§ 59-33. Garages.

Garages shall conform to all other applicable requirements of this article, as well as the following provisions.

A. 

Permit required. No person shall use any building, shed or enclosure as a place of business for the purpose of servicing, storing, parking and/or repairing any motor vehicle therein without a permit.

B. 

Cleaning with flammable liquids. No flammable liquid with a flash point below 100° F. shall be used in any garage for washing parts or removing grease or dirt, unless in a special closed machine approved for that purpose or in a separate well-ventilated room enclosed by walls having a fire-resistance rating of not less than two hours, with openings therein protected by approved fire doors or fire windows and with no opening from such room or to any upper or lower story.

C. 

Handling of gasoline and oils.

(1) 

The fuel tanks of motor vehicles shall be filled directly through hose from approved pumps attached to approved portable tanks or drawing from underground storage tanks. Storage and handling of flammable liquids shall conform to § 59-32. No transfer of gasoline in any garage shall be made in any open container.

(2) 

Garage floors shall drain to oil separators or traps discharging to the sewer. Contents of oil separators or traps of floor drainage systems shall be collected at sufficiently frequent intervals and removed from the premises to prevent oil from being carried into the sewers. Self-closing metal cans shall be used for all oily waste or waste oils.

D. 

Construction. All garages, carports or other structures constructed after the effective date of this article that are used to house or store motor vehicles and are attached directly or indirectly to a dwelling, private or multiple, shall have material with a fire-resistive rating of not less than one hour on all walls and ceilings adjoining the dwelling. All doors providing access into the dwelling from the garage, carport or other structure shall have a fire-resistive rating of not less than 45 minutes.