The use of kerosene heating units is permitted only in single-family,
twin or half-double residential units and multiple-dwelling-unit complexes
(i.e., townhouses) in which individual units are separated by approved fire
walls.
The required protection for use of portable kerosene heating units in
commercial establishments, industrial establishments and public offices is
as follows:
A. The portable kerosene heating unit shall be surrounded
by a one-half-inch square wire mesh frame so as to prevent persons from coming
into contact with the portable kerosene heating unit.
B. The portable kerosene heating unit shall have a minimum
six-inch clearance between the kerosene heating unit and the wire-mesh frame
protection screen.
C. All protection material shall be noncombustible.
Under no circumstances are portable kerosene heating units permitted
in places of public assembly, including but not limited to schools and institutions.
All containers used for the indoor storage of kerosene fuel in commercial
establishments, industrial establishments or public offices shall be metal
construction with positive screw-type spout, shall be approved safety can
under Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., regulations or Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State Police Fire Marshal regulations, with a maximum size of five United
States gallons. The container shall be labeled "kerosene" with at least two-inch-high
letters. A total maximum of five gallons may be stored in a building, subject
to the regulations contained herein. Storage must be at least 10 feet distant
from any permanent heating unit, boiler, furnace or wood-burning stove or
the portable kerosene heating unit. The storage container must be deemed not
to be a hazard area by the East Norriton Township Fire Marshal.
[Amended 12-19-1988 by Ord. No. 274]
Any person, corporation or other entity who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter or who should fail to comply with any notice of
violation herein, upon conviction before a District Justice within the magisterial
district within which the Township of East Norriton is a part, shall be fined
not more than $600 plus costs of prosecution after a summary proceeding brought
in the name of the Township before said District Justice. A new and separate
offense shall be deemed to be committed for each day that such violation exists.
In default of the payment of any fine imposed and the costs, the person or
persons that are charged may be sentenced to be committed to the county jail
for a period not exceeding 30 days.