Ord 44-30 -ll-
lie It Ordained by the Co,~il of the ~ity of De.lray
..... fo llov~s ·
.... Florida, ~.~o .
3£CTIOi~ 1. ~y -t~ te~ "Pubiie or Co~.mereial
~}~rage" i~ m=o~+. ~.~.~ .._o buildin~.~ or that ~ortio~. of ~. b,~ldi~
wherein .~r~ kept more than three au.~omobi<~ m. motor ears
~haroed ~/ith or containing a ~olatile inflatable liq~d
zor fuoi or pov~er.
~Jhere any po~tion of a b,~lding is ~ed for a
ss. rage, the gs. ra~e shall be deemed to embrace all ~ the
building not separated from the
~.~ ...... ~. ~rope~~ by s :.andard
fire-walls and/or fire-proof floor slab.
.~ private '~" l~ou~in6 '
~0
a~tomobile~, if within fifteen (15) feet of ~y other
buil~ng, must be of incombustible materisl.
o~CTIOi~ 2. By th~ tern "Volatile Infls~.~able Liquid"
is meant a~ny liq,~d that vdll emit '
zn~l~nable vapor at a
t~perat~e below one h~dred (lO0) degrees i~"ahreM~eit.
5~CTIOi.[ 3. ~fo frame building~,oh~llo be ,~ed a~ a
p~,~,lz . or eommerei~ ejarage, and no buil~.n~ e:aeeo:~ng one
~ ~ ed
story in heist sh~l~, be us as omen
fi limits ~!ess it be o~ fi
e-f~oof construeti ~n.
baseme~t or ~e~ TM ~
~ shsll be allowe.~ ,~der such ~arage,
~hall any b~lding be used as s~ garage ~less the floor
on vmieh automobiles containing volatile in~ammable liq~dm
are stored shall be of ~nerete or othar suitable non-
combustible material.
S~CTIOI~ 4. ~o stove, forge, torel~, boiler or other
f~na~e, and no fi~e or fire ~all be ~ed or allowed in
~y garage H~ating, if any, o~,~iz be by steam or hot
water.
h~ating boiler to be outside and cut off ~1 electric
dyn~nos and motors no~ ae,~uall,i part of the automobile,
"e::plosion-proqf" or f~zlly enclosed motors, shall be lo~ated
not les~ t~n five feet ~bove tk~ ~oor. No lighting, except
ol ..... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~'~ ~ and all ink.des-
cent lights so loeated ss to be oxpose~ to me~hsni~al injury
sha~l be protected by ,~pprovcd v~red guards, ~d ~l are
lamps shall be so located as to be safe from meehanie~
inj~y, a~ shall be of the enclosed type; app?oved re-
inforeed eord must be u~ed v/nor~ ls;.~p~: are used ~
~ur portable
p~po~es. Lovable incandescent lzoh~s in a garage Mx~ll be
protected by .....
:~p~.oved metal guards snd ~kall be ~'~tted
keyless sockets, ~:ud .... all ~le~tria switches and p~uo~ ..... shall
be .c~'msuent~,~ ....... y io~at~d ,:~t least five feet abov~ the fio~,
and enelo~ea in. a fire-proof cabinet, rne entire ~eetri-
pme~ ~x~ml conform to tlc rules ~ontained 12
i~test~ e~i~zo~i oT th~ ~,tional ~ctri~ai?~ Code.
3~CTION ~. i~o ~o~a~'~-~i-c inflanx~able li~uid~ shall
approved "~'~'~",.~o 0~''~ ....
~.~en, wz~ ";~ exee:tion;: of liciuida .z~.h flash-
point sbov~ ~0 ' '. ~.oz' ~/,.,~rpose of
~'~ me.rues fahrenheit, only ...... the
im:~ediateiy ~il!ing ti~m t?~s of automobiles contained in
.... ~ ~, Tr, lieu ,oz the abow~ safe~'- )ortsbie
'~'~ used for transfortino x~oiabi~= inflt~mmab'- ii~uid to
~o~ ..... ~--," for filiini .:nd e]~.-~'~, ~ ~
rubber-tired wheeia, ~nd liiuids muat b~ '.!tayto. by mia. ns ~f
feet ii, length, e~uip~ed ~'~
x~ the end with zhut-off valve.
SECTIOi~ 6 i'o volatile infiammab~ ii
dr,?~inage ....... ~=" of
~m a garage, nor s~,~ i ~,my s,~h iic2,zid be
pu.t into or removed fra',.~ the tc~fxs of a vehicle
o~,.~Eioi; 7. '.hera ~le .trig ~l~,,~gin~ ,~.pparat~s is
suck apparatus, .... ¥,~e wire lcad~.ho to t~ .... omobiie
to be ~'~ d, ~u ~_ room separe, ted
~,n~-oe s!~ll be placed wi*' '
.~,~e main ~arage by fire-proof wall, '~.~'ie~ ~,ai~ ..... ii not be
inferior in ~ire-rosi~tive ~uaiities tc reinforced eon~rete
Bo~:.~:.~t~, fo~' i~hcs zn tkiei~ess; any openin~;s from
s~= be proteete~i by ~elf-
said room into ~'~,.~e .~m~n ~' ' garage '~''
siosing fire-doors, aha door sills shall be raise,) at !east
eight inches above thc flo~r level.
o~CTIO~.~ 8. l~o ~ ....... ..... >,~ $ s
played in ~ eo~spieuous pa~..e ~ manner on all floors smd
at the entr~e of al! garages.
SECTION 9. On the floor o~. every o~
be ~onstantly kept and maintained, ~onvenient receptacles
~z~ed with dry sand to be used in absorbing waste oils
on the floor; in addition thereto, s~d shall be kept on
~ve~ floor in boxes or buckets provided with hand s~oops
bo ~ed for f~e extin~juishing purposes only. ~here shall
be one such box or bucket for each one thous~ two
h~dred and fifty square feet of floor area or fraet~e
,~ ...... ~ in lieu of ~u,~ boxes of bueke~s tker~ may be
msintained~:~ cart on wheels ~illed ,~v,,~,, sg.nd, such cart to
hold not less than fo~ cubic feet off s~d.
SECTION lO. There shall be mazntaz,,ed at least
one apprO ~ed 2 1/2-gallon ~nd one approved 1-q~rt ~emie~
fire extinguisher for each t~'ee thous?~d seven h~dre~
and fifty square feet of floor space or fraction thereof,
but not less ti'~sn one of os, eh on each floor.
~mC,~I0~, 11. Self-~losing metal cans ~ct firmly
on four-inch legs shall be kept on all floors of every
g~rage, into w~teh 8.11 infi~m~abic waste materials ~all
be deposited at :~ll times vhen not in use, :and
b~ onesu~h ,~ fop each three thousand square feet of floor
.~ ....... ~ ..... ~*~ .... thereof. 2he ,~ontents of all haste ~ans
shol.~ be removed from building daily.
o~TI0l~ 12 Cal~im~ carbide shall be kept in
air-ti~t eonts, iners of non-combustible ~'terial, prefer-
ably galvanized iron of z~ot ~ss than 18 U. S. metal
6a~e, ~Jith bottom at least six inches above the floor,
~:~v~no acutely Zastened au~matie ~losinS
~ The~"~oraoe~, sale ~,~'.~d use of gasoline, benzine,
benzol or naphtha .... ' ~
o~s.=~ e{~nfo~ to r~es ~nd re%uiremcnts
s~s set forth in ordinance reg~,tins storage, sale smd
use of gasoline, benzine, benzol, naphtha and other li~et
products of petrole~.
SECTION 13. Two printed copies of this ordinance
nc~l be kept conspicuously posted on each floor of every
public or ~o~er~ al garage.
SECTION 14. ~yprson, fim~ or eorporatim who
shall violate a~ o.~ the provisions of ~-~is ordinance ~all
be deemed o~l~y of a misdemeanor, and upon
th~roo~. shall be p~ished by a fine o~ no~ ss ti~ five
ea.00) nor more th~ twe~
~'~01~ 15 All ordina~ees or parts
in ~o..~.fi_~t v~i ~'~e. foregoing .... ~ hereby repealed.
o~ClIoz; 16 2hi~ ordinance shall take effect rind
~r. for~e from and after its p~.ssage.
P2%SSED and a~o~ted J~uary 13th, 1g30.
AT%~SST ~ .... 1 y C~e~i~.. President of t_.e Coeucii.