§ 13-112-140 — Rooms prohibited in basements

13-112-140 Rooms prohibited in basements.

None of the following herein described hazardous use units: Asphalt, tar, pitch, resin or paraffin heating room; Corrosive liquid storage room; Dip tanks having a capacity or liquid surface area in excess of the following: | Capacity | Liquid Surface Area Class I | 10 gallons | 4 square feet Class II | 60 gallons | 10 square feet Class III | 125 gallons | 15 square feet Drying room for any article or material which will give off explosive or flammable vapors during the drying process; Flammable liquids storage (except as provided in Section 15-24-270 of this Code); Fume or flammable compressed gas; Grinding or dust producing; Hazardous chemical; Highly flammable material storage; Highly toxic materials; Japanning or enameling; Nitrocellulose products; Paint spraying or mixing except for water base paint; Picker or shredder; Standard fireproof vault; Sulphur storage; shall be located in any story below grade in any building hereafter designed, erected, altered or converted for any purpose; provided, however, that one or more rooms built for no purpose other than that of the operation of water purification plants or a refrigerating unit may be located in any basement of any building. (Prior code § 60-14)