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AN ORDINANCE TO ~2~F~ND SECTION 411.2 OF Th~ BUILDING CODE OF ~ CITY OF PORT~40~TH, 1967, PERTAIRV-NG TO ~E PROCESSING, M~NUFACTURING OR STORING OF CERTAIN F~ZARDOUS MA'am. Be it ordair~d by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that section 411.2 of the Building Code of ~the City of Portsmouth, 1967, be amerced and reo?dained to read as follo~: .2. proces~sm~r~_~,, c ng o~ storing of the followinE · a±s, among others, sh~lt oe c±asslfled as a special fire hazard., (Group "H" - Special Hazardous Occupancy), 6ecause Of the highly com- bustible and explosive quality of the materials involved. They shall be classified in two groups as set forth below: (A) The follov~rg materials or products stored shall be classi- · fled as Group "H" - Special Hazardous Occupancy, regardless of the volume or quantity stored or hsmdled: Acids: Sulphuric, Nitric or Hydroflouri~ - Calcium Carbide - Asplaaltum - Celluloid. Chamicals: Poisonous, combustible, explosive - Cereal, flo~r or feed mills - Cork - Excelsior - Petroleum Products (Not retail gasoline service stations) - Pyroxylin and 'PyrOxylin Plastic Products - Shoddy ~lls - Loose Spices and Vegetable Stocks (not retail stores) - Explosives - Feather Renovating - Films (see Section 501,3)_- Fireworks - Gas: Poisonous irritating and flm~able - Jute - Eapok - Munitions - Nava~ Stores - Nitrate of Soda - Paper. Baled Waste - Oakum or Hemp Processir~ - Paints: Manufacturing - Starch M~lls - Rubber Manufacturing Plants. (B) Materials or products stored or handled in quantities in excess of the cubic foot areas set forth below shall be classified as Greup "H" - Special Y~zardous 0ccupmncy: In Excess of Acetylene Gas in pressure release containers ................. 2000 cu. ft. Artificial flowers ........................................... 1200 cu. ft. Artificial leather ........................................... '~600 cu. ft. Bags - Burlap, paper or cotton ............................... 1000 cu. ft. Barrels - second hand ........................................ 1800 cu. ft. Brooms and Broom corn ........................................ 1200 cu. ft. Cotton (Loose) Wadding or Waste .............................. 400 cu. ftf Drugs ........................................................ 6500 cu. ft. Enameling ......................................... ~ .......... 2400 cu. ft. Fertilizer (Bags only) ....................................... 2700 cu. ft. Lacquers (Separa=e containers only) .......................... 3600 cu. ft. Matches ...................................................... ~00 cu. ft. Mattresses ................................................... ~.~800 cu. ft. Paints ......... (Separate metal cont~iners only) .............. ~000 cu. ft. Spray paintir~E shops ......................................... ~200 cu. ft. Tires (Recapping) ............................ Over four recapping mac.hines Tires - storage ........................................... ;~.~000 cu. ft. arnmsn - Tta~pen~mne (Separate metal containers only) ........ 2400 cu. ft.