§ 27-776 General requirements.
AC § 27-776
(a)Ventilation. The minimum quantities of air and other requirements for the ventilation of habitable and occupiable rooms shall be as required by subchapter twelve of this chapter, and for the ventilation of special uses and occupancies by subchapters seven and eight of this chapter.
(b)Noise control. Noise control requirements for mechanical equipment shall be as required by subchapter twelve of this chapter.
(c)Safety. All systems, equipment, and materials including any devices, apparatus, piping work, sheet metal work, insulation work, and supports therefor, used as part of or in connection with installations governed by this subchapter, shall be designed, installed, located, and operated so that they will not create an immediate or potential danger to life or impair public health or welfare. No piping of any kind, with the exception of piping required or, permitted under subchapter seventeen of this chapter, shall be permitted within a stair enclosure. Ducts protected in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter, which do not reduce the required clearances of a stair enclosure, are permissible.
(d)Openings. No openings for outdoor exhaust air discharges, air intakes, or reliefs from equipment shall be located and constructed so as to: (1) Interfere with the proper functioning of other openings in the same building or in adjoining buildings.
(2)Interfere unreasonably with the occupants of the same building or adjoining buildings or with the general public.
(3)Create a fire or health hazard.
