Open-air burning, as regulated by 527 CMR 10.22, shall apply within the context of this code. Such open-air burning is permissible on an annual basis from January 15 to May 1.
A. 
No person shall kindle or maintain any outside fire or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained on any public land without a permit issued by the Stoughton Fire Department.
B. 
No person shall kindle or maintain any outside fire or authorize any such fire to be maintained on any private land without a permit from the Stoughton Fire Department. Said fire must be 75 feet from any structure and 15 feet from the nearest adjoining lot line.
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Outside fires shall be attended by a competent person until such fire is extinguished. This person shall have a garden hose or other extinguishing equipment readily available for use.
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The Chief of the Stoughton Fire Department may prohibit any and all outside fires when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such burning a danger to the community.
E. 
Upon receipt of a smoke complaint from a permitted fire that is causing a nuisance, the Stoughton Fire Department shall make an inspection of said complaint. If found to be creating a nuisance, said fire shall be extinguished until such time as atmospheric conditions allow nuisance-free burning.
F. 
No person shall kindle a fire upon the land of another without permission of the owner thereof, who shall hold a valid permit from the Stoughton Fire Department.
A. 
The term "smoking" shall include the carrying of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette or tobacco in any form.
B. 
Where conditions are such to make smoking a hazard in any areas of warehouses, stores, industrial plants, institutions, places of assembly and in open spaces where combustible materials are stored or handled, the Fire Chief is authorized to order the owner or occupant, in writing, to post "No Smoking" signs in each building, structure, room or place in which smoking shall be prohibited. The Fire Chief shall designate specific safe locations, if necessary, in any building, structure or place in which smoking may be permitted.
C. 
"No Smoking" signs required in accordance with Subsection B above shall read, "By Order of the Fire Chief."
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any legally required "No Smoking" sign or to smoke in any place where such signs are posted.
Any person using a torch or other propane-fired device for any purposes shall be required to obtain a permit from the Stoughton Fire Department for such use. All operations in the use of the device shall be in conformance with 527 CMR 39.00, "Cutting and Welding Operations."
No person shall deposit hot ashes or cinders or smoldering coals or oily substances capable of spontaneous ignition into any combustible 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 outside a building, shall be placed on noncombustible stands and, in every case, shall be placed at least two feet from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.
Roofs, yards, courts, vacant lots and open spaces shall be kept free and clear of deposits or accumulations of wastepaper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter or rubbish of any nature. All weeds, grass, vines or other growth, when same endangers property or is liable to be fired, shall be removed by the owner or occupant of the property in question.
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No person making, using, storing or having in his/her charge or under his/her control any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw or other waste materials shall fail or neglect at the close of each day to cause all material which is not completely baled or stacked in an orderly manner to be removed form the building or stored in suitable bins or in metal or metal-lined, covered receptacles. The Fire Chief shall require suitable baling presses to be installed in stores, apartment buildings, factories and similar places where accumulations of waste materials are not removed at least every second day.
B. 
Storage in buildings shall be orderly. No storage shall be allowed within two feet of the ceiling and within 18 inches of sprinkler heads; nor shall such storage be so located as to impair or endanger egress from the building. Storage in open space shall not exceed 20 feet in height and shall be so located with respect to adjacent buildings as not to constitute a hazard.