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SC Code § 5-25-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-460. Misconduct of inspector.

 If the inspector shall (a) fail to perform the duties required of him by law, (b) give a certificate of inspection without first making the inspection required by law or (c) improperly give a certificate of inspection, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars or may be discharged from office.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1196; 1952 Code Section 47-1196; 1942 Code Section 7487; 1932 Code Section 7487; Civ. C. '22 Section 4602; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-470. Fees for inspections; compensation of inspectors.

 For every inspection of a new building or of an old building repaired or altered the following fees shall be charged: Two dollars for each mercantile store room, livery stable or building for manufacturing of one story, and fifty cents per room. But the inspection fee shall in no case exceed five dollars. Before issuing any building permit such fee shall be paid to the city treasurer. The building inspector shall be paid adequate compensation by the city or town for inspections made under the terms of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1197; 1952 Code Section 47-1197; 1942 Code Section 7484; 1932 Code Section 7484; Civ. C. '22 Section 4599; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-480. Inspection fees in cities of 70,000 or more.

 Cities having a population of seventy thousand or more, according to the official United States census, may establish a schedule of fees for the inspection of new buildings and the inspection of repairs to or alterations of existing buildings, which shall not exceed two dollars for any construction, repairs or alterations costing less than two thousand dollars, and shall not exceed one dollar for each and every one thousand dollars of cost of construction, repairs or alterations costing in excess of two thousand dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1198; 1952 Code Section 47-1198; 1945 (44) 33.
SC Code § 5-25-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-610. Height of buildings; floor area between fire walls.

 No building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed four stories or fifty-five feet in height, unless it be of fireproof construction, when it shall not exceed fifteen stories or one hundred and ninety feet. Except when built as specified in Section 5-25-920, no building hereafter erected having walls of hollow terra-cotta or concrete blocks shall exceed three stories or forty feet in height. The floor area between fire walls of nonfireproof buildings shall not exceed the following: When fronting on one street, five thousand square feet; when fronting on two streets, six thousand square feet; and when fronting on three streets, seven thousand five hundred square feet. These area limits may be increased under the following conditions, as indicated: For nonfireproof buildings, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, fifty per cent; for fireproof buildings, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in height, fifty per cent; for fireproof buildings, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in height, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, one hundred per cent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1221; 1952 Code Section 47-1221; 1942 Code Section 7496; 1932 Code Section 7496; Civ. C. '22 Section 4611; 1917 (30) 77; 1921 (32) 101.
SC Code § 5-25-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-620. Height of frame buildings.

 No frame building erected or altered after February 20 1917 shall exceed two stories or thirty feet in height, except that private dwellings may be three stories or forty feet high.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1224; 1952 Code Section 47-1224; 1942 Code Section 7523; 1932 Code Section 7523; Civ. C. '22 Section 4638; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-630. Openings in walls; standard fire doors; windows.

 No opening in any interior masonry wall shall exceed eight feet by ten feet. If the opening be in a party or fire wall, it shall have a standard automatic fire door on each side of the wall. If an opening in a fire wall is made to serve as an emergency exit, it shall not exceed forty-eight square feet in area and a self-closing fire door shall be substituted for one of the automatic fire doors. The total openings in a fire wall shall not exceed twenty-five per cent in lineal length of the wall. Every building within the fire limits, except churches, dwellings, tenement houses, dormitories and lodging houses, shall have standard fire doors, shutters or wired glass in incombustible frames and sashes on every exterior opening above the first story, except when fronting on a street not less than thirty-five feet wide, or when no other building is within thirty-five feet of such opening. The wall of a building in the same plane as that in which the opening is situated shall not be considered as coming within the intent of this rule. All openings in the side and rear walls of the first story, except show windows, shall be protected as prescribed in this section when within thirty-five feet of another building. All windows more than seventy-five feet above the curb shall have incombustible frames and sash glazed with wired glass. Occupants of buildings shall close all exterior and interior fire doors, shutters and windows at the close of business of each day.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1229; 1952 Code Section 47-1229; 1942 Code Section 7499; 1932 Code Section 7499; Civ. C. '22 Section 4614; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-640. Business buildings required to have standpipes; free connections and service with city water mains.

 All business buildings erected after February 20 1917 being more than fifty-six feet high and covering an area of more than five thousand superficial feet and also all buildings exceeding eighty feet in height shall have a four-inch or larger metallic standpipe within or near the front wall, extending above the roof and arranged so that engine hose can be attached from the street, such riser to have a two-and-one-half-inch hose coupling on each floor. The inspector may, with the approval of the State Fire Marshal, allow two or more standpipes of smaller size and proper hose couplings, provided they are of such sizes and number as to be at least equivalent in service to the large standpipe required. All hose couplings shall conform to the size and pattern adopted by the fire department. Free connection and service with the city water mains shall be furnished by the municipal authorities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1230; 1952 Code Section 47-1230; 1942 Code Section 7500; 1932 Code Section 7500; Civ. C. '22 Section 4615; 1917 (30) 77; 1960 (51) 1646.
SC Code § 5-25-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-650. Structures around chimneys, flues and fireplaces.

 No wooden beams or joists shall be placed within two inches of the outside face of a chimney or flue, whether it be for smoke, air or any other purpose. No woodwork shall be within four inches of the back wall of any fireplace. All spaces between the chimney and the wooden beams shall be solidly filled with mortar, mineral wool or other incombustible material. The header beam, carrying the tail beams of a floor and supporting the timber arch in front of a fireplace, shall be not less than twenty inches from the chimney breast. No wooden furring or studding shall be placed against any chimney but the plastering shall be directly on the masonry or on metal lathing. Woodwork fastened to plaster which is against the masonry of a chimney shall have a layer of asbestos board at least one-eighth inch thick placed between the woodwork and the plaster.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1232; 1952 Code Section 47-1232; 1942 Code Section 7502; 1932 Code Section 7502; Civ. C. '22 Section 4617; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-660. Construction of fireplaces and chimneys.

 All fireplaces and chimneys in stone or brick walls in any building erected after February 20 1917 and any chimneys or flues altered or repaired after said date shall have the joints struck smooth on the inside, and the firebacks of all fireplaces erected after said date shall be not less than eight inches in thickness of solid masonry, the chimney walls to be not less than four inches thick and the top of the chimney to extend not less than five feet above the roof for flat roofs and two feet above the ridge of any pitched roof. No woodwork or timber shall be placed under any fireplace or under the brickwork of any chimney. All floor beams, joists and headers shall be kept at least two inches clear of any wall enclosing a fire flue or chimney breast.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1233; 1952 Code Section 47-1233; 1942 Code Section 7503; 1932 Code Section 7503; Civ. C. '22 Section 4618; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-670. Additional regulations as to chimneys.

 No chimney shall be started or built upon a beam, wood or floor, the brickwork in all cases to start from the ground with proper foundation. In no case shall a chimney be corbeled out more than three inches from the wall and in all cases corbeling shall consist of at least five courses of brick, the corbeling to start at least three feet below the bottom of the flue.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1234; 1952 Code Section 47-1234; 1942 Code Section 7504; 1932 Code Section 7504; Civ. C. '22 Section 4619; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-680. Construction of flues.

 All flues shall extend at least three feet above the roof and always above the comb of the roof and shall be coped with well-burnt terra cotta, stone, cast iron or cement. In all buildings erected after February 20 1917 the stone or brickwork of all flues and the chimney shafts of all furnaces, boilers, bakers' ovens, large cooking ranges and laundry stoves and all flues used for similar purposes shall be at least eight inches in thickness, with the exception of smoke flues which are lined with fire-clay lining or cast iron. These may be four inches in thickness, but this shall not apply to metal stacks or boiler houses where properly constructed and arranged at a safe distance from wood or other inflammable material. All buildings erected after said date shall have smoke flues constructed, either in walls of eight inches thickness or with smoke flues lined with cast-iron or fire-clay lining, the walls of which may be four inches in thickness, the lining to commence at the bottom of the flue or at the throat of the fireplace and to be carried up continuously the entire height of the flue. All joints shall be closely fitted, and the lining shall be built in as the flue is carried up. All chimneys which shall be dangerous in any manner whatever shall be repaired and made safe or taken down.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1235; 1952 Code Section 47-1235; 1942 Code Section 7505; 1932 Code Section 7505; Civ. C. '22 Section 4620; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-690. Hanging flues.

 Hanging flues i e., for the reception of stovepipes built otherwise than from the ground) shall be allowed only when built according to the following specifications. The flue shall be built four inches thick, of the best hard brick, laid on flat side, never on edge, extending at least three feet above the roof and always above the comb of the roof and lined on the inside with cast-iron or fire-clay flue lining from the bottom of the flue to the extreme height of the flue, the ends of all such lining pipes being made to fit close together and the lining pipe being built in as the flue is carried up. If the flue starts at the ceiling and receives the stovepipe vertically, it shall be hung on iron stirrups, bent to come flush with the bottom of ceiling joints. All flues shall have a proper and sufficient support at their base and in no case shall they be supported even partially by contact in passing through partitions, ceilings or roofs. Flues not lined as above shall be built from the ground eight inches thick, of the best hard brick, with the joints struck smooth on the inside. The flues of every building shall be properly cleaned and all rubbish removed and the flues left smooth on the inside upon the completion of the building.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1236; 1952 Code Section 47-1236; 1942 Code Section 7506; 1932 Code Section 7506; Civ. C. '22 Section 4621; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-700. Stovepipe construction.

 No stovepipe shall pass through any roof window or weatherboarding and no stovepipe in any building with wood or combustible floors, ceilings or partitions shall enter any flue unless such pipe shall be at least twelve inches from such floors, ceilings or partitions, or unless it is properly protected by a metal shield, in which case the distance shall not be less than six inches. When stovepipes pass through wooden partitions of any kind or other woodwork, they shall be guarded by either a double collar of metal, with at least three inches air space and holes for ventilation, or by a soapstone or burnt-clay ring not less than one inch in thickness extending through the partition or other woodwork.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1237; 1952 Code Section 47-1237; 1942 Code Section 7507; 1932 Code Section 7507; Civ. C. '22 Section 4622; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-710. Correction of dangerous chimneys, flues or heating apparatus.

 If any chimney, flue or heating apparatus on any premises shall, in the opinion of the inspector, endanger the premises, the inspector shall at once notify in writing the owner or agent of such premises. If such owner or agent fails for a period of five days after the service of such notice upon him to make such chimney, flue or heating apparatus safe, he shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each day that the condition remains uncorrected.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1238; 1952 Code Section 47-1238; 1942 Code Section 7507; 1932 Code Section 7507; Civ. C. '22 Section 4622; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-720. Foundry chimneys.

 Iron cupola or other chimneys of foundries shall extend at least ten feet above the highest point of any roof within a radius of fifty feet of such cupola or chimney.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1239; 1952 Code Section 47-1239; 1942 Code Section 7508; 1932 Code Section 7508; Civ. C. '22 Section 4623; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-730. Steam pipes.

 No steam pipes shall be placed within two inches of any timber or woodwork unless the timber or woodwork is protected by a metal shield and then the distance shall not be less than one inch. All steam pipes passing through floors and ceilings or laths and plastered partitions shall be protected by a metal tube one inch larger in diameter than the pipe, and the space shall be filled in with mineral wool, asbestos or other incombustible material.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1240; 1952 Code Section 47-1240; 1942 Code Section 7509; 1932 Code Section 7509; Civ. C. '22 Section 4624; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-740. Heater pipes.

 All heater pipes from hot-air furnaces, where passing through combustible partitions or floors, must be doubled in tin pipes with at least one inch air space between them. Horizontal hot-air pipes leading from the furnace shall not be less than six inches from any woodwork, unless the woodwork be covered with loose fitting tin or the pipe be covered with at least half an inch of corrugated asbestos, in which latter cases the distance from the woodwork may be reduced to not less than three inches. No hot-air pipe shall be placed in a wooden stud partition or any wooden enclosure unless it be at least eight feet horizontal distance from the furnace. Hot-air pipes contained in combustible partitions shall be placed inside another pipe arranged to maintain half an inch of air space between the two on all sides or be securely covered with half an inch of corrugated asbestos. Neither the outer pipe nor the covering shall be within one inch of wooden studding, and no wooden lath shall be used to cover the portion of the partition in which the hot-air pipe is located. Hot-air pipes in closets shall be double, with a space of at least one inch between them on all sides.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1241; 1952 Code Section 47-1241; 1942 Code Section 7510; 1932 Code Section 7510; Civ. C. '22 Section 4625; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-750. Registers, register boxes and cold-air ducts for hot-air furnaces.

 Every hot-air furnace shall have at least one register without valve or louvres. A register box placed in the floor over a portable furnace shall have an open space around it of not less than four inches on all sides and be supported by an incombustible border. Hot-air registers placed in any woodwork or combustible floors shall be surrounded with borders of incombustible material, not less than two inches wide, securely set in place. The register boxes shall be of metal and be double and the distance between the two shall be not less than one inch, or they may be single, if covered with asbestos, not less than one-eighth inch in thickness and if all woodwork within two inches be covered with tin. Cold-air ducts for hot-air furnaces shall be made of incombustible material.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1242; 1952 Code Section 47-1242; 1942 Code Section 7510; 1932 Code Section 7510; Civ. C. '22 Section 4625; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-760. Ranges and stoves.

 No kitchen range or stove in any building shall be placed less than three feet from any woodwork or wooden lath and plaster partition, unless the woodwork or partition is properly protected by metal shields, in which case the distance shall be not less than eighteen inches. Metal shields shall be loosely attached, thus preserving an air space behind them. Hotel and restaurant ranges shall be provided with a metal hood, placed at least nine inches below any wooden lath and plaster or wooden ceiling, and have an individual pipe outlet connected with a good thick flue. The pipe shall be protected by at least one inch of asbestos covering or its equivalent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1243; 1952 Code Section 47-1243; 1942 Code Section 7511; 1932 Code Section 7511; Civ. C. '22 Section 4626; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-770. Combustible floors under coal ranges.

 Combustible floors under coal ranges and similar appliances without legs such as are mentioned in Section 5-25-780, in which hot fires are maintained, shall be protected by a sheet of metal or a one-eighth inch layer of asbestos building lumber, which shall be covered with not less than four inches of masonry set in cement mortar. Such masonry shall consist of one course of four-inch hollow terra cotta, at least one of which shall be hollowed and be laid to preserve a free circulation of air throughout the whole course. Concrete may be substituted for a course of solid brick if desired. The masonry work shall be covered by sheet metal of not less than No. 26 gauge, so arranged as not to obstruct the ventilating passages beneath. Such hearths shall extend at least twenty-four inches in front and twelve inches on the sides and back of the range or similar heating appliance. All coal stoves or ranges, with legs, shall be set on incombustible material, which shall extend at least twelve inches in front.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1244; 1952 Code Section 47-1244; 1942 Code Section 7511; 1932 Code Section 7511; Civ. C. '22 Section 4626; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-780 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-780. Protection of woodwork near boilers, furnaces and similar appliances.

 Any woodwork, wooden lath and plaster partition or ceiling within four feet of the sides or back or six feet from the front of any heating boiler, furnace, bakery oven, coffee roaster, fire-heated candy kettle, laundry stove or other similar appliance shall be covered with metal to a height of at least four feet above the floor. This covering shall extend the full length of the boiler, furnace or heating appliance and to at least five feet in front of it. Metal shields shall be loosely attached, thus preserving an air space behind them. In no case shall such combustible construction be permitted within two feet of the sides or back of the heating appliance or five feet in front of it. No furnace, boiler, range or other heating appliance shall be placed against a wall furred with wood. Heating boilers shall be encased on sides and top by an incombustible protective covering not less than one and one-half inches thick.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1245; 1952 Code Section 47-1245; 1942 Code Section 7512; 1932 Code Section 7512; Civ. C. '22 Section 4627; 1917 (30) 77.
SC Code § 5-25-790 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 5 - Municipal Corporations|Chapter 25 - Building Codes And Fire Prevention|Section 5-25-790. Gas, gasoline, oil or charcoal stoves or heating devices.

 All gas, gasoline, oil or charcoal-burning stoves or heating devices shall be placed on iron stands at least six inches above combustible supports, unless the burners are at least five inches above the base, with metal guard placed four inches below the burners. No open-flame heating or lighting device shall be used in any room where gasoline or other volatile inflammable fluids are stored or handled.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1246; 1952 Code Section 47-1246; 1942 Code Section 7513; 1932 Code Section 7513; Civ. C. '22 Section 4628; 1917 (30) 77.