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413 608 I'il-e pails er exting~~i_shers sh= 11 be provided as required. l~_ ;,rie Bureau of Fire Prevention. Fart 7, CAT_~CiUtd ChRBIDE AST71 ACETYLENE. • Ol 14o p?rson shall store or keep calcium carbide in eRCess of one hundred pounds, r~~, operate a.n acetylene generator having a carbide capacity exceeding 5 pounds, without a permit. Acetylene generators shall be of appravad type. X02 Calcium c~.rbide in excess of 6GC pounds but not ir. excess of 5,000 pounGS, may be stored in a seyva.rate room or compartment inside s, one-story building containing other occupancy, provided such room or compartment is separated by a fire-resistive partition from other parts of the building, and without cellar or basement underneath such carbide storage section. jkiia room or compartment may also be used for storage of fuel gas cylinders. Adequate ventilation shall be provided. ` ~. Not to exceed 5,000 pounds of calcium carbide may also be stored within an inside generator room or compartment of construction as above mentioned when j such generator room or compartment~is located in a one-story building without cellar or basement underneathi the generator section. 'Such generator room ~r compartment may also be used for the storage of fuel gas cylir_dera. L Calcium carbide ir. excess of 5,000 pounds shall be stored above ground in one-story buildings trrithout cellar or basement, and used for no other purpose, e~:cept the storage of fue]. gas cylinders, or an outside generator house. Location of such storage buildings shall be outside congested mercantile and manufacturing d.istricts.. Construction sued shall be surh as to en:=are a dry, waterproof building. r^_dequate ventilation shall be provided. I If stcra.ge building is of incombustible construction, it rr-ay adjoin other one-story buildings if separated therefrom ty unpierced fire walls. If detached less than 10 feet from such building or buildings, there shall be no opening in any of the mutually exposing sides of such buildings arithin said distance. If the storage building os of comb~?stible construction it shall not be within twenty (20) feet of any other one~or two-story buildings, nor within ~~ thirty (30) feet of an;;- other bui?.ding exceeding two stories. .~ Stationary generators shall be installed either in an outdoor, underground pit, or in a well. ventilated fire-resistive outbuilding, the size of Srrhich mall. r_ot exceed that required to allow free operation of the apparatus and the storage of the necesaa.ry carbide; ~orevided that ouch gerera.tors may be installed inside buildings if within a well ventilated, fire-resistive enclosure either in a 1-story wilding or on the top floor or roof of amulti-storied building. Portable generators shall not be used inside buildings except in rooms of total volume at least 35 tines the nominal aggregate ga.s-generating capacity of the unit or units used therein. Part S. CCt:~F,E: SED AMID LI~,tJEFIED GASSES CTFiER TH1~ST ACETYLENE PT I^ I N. T P t T sp s £~Ql AP SAT 0 he provision of this ar app13 to the u ~, torage and handling of compressed or liquefied petroleum or other fla.rm:~able gasses except acetylene. (a) The use, storage and handling of compressed or liquefied pet~:oleum and other flammable gases except acetylene is prohibited in fire zones 1 and 2 ~ of the City of ~%ugene. g02 LI CE:~ SES , FEl?A'II TS AND REPGRTS CF IP?S TALI~A. TI GIV'. (a) Y~o ;oerson shall engage in the busine9s cf installing liquefied petroleum or other type of compressed gas system or equipment used in connection ~•rith au.ch systems without first securing a license froci the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention. Such licenses shall be renewed annually and shall be subject to revocation on violation of any of the ~crovisions of this ordi,~ance affecting such systems. (b) An application for a permit accompanied by plans sr,all be made to the Chief of tree Bureau of Fire Prevention for all systems connected to liquefied pe.tro?earn or other compressed gas storage ccntainere exceeding an aggregate o;' 150 (~ gallons water capacity.