Any person using a torch or other flame-producing device for removing
paint from any building or structure shall provide one approved fire extinguisher
or water hose connected to the water supply on the premises where such burning
is done. In all cases, the person doing the burning shall remain on the premises
one hour after the torch or flame-producing device has been used.
No person shall deposit hot ashes or cinders, smoldering coals or greasy
or oily substances liable to spontaneous ignition into any wooden receptacle,
or place the same within 10 feet of any combustible materials except in metal
or other noncombustible receptacles. Such receptacles, unless resting on a
noncombustible floor or on the ground outside the building, shall be placed
on noncombustible stands, and in every case shall be kept at least two feet
away from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.
Accumulations of wastepaper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter or combustible
or flammable waste or rubbish of any kind shall not be permitted to remain
upon any roof, or in any court, yard, vacant lot or open space. All weeds,
grass, vines or other growths, when the same endangers property or is liable
to be fired, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the
property.
No person making, using, storing or having in charge or under his control
any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw or combustible
waste materials shall fail or neglect at the close of each day to cause all
such material which is not compactly baled and stacked in an orderly manner
to be removed from the building or stored in suitable vaults or in metal or
metal-lined covered receptacles or bins. The Building Inspector shall require
suitable baling presses to be installed in stores, apartment buildings, factories
and similar places where accumulations of paper and waste materials are not
removed at least every second day.
Highly flammable materials such as cotton batting, straw, dry vines,
leaves, trees, artificial flowers or shrubbery and foam plastic materials
shall not be used for decorative purposes in show windows or other parts of
mercantile and institutional occupancies unless flameproofed. Electric light
bulbs in mercantile and institutional occupancies shall not be decorated with
paper or other combustible materials unless such materials shall first have
been rendered flameproof.