the chimney breast. The combined thickness of hearth
and supporting arch shall be not less than six (6) inches at any point.
C.
Wooden
forms or centers used in the construction of that part of the supporting
construction which is below the hearth of the fireplace shall be removed
when the supporting construction of the hearth is completed and before
the plastering on the underside.
[CC 1974 §510.050; Ord. No. 845 §305, 1969]
All wooden and other combustible construction shall be kept
at least two (2) inches from chimneys and flues and shall be kept
at least four (4) inches from the back of a fireplace. Such spaces
shall be firestopped with non-combustible material.
[CC 1974 §510.060; Ord. No. 845 §306, 1969]
A.
Heating
appliances shall not be mounted on floors of combustible construction
unless they are either approved by the City Fire Chief as suitably
designed for such mounting or are set on approved bases of insulating
value sufficient to prevent overheating of the combustible construction.
B.
Ranges,
stoves, heating furnaces and similar heating appliances without legs
or with legs less than four (4) inches high, if on floors of combustible
construction, shall have such floors protected by masonry at least
eight (8) inches in thickness, topped with boiler iron and arranged
in a manner that will provide air circulation throughout the masonry.
C.
Similar
heating appliances with legs which provide not less than four (4)
inches open space under the base of the appliance, if on floors of
combustible construction, shall have such floors protected with incombustible
material.
D.
Protection
shall be provided for at least that portion of the combustible floor
which is under the heating appliance and if the appliance uses solid
fuel, suitable protection shall also be provided for a distance of
not less than eighteen (18) inches at the front or side where ashes
are removed.
[CC 1974 §510.070; Ord. No. 845 §307, 1969]
A.
Ranges,
stoves, heating furnaces and all other heating appliances shall be
installed to provide safe clearance to woodwork or other combustible
material, whether plastered or not.
B.
Ranges,
stoves, heating furnaces and similar heating appliances and smokepipes
from such devices shall have a clearance of at least eighteen (18)
inches to walls, ceilings or partitions of combustible construction
or to any other combustible material. Appliances of special types
which have been tested and found safe for installation with lesser
clearances may be installed with such clearance as the City Fire Chief
shall approve. Where a durable form of non-combustible heat insulating
protection is applied to the appliance or to the combustible material,
installation may be made with lesser clearance as the City Fire Chief
may approve.
[CC 1974 §510.080; Ord. No. 845 §308, 1969]
A.
Every
smokepipe shall connect with a chimney or other approved flue. No
smokepipe shall pass through any floor, ceiling, roof or wall of combustible
construction except that metal smokestacks from industrial heating
or process devices may be extended through roofs when metal ventilated
jackets or collars conforming to recognized good practices and acceptable
to the City Fire Chief are provided.
B.
Smokepipes
shall not pass through partitions of combustible construction unless
they are guarded at the point of passage by metal ventilated jackets
or collars not less than twelve (12) inches larger in diameter than
the smokepipe or by equivalent protection satisfactory to the City
Fire Chief.
