Appendix D Downtown Fire District
Section D101. Fire District
The Downtown Fire District comprises all of the following area (boundary lines to be in the center of the specified streets):
Beginning at the intersection of Fallsway and Madison Street, thence in a general southerly and southeasterly direction along Fallsway to Baltimore Street, thence westerly along Baltimore Street to West Falls Avenue, thence southerly along West Falls Avenue to Pratt Street, thence easterly along Pratt Street to East Falls Avenue, thence southerly along East Falls Avenue to Aliceanna Street, thence westerly along an imaginary line connecting the intersection of East Falls Avenue and Aliceanna Street to the intersection of Light Street and Lee Street, thence westerly along Lee Street to Russell Street, thence northerly along Russell Street to Greene Street, thence northerly along Greene Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, thence northwesterly along Pennsylvania Avenue to St. Mary Street, thence northeasterly along St. Mary Street to Eutaw Street, thence southerly along Eutaw Street to Madison Street, thence easterly along Madison Street to its intersection with Fallsway, the point of beginning.
Section D102. General requirements
New buildings and structures, and additions to existing buildings and structures, within the Downtown Fire District must be constructed:
1. within the height and area limitations of § 503 {"General Building Height and Area Limitations"} of this Code, and
2. of 1 of the following types of construction, as defined in Chapter 6 {"Types of Construction"} and regulated in Tables 601 {"Fire-Resistant Rating Requirements for Building Elements"} and 602 {"Fire-Resistant Rating Requirements for Exterior Walls"} of this Code:
a. fireproof (Type I),
b. protected noncombustible (Types IIA and IIB),
c. ordinary protected (Type IIIA), or
d. heavy timber (Type IV).
Section D103. Types IIIB, VA, and VB construction not permitted
New buildings and structures, and additions to existing buildings and structures, within the Downtown Fire District may not be of Type IIIB, VA, or VB construction, as defined in Chapter 6 {"Types of Construction"} of this Code.