US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  27-940  Siamese  connections required. Siamese connections shall be
  provided as follows:
    (a) One siamese connection shall be provided for  each  three  hundred
  feet  of  exterior  building  wall  or fraction thereof facing upon each
  street or public space.
    (b) Where buildings face upon two parallel streets  or  public  spaces
  without  an  intersecting  street  or public space, one siamese shall be
  provided for each three  hundred  feet  of  exterior  building  wall  or
  fraction thereof facing upon each such parallel street or public space.
    (c)  Where  a  building  faces upon two intersecting streets or public
  spaces and the total length of the exterior building walls  facing  upon
  such  streets  or  public spaces does not exceed three hundred feet only
  one siamese connection need be installed provided the siamese connection
  is located within fifteen feet of the corner and on the longer street.
    (d) Where a building faces on three  streets  or  public  spaces,  one
  siamese  connection  shall  be  provided  for each three hundred feet of
  building wall or fraction thereof facing upon  such  streets  or  public
  spaces,  provided  that  at least one siamese connection is installed on
  each of the parallel streets or public spaces, and further provided that
  the siamese connections shall be located so that  the  distance  between
  them does not exceed three hundred feet.
    (e)  Where  a  building  faces  upon four streets or public spaces, at
  least one siamese connection shall be provided on each street  front  or
  public  space;  however, only one siamese connection need be provided at
  the corner of two intersecting streets or public spaces if  the  siamese
  connection  is  located  within  fifteen  feet  of the corner and on the
  longer street or public space, and  if  the  distances  between  siamese
  connections, in all cases, does not exceed three hundred feet.
    (f) In any case where the exterior building walls of a building facing
  a  street or public space is obstructed in part by another building, one
  siamese connection shall be provided for each clear three  hundred  feet
  of exterior building wall or fraction thereof facing upon such street or
  public space.