[Adopted 12-29-1977 by Ord. No. 1431
as Ch. 9, Art. III of the Cheltenham Code]
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Editor's Note: Former ~ 151-7, Applicable laws and regulations, as
amended 11-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1846-95, and former ~ 151-8, Deposit of materials
liable to create spontaneous ignition, were repealed 12-15-1998 by Ord. No.
1932-98.
No person, firm or corporation shall permit to remain upon any roof
or in any court, yard, vacant lot or open space any accumulation of wastepaper,
hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter or combustible or flammable waste or rubbish
of any kind. All weeds, grass, vines or other growth, when the same endangers
property or is liable to be fired, shall be cut down and removed by the owner
or occupant of the premises.
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Editor's Note: The former unnumbered paragraph, dealing with
open burning, which immediately preceded this section, was deleted 11-21-1995
by Ord. No. 1846-95.
No person, firm or corporation making, using, storing or having charge
or control of any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay,
straw or combustible trash, waste or fragments shall fail, neglect or refuse
at the close of each day to cause all material which is not compactly baled
and stacked in an orderly manner to be removed from the premises or stored
in suitable vaults or in metal or metal-lined covered receptacles or bins.
The storage of empty packing cases, boxes, barrels or other similar
combustible containers is forbidden except in the open; provided, however,
that storage within a manufacturing or other establishment of sufficient packing
cases, boxes, barrels or other similar containers to properly carry on its
operations shall be permitted, but such storage shall be orderly and not located
so as to endanger exits from the building. Storage in the open of packing
cases, boxes, barrels or other similar combustible containers shall not be
more than 20 feet in height and shall be at least 50 feet from the nearest
building. All such storage shall be in a compact and orderly manner.
[Added 9-15-1987 by Ord. No. 1656]
A.
The use and maintenance of liquid-fuel portable cooking
devices, including by way of illustration propane grills, shall be prohibited
in all multiple-family dwellings containing four or more dwelling units. Balconies,
decks, stairways, exitways and corridors shall be considered part of the multiple-family
dwelling, and the use and maintenance of liquid-fuel portable cooking devices
shall be prohibited in these areas as well as in the interior of the individual
dwelling units.
B.
The use and maintenance of solid-fuel portable cooking
devices, including by way of illustration charcoal grills, shall be prohibited
in all multiple-family dwellings containing four or more dwelling units. Balconies,
decks, stairways, exitways and corridors shall be considered part of the multiple-family
dwelling and the use and maintenance of solid-fuel portable cooking devices
shall be prohibited in these areas as well as in the interior of the individual
dwelling units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the use of solid-fuel portable
cooking devices shall be permitted on balconies serving only one dwelling
unit.
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Editor's Note: Former § 151-13, Violations and penalties,
as amended 11-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1846-95, was repealed 12-15-1998 by Ord.
No. 1932-98..
