Sec. 7-1. - Private incinerators; open burning of trees, limbs.

(a)

The use of private incinerators is hereby prohibited within the fire limits of the town.

(b)

The private incinerators used in the rear of the business places on Franklin Street are hereby declared a fire hazard and a nuisance.

(c)

All ordinances and portions of ordinances prohibiting the open burning of trees, limbs or a part thereof infected or likely to be infected with the Southern Pine Beetle within the town are hereby repealed.

(Comp. 1961, p. 79, § 1; Ord. No. O-72-41, § 1, 11-6-72)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. O-72-41, § 1, amended § 7-1 but did not specify the manner thereof, hence inclusion as subsection (c) was at the discretion of the editors.

Cross reference— Fire limits designated, § 5-1.

Sec. 7-2. - Interfering with fire protection or fire alarm equipment.

It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere or tamper with any of the town fire protection or fire alarm equipment..

(Comp. 1961, p. 233, § 1)

Sec. 7-3. - Interfering with fireman on duty.

It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with a fireman while on duty.

(Comp. 1961, p. 233, § 2)

Sec. 7-4. - Getting on fire truck while in use.

It shall be unlawful for anyone other than members of the fire department to get on the fire truck when it is in use.

(Comp. 1961, p. 234)

Sec. 7-5. - Storage of certain types of materials and equipment of a flammable or explosive nature.

From and after the effective date of this section it shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the town to use or store on premises located within the town any of the following without first obtaining a permit therefor from the fire department of the town:

(a)

For operation of a dry cleaning business for a change in solvent used to a more hazardous class.

(b)

To store, sell, transport, or use any quantities of dynamite and commercial explosives.

(c)

For automobile spray painting operations using more than one gallon of flammable and/or combustible liquid per work day.

(d)

For storage, handling and/or use of flammable liquids. Flammable liquid defined: any liquid having a flash point below one hundred forty (140) degrees Fahrenheit and having a vapor pressure not exceeding forty (40) PSIA at one hundred (100) degrees. Examples: gasoline and paint thinners.

(1)

Quantities requiring permit: In excess of six (6) gallons inside any building or occupancy or in excess of ten (10) gallons outside of any building.

(e)

For storage of more than twenty-five (25) cases of matches (cases containing over one thousand (1,000) books).

(f)

For use of acetylene welding equipment.

(Ord. No. O-72-51, § 1, 11-6-72)

Editor's note—

Ord. No. O-72-51, § 1, amended this Code by adding provisions designated as § 7-31 which provisions the editors have redesignated as § 7-5

Sec. 7-6. - Buildings used as home for aged or convalescent home to have automatic sprinkler system.

Any building used as a home for the aged or convalescent home shall be protected by an automatic sprinkler system meeting the standards of NFPA Pamphlet #13.

(Ord. No. O-74-13, § 1, 3-18-74)

Sec. 7-6.1. - Combustible landscaping materials prohibited.

That no pine straw or any other material with a fire rate of spread more than twenty-four (24) inches per minute shall be placed, kept, or stored within ten (10) feet of buildings with combustible exterior construction.

(Ord. No. 2007-10-22/0-3, § 1, 10-22-07)

Sec. 7-6.1A. - Exemptions to section 7-6.1.

[Exemptions for 7-6.1 are] single-family residential homes.

(Ord. No. 2007-10-22/O-3, § 1, 10-22-07)