Amending Chapter 9 Fire Prevention Ordinance

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(2) Chapter I, Volume 3, NFPA No. 30, is amended by adding a new section 14 as follows: "14. L.P. Gas. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the NFC, L.P. Gas shall not be stored, dispensed or handled in bulk within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend unless prior approval is obtained from the authority having jurisdiction. (3) Volume 9 Construction" is ame NFPA No. 20, entitled "Standard types of Build - ed by adding a new part as follows: DECORATING MATERIAL (i) Definition. Decorative material shall include all such materials as curtains, draperies, streamers, surface coverings applied -over the building interior finish for de- corative, acoustical or.other effect, and also cloth, cotton batting, straw, vines, leaves, trees and moss used for de- corative effect, but it shall not include floor coverinas. ordinary window shades, nor materials one of an inch or less in thickness applied d tightly to a noncombustible base. 28) (ii) Treated Materials. No decorative material shall be used which as applied will ignite and allow flame to spread over the surface when exposed to a match flame test applied to a piece removed from the material and tested in a safe place. The piece shall be held in a vertical position and the bottom edge exposed to a flame from a common match held in a horizontal position, one half (1/2) inch underneath the piece, and at a constant location for a minimum of fifteen (15) seconds. iii) Renewal of Treatment. Treatments used to accomplish his flameproofing shall be renewed as often as may be neces- to maintain the flameproof effect. (iv) Flammable. Decorative Materials in Buildings of Mercan- tile and Institutional Occupancy. Hiqhlv flammable materials such as cotton batting, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, artificial flowers or shrubbery and foam plastic materials shall not be used for decorative purposes in show windows or other parts of mercantile and institutional occupancies unless flameproofed. Electric light bulbs in mercantile and in- stitutional occupancies shall not be decorated with paper or other combustible materials unless such materials shall first have been rendered flameproof. (v) Handling Readily Combustible Materials. No person making using, storing or having in charge, or under his control any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw or combustible waste materials shall fail or neglect at the close of each day to cause all such material which is not com- pactly baled and stacked in an orderly manner to be removed from the building or stored in suitable vaults or in metal or metal lined, covered, receptacles or bins. The fire official shall require suitable baling presses to be installed in stores apartment buildings, factories and similar places where ac- cumulations of paper and waste materials are not removed at least every second day. (vi) Carpeting. No type of carpeting shall be allowed on the ceilings, or more than a height of four inches on the walls, of any commercial business. Sec. 9 -4. Adoption of Official Regulation No. 7 by reference. (a) The Official Regulation No. 7, 1975 Edition as ado promulgated by the-Indiana State Fire Commission, together wit an re Terence thereto is made a part of this Chapter with the same for effect as though set out in full herein. At least two (2) copies regulation with such amendments and supplements are on file and op the public inspection in the office of the City Clerk of South Ben -2- ted and anal en