[Ord. No. 14-71, § 1]
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the Borough
to preserve, protect and improve the air resources of the Borough
so as to promote health, safety, and welfare, prevent injury to human
health, plant and animal life and property, foster the comfort and
convenience of its inhabitants and, to the greatest degree practicable,
facilitate the enjoyment of the natural attractions of the Borough,
by the elimination of air pollution.
[Ord. No. 14-71, § II]
AIR CONTAMINANT — Any smoke, soot, fly ash,
dust, cinder, dirt, noxious or obnoxious acids, fumes, oxides, gases,
vapors, odors, toxic substances, radioactive substances, waste matter,
particulate matter, solid matter, liquid matter, gaseous matter, or
any other material which by its presence in the ambient air may constitute
air pollution, excluding uncombined water.
AIR POLLUTION
The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air
contaminants or combinations thereof in such quantities and of such
duration that they are or may tend to be injurious to human, plant
or animal life, or interfere with the enjoyment of life, property
or the conduct of business.
OPEN BURNING
Any open burning (wherein the products of combustion are
emitted into the open air and are not directed thereto through a stack
or chimney) of solids, or liquids, including but not limited to garbage,
rags, clothing, wood, leaves, rubber, paper, excelsior, leather, furniture,
paint, oil, grease, plastics, cartons, and all other similar materials.
OPEN FIRE
A fire in which any material is burned in the open or in
a receptacle other than a furnace, incinerator, or other equipment
connected to a stack.
STACK or CHIMNEY
Any flue, pipe, duct or opening arranged to conduct gaseous
effluent to the ambient air.
[Ord. No. 14-71, § III]
There is hereby prohibited in the Borough any open burning or
any open fires.
[Ord. No. 14-71, § V]
There is hereby excepted from the provisions of section
12-34 the following:
(a) Outdoor cooking of food, not for resale.
(b)
(1) Other exceptions under a permit granted by the building inspector.
Applications for burning permits shall be made to the inspector on
forms provided by him but no permit shall be issued unless the building
inspector is satisfied that:
(i)
There is no practical available alternate method for the disposal
of the material to be burned;
(ii)
No hazardous condition will be created by such burning;
(iii)
No salvage operation by open burning will be conducted; and
(iv)
No leaves will be burned in those areas where provision is made
for public collection thereof.
(2) Any permit issued may be limited by the imposition of conditions
which:
(i)
Prevent the creation of air pollution; and
(ii)
Protect property and the health, safety and comforts of persons
from the effects of the burning.
(3) If it becomes apparent at any time to the building inspector that
limitations need to be imposed for any of the reasons stated in Subparagraph
(b)(2) above, the building inspector or his duly designated agent
shall notify the permittee in writing and any limitations so imposed
shall be treated as conditions under which the permit is issued.
[Ord. No. 14-71, § V]
The provisions of section
1-9 of these Revised Ordinances shall be applicable to this article.