Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
ADC New York City Administrative Code(NEW) |
Title 27. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE |
Chapter 1. BUILDING CODE |
Subchapter 7. SPECIAL USES AND OCCUPANCIES |
Article 2. HIGH HAZARD OCCUPANCIES |
Section 27-405. Ventilation of storage occupancies
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Rooms or spaces used for the storage of flammable paints, solvents, anesthetic agents, fuel or other oils having a flashpoint under two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (Tag closed cup) or other inflammable vaporous materials shall be vented to the outdoors by gravity or mechanical means, with independent supply and exhaust openings or ducts. If ventilation is provided by gravity means, the total net free openable area of supply and exhaust openings shall be equal to at least one percent of the floor area of the room, equally divided between supply and exhaust. If ventilation is provided by mechanical means, the system shall be designed to provide at least two air changes per hour. Where there are explosion hazards, see section 27-401 of this article. The construction of all ventilating systems shall be in accordance with the requirements of subchapter thirteen of this chapter.