A. 
No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or authorize such fire to be kindled or maintained in or on any public property, park, beach, street, alley or road.
B. 
No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained on any privately owned property.
C. 
During the construction or demolition of any building or structure, no waste material or rubbish shall be disposed of by burning.
D. 
This section shall not apply to normal backyard barbecues.
E. 
Land clearing. No land-clearing operations involving the burning of trees, underbrush, shrubs and/or debris of any kind or nature shall be conducted in the Town of Smithtown.
F. 
All vegetation uprooted as a result of a land-clearing operation shall remove to a Town dump or other legal landfill depository within 30 days after the completion of said land-clearing operation.
G. 
Any land clearing performed shall only be performed pursuant to a tree-clearing and land-preservation permit, pursuant to the Code of the Town of Smithtown.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 285, Trees.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
Any person making, using, storing or having in charge or under his control any shavings, cardboard, corrugated cardboard, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw or combustible waste materials shall, at the close of each day, 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-lined, covered receptacles or bins. The Fire Prevention Division shall require suitable baling presses to be installed in all stores, apartment buildings, factories and similar places where accumulations of paper and waste materials are not removed at the next regularly scheduled pickup or collection.
All receptacles or bins hereinabove referred to in § 164-39 shall be kept closed at all times and shall be located not less than 15 feet from any building or structure, unless otherwise specified by the Fire Marshal. Any such receptacles or bins equipped with wheels shall be enclosed within a noncombustible sill or wall no less than four inches in height.
A. 
Permit required. No person shall store in excess of 2,500 cubic feet of gross volume of combustible empty packing cases, boxes, wooden barrels or similar containers, rubber tires, baled cotton, rubber or cork or other similar combustible materials in any building, structure or lot without a permit.
B. 
Storage requirements. Storage in buildings shall be orderly, shall not be within two feet of the ceiling or any fire-detection, sprinkler or alarm system and shall not be located so as to endanger exit from the building. Storage in the open shall not be more than 20 feet in height, shall be so located, with respect to adjacent buildings, as not to constitute a hazard and shall be compact and orderly.
A. 
No person shall take an open flame or light into any building, barn, vessel, boat or any other place where highly flammable, combustible or explosive material is kept, unless such flame or light is of an approved type.
B. 
No heating or lighting apparatus or equipment capable of igniting flammable materials of the types stored or handled shall be used in the storage area of any warehouse storing rags, excelsior, cardboard, corrugated cardboard, hair or other highly flammable or combustible material nor in the work area of any shop or factory used for the manufacture, repair or renovating of mattresses or bedding nor in the work area of any establishment used for the upholstering of furniture.
A. 
The Fire Marshal may, by order, prohibit smoking in any building or establishment or portion thereof where smoking is liable to endanger life or property due to the special circumstances of the building or the nature of use of the building or structure.
B. 
The owner or operator of any building, structure or portion thereof where smoking is prohibited shall conspicuously post signs indicating that smoking is prohibited. Signs may be obtained from the Fire Prevention Division.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
Access shall be provided to all spaces above false or luminous ceilings and similar closed off areas. There shall be a minimum of two access openings for every 1,500 square feet of ceiling area or portion thereof, one such opening to provide access from the interior of the building and one such opening to provide access from the exterior of the building. Said access openings shall be located as far apart as may be practicable, the exact location of each to be approved by the Fire Marshal. Each opening must be a minimum of 30 inches by 48 inches in size and be suitably marked to afford ready identification.
[Amended 3-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
A. 
Any person harboring or maintaining guard dogs on or in any property shall cause notice of the presence of said guard dogs to be posted conspicuously on the premises or property. Said notice shall consist of reflective decals or placards in such form as shall be approved by the Fire Prevention Division. Said decals or placards shall be placed in locations specified by the Fire Prevention Division and shall not be considered signs pursuant to Article X of Chapter 322 of the Code of the Town of Smithtown.
B. 
Any person harboring or maintaining guard dogs on any property shall notify the Fire Prevention Division and the local Fire Department having jurisdiction over said premises or property of the fact that guard dogs are present on the premises and shall give the Fire Prevention Division and said Fire Department the name and phone number of a person or persons to be contacted in the event of an emergency. When the services of guard dogs are no longer required, the Fire Prevention Division and said Fire Department are to be notified, and the placard shall be removed.
The use of razor wire, barbed wire, concertina wire or any other similar wire or device designed to injure persons coming in contact with same shall be prohibited in or on any building or structure or portion thereof. The provisions of this section shall not apply to fences erected or constructed pursuant to the provisions of the Town Code.