(See Chapter 5 for BOCA Fire Prevention Code)
[Ord. 1970-5, 8/17/1970, § 1]
This Part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the Doylestown
Air Pollution Control Ordinance of 1970.
[Ord. 1970-5, 8/17/1970, § 2]
Whereas the Borough Council of the Borough of Doylestown, having
determined that air pollution from an open fire may be detrimental
to the health, comfort, living conditions, welfare and safety of the
citizens of Doylestown, it is hereby declared to be the policy of
the Borough of Doylestown to safeguard its citizens from such air
pollution.
[Ord. 1970-5, 8/17/1970, § 3; as amended by Ord.
2010-11, 9/20/2010]
The following words and phrases, when used in this Part 2, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the following
meanings ascribed to them:
Any individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company,
firm, trust, corporation, department, bureau, agency or other entity
recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
Borough Council.
All putrescible animal and vegetable matter resulting from
the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Solids not considered to be highly flammable or explosive
including but not limited to rags, old clothes, leather, rubber, carpets,
wood, excelsior, paper, ashes, tree branches, tree leaves, yard trimmings,
furniture, tin cans, glass, crockery, masonry and other similar materials.
All solid or liquid material or rubbish resulting from construction,
building operations, or the prosecution of any business, trade or
industry including, but not limited to, plastic products, cartons,
paint, grease, oil and other petroleum products, chemicals, cinders
and other forms of solid or liquid waste materials, provided, however,
that trade waste shall not include any coal refuse associated with
the mining or preparation of coal.
Garbage, rubbish, trade waste, recyclable materials and leaf
waste.
Any business, trade or industry engaged in whole or in part
of salvaging or reclaiming any product or material, including, but
not limited to, metals, chemicals, shipping containers or drums.
A fire in which any material is burned in the open or in
a receptacle other than a furnace or incinerator.
Any enclosed device within a building, specifically designed
for the burning of any material for the production of heat.
Any device within a building, specifically designed for the
destruction by burning of refuse, sewage sludge or any other combustible
material.
[Ord. 1970-5, 8/17/1970, § 4]
The Chief of Police shall have the power and duty to enforce
the provisions of this Part 2.
[Ord. 1970-5, 8/17/1970, § 5]
After September 15, 1970, no person shall:
A.
Ignite or feed an open fire for the destruction of refuse or in the
conduct of a salvage operation in any public or private place outside
of any building, or
B.
Cause, suffer, allow or permit the maintenance of any open fire for
the destruction of refuse or in the conduct of a salvage operation
on any property under his control outside of any building.
[Ord. 1970-5, 8/17/1970, § 6; as amended by Ord.
1984-1, 2/23/1984]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part 1 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $300; and/or to imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this Part 1 continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 1972-13, 11/20/1972, § 3; as amended by Ord.
1995-9, 12/18/1995, § 1]
1.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Doylestown, upon recommendation
of the Fire Chief, shall have the power to restrict and regulate the
placement of any obstructions, including the parking of motor vehicles,
on all parking lots, parking sites, alleys, lanes or walkways, adjacent
to any building held open for public use for the purpose of providing
proper egress of occupants and ingress of firefighting equipment and
personnel in the event of fire. The Borough Council shall, by resolution,
have the power to create such fire zones and fire lanes or to accept
areas so designated by such owner of private property as fire zones
and fire lanes where such property is devoted, at least in part, to
public use.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place
any obstruction or to park a motor vehicle of any type whatsoever,
or to permit or allow the placement or parking of same, in any area
adjacent to any building which is held open for public use whenever
such area has been designated as a fire zone or fire lane by Borough
Council as herein provided and official signs giving notice thereof
have been erected thereon.
[Ord. 1978-10, 8/21/1978, § 1; as amended by Ord.
1992-6, 3/16/1992, § 4; and by Ord. 1995-9, 12/18/1995,
§ 1]
1.
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Borough of Doylestown,
acting in accordance with the instructions issued by the Chief of
Police, to report:
A.
The description and location of each obstruction or vehicle which
has been placed or parked in violation of any of the provisions of
this Part.
B.
The date and hour of such violation.
C.
The State license number of any vehicle involved.
D.
Any other facts and knowledge which are necessary to a thorough understanding
of the circumstances attending such violation, including a determination
as to the identity of the person responsible therefore.
2.
Each such police officer shall also place on any such obstruction
or vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such obstruction
or vehicle has been placed or parked in violation of the provisions
of this Part, and instructing such owner or operator to report at
the Police Headquarters of the Borough of Doylestown in regard to
such violation within 48 hours of the date and time of violation.
[Ord. 1978-10, 8/21/1978, § 1]
Any person, firm or corporation violating the parking provisions
set forth in § 201(2), or aiding, abetting or assisting
in the violation of any said provisions, shall, upon conviction thereof
before a District Justice for the Borough of Doylestown, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $15 and costs of prosecution for each
such violation, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs,
to imprisonment in the Bucks County Prison for not more than five
days.
