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<br />TITLE ELEVEN-C®NSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
<br />CHAPTER 61. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PROVISIONS.
<br />1561.01 Protection.
<br />Precaution shall be taken to protect mate-
<br />rials and construction from damage by ordi-
<br />nary use or by decay, corrosion, destructive
<br />insect or plant life, fire and accident.
<br />1561.02 ~'Vorkmanship.
<br />Each member shall be correctly fitted and
<br />the structure adequately braced against lat-
<br />eral forces. Construction methods and serv-
<br />ice installations shall be structurally sound,
<br />durable and safe.
<br />1561.03 Special methods of construction.
<br />New or special methods of construction,
<br />not generally considered as conventional,
<br />shall be at least equivalent to those in gen-
<br />eral use and conventional construction, as
<br />determined by the Board of Building Cade
<br />Appeals.
<br />15s1.04 Periodic inspection.
<br />The person to whom a permit has been is-
<br />sued shall be responsible for requesting
<br />periodic inspection at each of the following
<br />stages of construction before covering or con-
<br />cealing work and before proceeding beyond
<br />such stage with the construction:
<br />(a) Installation of footing drains, build-
<br />ing drains and building sewers.
<br />(b) Completion of foundation and water-
<br />proofing.
<br />(c) During the framing of the superstruc-
<br />ture.
<br />(d) Completion of roughing in the plumb-
<br />ing, electrical wiring, gas piping, heating
<br />ducts or piping, or other similar service in-
<br />stallations.
<br />(e) Before closing in all structural' ele-
<br />ments.
<br />(f) Upon the final completion of the struc-
<br />ture,
<br />1561.05 Specifications.
<br />Complete specifications governing the
<br />quality of materials are contained in the Na-
<br />tional Standards identified in Chapter 21.
<br />As a convenience, and complementing such
<br />standards, simplified specifications pertain-
<br />ing to many phases of construction are set
<br />forth in this Title Eleven.
<br />1561.06 Tests for quality.
<br />The Building Official or the Board of
<br />Building Code Appeals may require reason-
<br />able ~ tests of any material or construction
<br />from time to time to determine the quality
<br />of the material, workmanship or structural
<br />assembly. Tests of materials shall be in ac-
<br />cordance with the standards prescribed for
<br />the material in question. In the absence of
<br />such standards, the Building Official or the
<br />Board may specify the method or manner of
<br />making the test. Tests on construction or as-
<br />semblies shall be in accordance with Sec-
<br />tions 1539.14 and 1539.15.
<br />CHAPTER 63. EXCAVATION.
<br />1563.01 General.
<br />In addition to the requirements of Chapter
<br />23, all excavations for dwellings and appur-
<br />tenant structures and excavations accessory
<br />thereto shall be protected and guarded
<br />against danger to life and property.
<br />1563.02 Protection of Property.
<br />(a) Footings or foundations. No excava-
<br />tion for any purpose shall extend within 1
<br />foot of the angle of repose or natural slope
<br />of the soil under any footing or foundation
<br />unless such footing or foundation is first
<br />properly underpinned .or protected against
<br />settlement.
<br />(b) Adjoining properties. The person
<br />causing any excavation to be made shall
<br />prevent the movement of the earth of ad-
<br />joining properties and the trees and natural
<br />objects thereon or therein, and shall be re-
<br />sponsible for maintaining or restoring public
<br />sidewalks, curbs, pavements and the prop-
<br />erties of public utilities which may be af-
<br />fected by the excavation,
<br />(e) Restoration of public property. The
<br />maintenance and restoration of public side-
<br />walks, curbs, pavements and any other areas
<br />within the dedicated highway shall be per-
<br />formed in accordance with all ordinances,
<br />and all rules and regulations of the building
<br />department and other departments of this
<br />Municipality having jurisdiction over same.
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<br />CHAPTER 59. CHIMNEYS, FLUES AND GAS VENTS.
<br />1559.01 Flue connecti®ns required.
<br />(a} Heat appliances requiring chimneys
<br />or Type A flues. Except for oil-fired heat ap-
<br />pliances specifically approved by the.Board
<br />of Building Code Appeals for use without
<br />flue connections, all low temperature heat
<br />appliances using liquid or solid fuel or which
<br />can be converted to the use of liquid or solid
<br />fuel, incinerators, and all gas-fired heat ap-
<br />pliances, which produce flue gas tempera-
<br />tures in excess of 550 F at the outlet of the
<br />draft hood when burning gas at the manu-
<br />facturer's input rating, shall be connected to
<br />a chimney or an approved Type A flue. No
<br />gas lags, gas grates, gas-fired radiant heaters
<br />or similar heat appliances shall be installed-
<br />exceptin afireplace connected with a chim-
<br />ney or an approved Type A flue.
<br />(b) Heat appliances permitting Type B
<br />Gas Vents. Except as provided.in the para-
<br />graph (c) of this section, gas-fired heat ap-
<br />pliances which require flue connections and
<br />produce flue gas temperatures not in excess
<br />of 550 F at the outlet of the draft hood when
<br />burning gas at the manufacturer's input rat-
<br />ing, shall be connected to a chimney, an ap-
<br />proved Type A flue or an approved Type B
<br />gas vent. With the exception of incinerators
<br />and conversion burners, all gas-fired heat
<br />appliances listed by AGA as producing flue
<br />gas temperatures not in excess of 550 F at the
<br />outlet of the draft hood shall be deemed ap-
<br />proved by the Board of Building Code Ap-
<br />peals unless and until by formal action it
<br />disapproves the same.
<br />(c) Conditions permitting Type C' gas
<br />vents. For runs from agar-fired heat appli-
<br />ance directly from the space, iri which such
<br />appliance is located, through a roof to the
<br />outer air, Type C gas vents may be used
<br />when installed in a manner approved by the
<br />Building Official. Such gas vents shall not
<br />pass through any attic or concealed space
<br />nor through any combustible floor.
<br />1559.02 Gas-fired heat appliances requiring
<br />flues or gas vents. ,
<br />All gas-fired heat appliances having flue
<br />collars, gas-fired water, heaters; room or
<br />space heaters, and furnaces, irrespective of
<br />size or location, shall be connected to a chim-
<br />ney, flue or gas vent conforming to the pro-
<br />visions of this Dwelling House Code. All
<br />other gas-fired heat appliances and devices
<br />shall be connected to an approved flue or gas
<br />vent, except that no flue or gas vent con-
<br />nection will be required for the following
<br />heat appliances: ;' ~ -;
<br />i. Bunsen burners and domestic hot plates.
<br />ii. Domestic gas ranges, domestic laundry
<br />stoves and domestic clothes dryers, when
<br />listed by AGA for such use and so labeled.
<br />iii. Automatically controlled heat appli-
<br />ances having an input rating less than 5,000
<br />Btuh, provided they are equipped with an
<br />automatic pilot or aflame-responsive fuel
<br />shut-off device.
<br />iv. Special heat appliances specifically ap-
<br />proved for installation without flue or gas
<br />vent connections by the Board of Building
<br />Code Appeals.
<br />1559.03 Draft hoods.
<br />Except for incinerators, dual fuel oven-
<br />type combination ranges and units designed
<br />for power burners or for forced venting,
<br />every flue-connected gas-fired heat appli-
<br />ance, unless its connection serves the same
<br />purpose, shall be equipped with a draft hood
<br />which either (i) has been listed by AGA, or
<br />(ii) complies with other nationally recog-
<br />nized standards acceptable to the Board of
<br />Building Code Appeals. The draft hood shall
<br />be attached to the flue collar of the heat ap-
<br />pliance or as near to the heat appliance as
<br />conditions permit and in a.position for which
<br />it is designed with reference to horizontal
<br />and vertical planes. The draft hood shall be
<br />located so that the relief opening is not ob-
<br />structed by any part of the heat appliance or
<br />adjacent construction.
<br />1559.64 Dampers.
<br />No manually-operated damper shall be or
<br />remain installed in any flue or vent con-
<br />nector from a gas-fired heat appliance
<br />equipped with a draft hood.
<br />1559.05 Interconnection of vents and flues.
<br />(a) Prohibited interconnections. No vent
<br />pipe from agas-fired heat appliance shall be
<br />interconnected with any other gas vent pipe,
<br />smoke pipe, or flue serving an appliance
<br />burning liquid or solid fuel. A flue or vent
<br />connector shall not be connected to a chim-
<br />ney flue having a fireplace opening.
<br />(b) Permissible interconnections. A gas
<br />vent pipe may be connected into the same
<br />flue as a smoke pipe from a heat appliance
<br />burning some other type of fuel, provided
<br />the gas vent connection is above the smoke
<br />pipe and conforms to subsection 1559.14 (h).
<br />(c) Incinerator flues. Limitations regard-
<br />ing interconnections of vents and flues with
<br />an incinerator flue are set forth in sub-
<br />section 1559,14~(k).
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