Borough of Folcroft, PA
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2024-12-05
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 319 Fire Prevention
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Article II Kerosene Heaters
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 11 Auditor
- Ch 14 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 25 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 33 Capital Reserve Accounts
- Ch 68 Fire Company
- Ch 71 Firefighter's Relief Association
- Ch 119 Library
- Ch 140 Officers and Employees
- Ch 151 Planning Department and Commission
- Ch 156 Police Department
- Ch 169 Records
- Ch 180 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 206 Alarms
- Ch 213 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 218 Amusement Devices
- Ch 222 Animals
- Ch 231 Body Piercing Establishments
- Ch 235 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 239 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 255 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 258 Contractors
- Ch 259 Contractor, Responsible Requirements
- Ch 266 Curfew
- Ch 274 Discharge of Firearms and Other Weapons
- Ch 278 (Reserved)
- Ch 284 Driveways
- Ch 290 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 319 Fire Prevention
- Ch 319 Art II Kerosene Heaters
- § 319-15 Regulation of use of kerosene heaters in residential dwellings.
- § 319-16 Restriction of storage.
- § 319-17 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 320 Fireworks
- Ch 330 Floodplain Management
- Ch 334 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 359 Historic Preservation
- Ch 366 Housing
- Ch 378 Insurance
- Ch 401 Loitering
- Ch 406 Municipal Claims and Liens
- Ch 410 Nuisances
- Ch 431 Obscene Materials, Massage Parlors and Model Studios
- Ch 442 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 447 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 453 Properties, Blighted and Vacant
- Ch 457 Property Maintenance
- Ch 471 Satellite Antennas
- Ch 480 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 488 Sex Offenders
- Ch 499 Signs
- Ch 515 Solid Waste
- Ch 525 Stormwater Management
- Ch 536 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 550 Taxation
- Ch 559 Trees
- Ch 570 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 579 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 582 Water
- Ch 600 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 1-11-1982 by Ord. No. 742 (Ch. 7, Part 2, of the 2006 Code of
Ordinances)]
A.
Kerosene heaters are hereby prohibited from use in all residential
dwellings with the exception of single-family dwellings within the
Borough of Folcroft. This prohibition shall apply to apartment buildings,
rooming houses, and single-family dwellings which have been converted
to apartment use.
B.
All persons using kerosene heaters in single-family dwellings must
strictly adhere to the manufacturer's instructions.
Not more than 10 gallons of kerosene shall be stored in any
residential dwelling or in any garage which is attached to a residential
dwelling. Reservoirs of portable kerosene heaters shall not be filled
within any building.
[Amended 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 835; 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 990]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
