[R.O. 1993 § 210.190; R.O. 1932 §§ 366,
367; Ord. No. 1799 § 1203 3-30-1954; CC 1969 § 9-1]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to burn trash, lumber, leaves,
straw or any other combustible material in any street or vacant lot
except by special permission of the Chief of the Fire Department,
when such burning shall be done under such proper safeguards as he/she
may direct; provided, that the Chief of the Fire Department may issue
a general permit by publication, during certain seasons of the year,
for the burning of leaves or other like material where conducted during
daylight and with an adult in constant attendance.
B. No permit shall be granted to burn paper or other combustible refuse
upon any street or private premises located within the fire limits
of the City.
C. The burning of trash, lumber, leaves or other combustible material,
where deemed a hazard by the Chief of the Fire Department, is prohibited
at any locality except under such safeguards as he/she may specify.
D. No person shall set on fire, between sunset and sunrise, in any place
within this City, any hay, straw, tar barrel or other combustible
material, whereby an alarm of fire may be raised, unless such person
shall have obtained permission so to do from the Chief of the Fire
Department, who shall promptly notify the Chief of the Fire Department
of each such permission granted.
[Ord. No. 3204, 9-16-2019]
[R.O. 1993 § 210.200; R.O. 1932 § 360; Ord. No. 1799 § 1204 3-30-1954; CC 1969 § 9-2]
A. Ashes, smoldering coals or embers, and greasy or oily substances
liable to spontaneous ignition shall not be deposited or allowed to
remain within ten (10) feet of any combustible materials except in
metal or other non-combustible receptacles.
B. No person shall place ashes within any building in any box, barrel
or other wooden container or upon any wooden container or floor.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.210; R.O. 1932 §§ 359,
361, 365; Ord. No. 1799 § 1205 3-30-1954; CC 1969 § 9-3]
A. No person shall place or permit to remain upon any roof or in any
yard any accumulation of waste-paper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter
or combustible or flammable waste or rubbish of any kind. All such
materials in stores, apartment buildings, factories or similar places
shall be compactly baled and stacked, removed from the premises or
stored in suitable vaults or receptacles to the satisfaction of the
Chief of the Fire Department.
B. No person shall maintain or allow to remain longer than twenty-four
(24) hours, or overnight, in any alley or on any sidewalk or premises
within thirty (30) feet of any building, any empty boxes, barrels,
rubbish, trash, wastepaper, excelsior or other like combustible materials.
C. No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his/her premises any
oily waste or oily rags, unless at all times when not actually in
use such oily rags and oily waste is kept in a metal can with self-closing
cover and riveted joints, standing on metal legs which raise the bottom
of the container at least five (5) inches above the floor.
D. No person shall place or maintain any hay, straw, cotton, hemp, wood
shavings or similar substances in a stack or pile without having such
stack or pile securely enclosed so as to protect it from flying sparks
of fire.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.220; R.O. 1932 § 364;
CC 1969 § 9-4]
No lighted candle or lamp shall be used in any stable, building
or other place where hay, straw, or other combustible or explosive
materials are stored or lodged.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.230; Ord. No.
1799 § 1206, 3-30-1954; CC 1969 § 9-5]
Cotton batting, straw or other highly flammable materials shall
not be used for decorative purposes in stores or show windows except
by permit from the Chief of the Fire Department, and in compliance
with such protective conditions as he/she may specify in such permit.
Paper and other readily flammable materials shall not be used for
decorative purposes in any place of public assembly unless such materials
have been flameproofed to the satisfaction of the Chief of the Fire
Department.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.240; R.O. 1932 § 624-B;
CC 1969 § 9-6]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct or maintain
within the fire limits of the City any wooden or frame sign or billboard
larger than six (6) feet by six (6) feet in size without the consent
of record of the City Council.
B. Any such sign or billboard being maintained in contravention to the provisions of Subsection
(A) of this Section or not meeting the requirements of the City Council may be condemned and ordered removed by the Mayor by five (5) days' written notice served upon the owner of such sign or billboard, and if such sign or billboard so condemned shall not be removed or permission of record obtained for the continuance thereof within five (5) days from date of notice as herein provided then such continuance shall, from expiration of the notice, constitute a separate offense.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.260; CC 1969 § 9-7.1; Ord. No. 2042 §§ 1,3, 7-10-1972; Ord. No. 2452 § 1, 6-12-1989]
No trash, rubbish, grass, leaves, paper, wood or combustible
material of any kind shall be burned within the area designated as
the Fire Zone in the City at any time. Such Fire Zone being described
as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of Howard Street and Line Street;
thence west along Howard Street to the alley between North Marion
and North Beckwith; thence south along such alley to the St. Louis
Southwestern Railroad; thence in a northeasterly direction along such
railroad to Line Street; then north on Line Street to the point of
beginning.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.270; CC 1969 § 9-7.2; Ord. No. 2042 §§ 2,3, 7-10-1972; Ord. No. 2452 § 1, 6-12-1989]
No trash, rubbish, grass, leaves, paper, wood or combustible
material of any kind shall be burned in any area outside the Fire
Zone in the City after 6:00 P.M.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.280; CC 1969 § 9-7.3; Ord. No. 2182 § 1, 1-9-1979; Ord. No. 2452 § 1, 6-12-1989; Ord. No. 2517 § 1, 6-8-1992]
Persons residing within "C-1" and "C-2" Zones of the City of
Malden, Missouri, as set forth in the City of Malden's Zoning
Map, may burn lawn trash and other substances, except when the residence
is adjacent to or bordering on commercial property.