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(b) Lots With 50 Feet or Less Frontage on an Existing Street. (Amended) In the event the application for a building permit as required under the provisions of the Dwelling Code involves the proposed construction or alteration of any dwelling or appurtenant structure on a lot having fifty feet or less froirtage on an existing street, such application shall, in addition to the provisions of subsection (a) hereof be referred to the Engineering Department who shall determine prior to the approval of the application for a permit for such premises, that the proposed construction or alteration does not affect drainage of surface water or waste unto or over adjoining property or into any public street as may be injurious to the public safety, health or welfare and complies with the retention requirements of the Engineering Department. (c) Exposed Exterior Masonry Walls. Exposed exterior walls of masonry construction above grade shall be faced with brick, stone or other material hereafter approved by the Boazd of Building Code Appeals. (d) Chimneys. Flues and Vents. (1) All chimneys, flues and gas vents, that are exterior of the structure and terminate above the roof line causing them to be viewable from a public way, shall be enclosed in a corrosion resistant material that simulates a conventional masonry chimney. (2) In lieu of above, an enclosure compatible with exterior architectural elements of the structure shall enclose the metal chimney, flue or gas vent. (3) Definitions of a chimney, flue or gas vent are as follows: A. "Chimney" means a primarily vertical masonry or reinforced concrete shaft which encloses one or more flues. B. "G-as vent" means a flue for removing products of combustion from gas heat appliances. C. "Flue" means a passageway, vertical or nearly so for conveying gaseous products of combustion to the outer air.