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§38-01 Ventilation of Garage Spaces Below Grade
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(a) [Applies only to buildings constructed before effective date of Local Law 76 of 1968; Dec. 6, 1968]. Wherever the floor of a garage designed for the live storage of five (5) or more motor vehicles is more than two (2) feet below curb, ventilation shall be provided as required by the provisions of subdivision a of [former] § C26-267.0 of the Administrative Code.
(b) [Applies only to buildings constructed before effective date of Local Law 76 of 1968; Dec. 6, 1968.]. Air exhaust ducts shall terminate above the roof of the garage or the roof of the building or shall terminate at least ten (10) feet above the curb in an exterior wall adjoining a legal street, yard or court. No air exhaust duct shall terminate within fifteen (15) feet of a window in another building, nor within fifteen (15) feet of a window in the residence portion of the same building.
(c) [Applies to buildings constructed after Dec. 6, 1968.] The ventilating system shall comply with Reference Standard 13.
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