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emergency. When possible tanks shall be placed at the corner of the building, but must not be placed over stairways. No part of an awaning shall be constructed over sidewalk but a metal canopy may be used over the main e~ to any building, provided it covers no part of a store front of store entrance, such canopy shall be constructed of amd be supported entirely by metal frames and supports, but the use of wire glass not less than 1/4" thick will be allowed~ Such canopy must be supported entirely free of the sidewalk, and no part of such canopy shall come closer than g'O" to a sidewalk, m~asured in the c~ear. Proper provision must be made to car~ the wmter from the top of the canopy down through the conductor pipe on the face of the building. The supporting members of all canopies shall be figured with a factor of safety of six. Cmnvas awnings Dlmced over the sidewalk must clear the sidewalk by 8' O" at their lowest point, but hangin borders at the bottom and aupporting brackets will be permitted to eom within 7' O" of the sidewalk. SiEns not electrical shall not be installed on of buildings or project above the fire walls or cornice of any building. No safe shall be placed in any part of any building above the basement level until a permit has been obtained from the building inspector. The building inspector shall inspect the strength of the floor and a permit shall be refused or granted by his decision. A fee of ~1.00 to be charged. Section 25. Whenever cooking ranges,(excepting resi- dences) ovens, candy kettles, coffee roasters, or simila~ appm- ratus in which fires sme maintained are set on any wooden floor, the floor underneath such apparatus must be protected by con- tinuous metal pla~e of not less than ~12 iron and all Joints securely fastened. Such plate must extend at least 2' O" in front of such apparatus and must be the full length of thesame. The top of the plate must be covered with at l~ast 3" of hollow tile laid in cement mortar, so laid' that the hollow spaces in the tile form a continuous opening from end to end. This tile is to be covered with one course of brick laid in cement mortar or with one inch of concrete. Such apparatus as named above must not be set nearer than 12 inches to any woodwork or woode~ stud partition and if nes~er than this to such a wall or partition, a hole must be cut out of such wmll at least 4' O" high and 1' O" wider than such range or apparatus and the wall filled in solidly with masonry or fire proof construction. Where a ceiling above any large range in any hotel restaurant or boarding house is composed of wood or lath and plaster, such range shall be guarded with a metal hood leaving a clear space of at least 9 inches between the hood and the ceiling and the ventilating pipe shall be carried from such hood to the outside air or connected to a brick flue, such vent pipe must be covered with asbestos and no pipe nor flue shall be used for any other purpose but shall have vent carried at least 9" from any wood or plaster or other combustible material~ In buildings already constructed a double flue may be substituted if made with a continuous air space of 3" all around the inner flue. Portable ranges and stoves shall have a metal shield under the same extending 12" beyond the stove and if placed nearer than 20" to any woodwork or wood lath and plaster work, such work must be protected by a metal or asbestos shield with at least one inch air space behind it. Wood floors under large gas ranges shall be protected with metal or asbestos or 1" of masonry. Where a protecting shield is required behind a stove or other apparatus such shield must extend 3' O" above the top of the stove. The top of each heating furnace set in brick must be at least 2' O" below the joists above it, and the top of the furnace mast be covered with sheet iron and brick supported by iron bars to at least 2" of sand on top of the brick. The top of portable heating furnaces or smoke pipes from the same must be kept 3' O" below the underside of Joist~ and girders unless such woodwork is protected by a metal plate suspended in such a way that there will be a 1½ inch air space all around such woodwork and brick must extend 1' beyond all smoke pipes or furnaces in every direction..In no case shall smoke pipe or furnace be within 15" of any woodwork. Every furnace used for heating purposes must be set on a masonry floor and no woodwork will be allowed within 2'0" of such fur- nace unless it is protected with metal plates in the manner above described~ Where any liquid fuel is used under any furnace, such furnace must be in a masonry pit 6" below the surrounding floor level and such pit must be at least 2' O" larger on all sides than the furnace. All concealed wall pipes, register boxes and fittings shall be completely covered with two thicknesses of 8 lb. asbes- tos paper securely cemented to the pipe, and no heated air under any condition shall be circulated through a wooden vent flue or any wooden construction but must be carried in metal pipes or other fireproof construction. Steam heating pipes shall not be placed within 2, of any timber or woodwork unless such is protected by metal or asbestos, when the distance may b,decreased to not less than one inch. Where such pipes pass through fl~or, ceiling or lath and plaster, or wood partitions, pipes must be surrounded by a metal tube passing entirely through such work with a clear space of 1/2" on all sides of steam pipes, and all steam pipes