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4~a - - l of rags, excelsior, hair or other. flammable or combustible material; nor in any shop or ', factory used. for the maufacture, repair or renovating of mattres~.es or bedding; nor in any establishment for the upholstery of furniture. ~ 2110 All trapdoors, except those which are automatic in their ipera,tion, in a.ny factory building or buildings used for storage shall be closed at the completion of the business of each day. Every outside vrindow in a building used for maufacturing purposes or for storage +,rhich opens directly on any hoistvray or. other irertical means of comm- unication between t~~To or more floors in such building, sY+a.1.1 be. plainly marked vrith the +aord "Shaftway" in red letters at least six inches high on a white background, such warning sign to be so pl=~ced as to be .e.a.sily di scernible fr. om the outside of the building. Every door or vrindovr opening on such sha.ftt~ray from the interior of the building, unless the construction of the pa.rtitior. surrounding the shaftvray is~ of such distinctive nature as to make its purpose evident a.t a g1_ance, shall be similarly marked +•~ith the w2.rning word "SF~F'T';7AY" so placed as to be easily visible to any one ~pproaching the shaft+~ray from the inter, for of the building.. Part 22. AUTOA-IOBILE TI??E R.~UILDING PI~.4I`TTS 2201 A permit"shall be required for any tire retreading or re~uild.ing plant'. 2202 Tire retr. ending shoios shall have a.l~_ floor openings , such as stair a.nd. elevator - shafts, enclosed in a standard manner, and +~rith exposed vrindo~•rs protected by wired glass in metal sash and frames. . 2203 Buffing machines shall be located in a s~pz>r~,te room and. used. fo.r. no other rournose. Bach machine shall be connected to a.n ample blovrer or dust collecting system. 220L- Bach room urhere rubber cement is used or mixed., or flammable solvents are applied, shall be equipped.vrith a.n effective system 'of mechanical ventilation. 2205 Tire retreading shops in buildings of wooden construction or in bui?.dings used in +~~hole or in part for. human habitation or connection v?ith stores shah. be suita??ly cut off by fire partitions or fire vralls from other portions of. the building, and shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system. . Part 23. ALTTOi-~OJ?ILE tti'RECKI?'1G ARID JUNK YARDS 2301 A permit shall be obtained from the Chief of the Bureau of. Fire Frevention for the est-~bl.ishmsnt and maintenance of an automobile +.arecking yard. or a junk yard, and no such yard shall be located. as t^ seriously expose adjoining or adjacent properties. 2?02 r?o automobile or any part t'nereof shall be burned for vrreckir_g or sa.lv~,ge purposes in or on any premises occupied a.s a, vrr.ec'_~ing yard. 2303 At junk yards, +.ahere 1?rge quantities of. vaaste, paper, rags and other combustible materials are handled. and stored, the process shall. be carried on in a building of other than frame construction. Height shall be not over one-story, unless building is of fire- proof construction. One-story buildings shall. be provided vrith skylights in th_e roof as may be required by the Chief cf the Bureau of Fire Prevention to provide a.denuate ventilation inr,ase of fire. Vprtic~,l: openings shall be properly enclosed and vrindovr openings shall be protected. by metal frames ~.nd sash glazed with wired glass. Picking: rooms sh~.ll be sep2.rated from storage rooms by a fire pa.rtitioner vra.ll. The entrance to such rooms shall be provided with. standard, self_closing fire doors. All ~cickir_g rooms shall be provided +rrith exhaust systems of suf`'icient capacity to adequately remove dust collections. . Every storage building shall be comp?.etely protected by a.n approved system of automatic sprinklers. Part 2~? ';100DS~ORKID?C= PIAt?TS 2u01 Sa+rrmi7.ls, planing mills and other ?~rood~aorking plants shall be equipped t~+ith refuse remov~.l systems which still collect. and remove savrdust and shavings -.s produced; or suitable metal or metal-lined bins, pro?tided vrith normally closed covers or =uto- matically closing covers, shall be installed s.t or ,near such machines, a_nd shavings and satrd.ust shall be at+rept up and deposited in such bins a.s sufficiently Frequent intervals