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0 R D I N A N C E N 0 .. 886
ORDINA.NCE AMEliDING PALO ALTO BUILDING CODE
ThE:~ c·ouncil of the City of Palo Alto DO ORDAIN s.s follows:
1. That the last paragraph of Section 3707 of the
Palo Alto Bu:ilding Code be a.mend~d to read as follows:
The furnace room or rooms shall be located
in the basem~nt o:r-cellar or any buildi.n& having
a gravity system. The least horizontal dimension
o.r such· _turne.ce room shall be s1,; ( 6) feet. The
floor or the .furnace room shall be not less than
seven (7) teet in the clear belov the bottom of
the lowest joists o.f any floor under which lateral
heat pipes from the furnace or furnaces are taken
and .s:uch :f'loor shall be constructed of 1ncumbust1ble
materials,.
2; That the following paragraph be added to
Section 3707 ot: the Palo Alto Building Code:
Furnaces of' the blower type may be 1nsta.lled
1n a furnace room on any floor of the building under
the following requirements:
(a.) The furr..ace room shall be in.suleted on walls
and ceiling with materials approved for one
hour fire resistive construction.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
A clearns.ce of six (6) inches shall be
·required·a.round the sides and rear or the
furnace when such furnace is entirely
serviceable from the front. A clearance or twelve {12) inches is required from ail'S
wood door or six (6) ine-'IJ.es .from a protected
wood' door.
Furnaces not entirely serviceable f:rom the
front shall not be L"'lstalled in a furnace
rpomnot.less than si:x (6) feet 1n the least
dimension ..
The door to furnace rooms shall be o~ sufficient
size to per.mi t the removal and replacement of
the fu...~ce.
When the burner is located w!thin twelve inches
of the floor 1 such floor shall be of in
combustible material.
Permanent ventilation in the furnace room
cons1sting.of two op~~gs not less than one
square foot of free area 1n each shall be
P!"OV1ded.. One such opening shall be through
the .floor to the sub-floor space or may be
located within twelve (12) inches of the floor
extending to the exter,ior of' the building
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t:h.rough a. metal du4t. The other opening shall be
located v1th.1n twelve (12) inches of the ceiling
of the furnace.room and shall extend to the ex
terior or the bu.ild1ng through a me'te.1 duct •
. (g) T:b.e furnace shall be vented to a regula t1on
V11ant a,s specified ir.i this Chapter;
The above and foregoing ord1nance vas duly and
regularly introduced at a regul~ meeting ot' the Council or
the City c1f Palo Al to held on Monday, the 9th day of March,
1942, and was thereafter on Monday, the 13th day of April,
1942, duly and regularly adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Bentrott, Blo1s, Cypher, Hoy, Morton, Reed, Southwood,
Tho1ts.
None.
Ca;shel. Merner, Mitchell, Radford, Richards, TholllS:s, Wood. ·
I, WINIFRED :KIDD, City Clerk of the City of Palo Alto, hereby
certfty:thatthe above and foregoing ordinance wa.s duly and
regularly pa:seed by the Council of the City of Palo Alto,,.
as .follows: F1i .. st reading on the 9th dsy of March, 1942;
second reed1:11g; and ps.sss.ge on the 13th day or April, 19l.t2.
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