[Added 3-24-1987 by L.L. No. 5, 1987]
No person, firm or corporation shall place or cause to be placed any refuse container, trash compactor, receptacle or dumpster (hereafter "container"), which is enclosed in such a way as to impede the free and easy access to its contents by fire fighters for the purpose of extinguishing its contents, except as may hereafter be provided.
A person, firm or corporation placing or causing to be placed a refuse container shall be responsible for meeting the following requirements:
A. 
Any container which has a bulk capacity equal to or in excess of ten (10) cubic yards, which is enclosed in such a way as to impede the free and easy access to its contents by fire fighters, shall have permanently affixed and mounted thereon two (2) two-and-one-half-inch female hose couplings welded to the side of the container and shall include matching male firemanic plug connections with New York Corporation threads, 3.000 x 8 per inch (hereafter "water injection ports"), to provide an injection port or entry port for water by the fire service for the purpose of extinguishing a fire within a refuse container.
B. 
Water injection ports shall be placed by the manufacturer of the refuse container, or may be fabricated by the person, firm or corporation placing or causing to be placed any such refuse container, and installed thereon in a workmanlike manner, as follows:
(1) 
One (1) at the loading end on the side of the container, not more than nor less than two (2) feet from the top of the container and not more than two (2) feet nor less than three and one-half (3 1/2) feet from the end of the container.
(2) 
One (1) at the packed end of the container, on the side of the container, not more than nor less than two (2) feet from the bottom of the container and not more than two (2) feet nor less than three and one-half (3 1/2) feet from the end of the container.
C. 
Each such injection port or entry point shall be clearly marked with a fluorescent color, of either yellow or orange. It shall be the duty of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, which place or cause to be placed any such refuse container, to maintain and ensure the continued visibility of each water injection port.