[CC 1984 § 23.050]
No person shall deposit hot ashes or cinders, or smouldering
coals, or greasy or oily substances liable to spontaneous ignition,
into any combustible receptacle, or place the same within ten (10)
feet of any combustible materials, except in metal or other noncombustible
receptacles. Such receptacles, unless resting on a noncombustible
floor or on the ground outside the building, shall be placed on noncombustible
stands, and in every case shall be kept at least two (2) feet away
from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.
[CC 1984 § 23.070]
No person making, using, storing or having in charge or under
his control any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter,
hay, straw or combustible waste materials shall fail or neglect at
the close of each day to 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 or metal-lined, covered,
receptacles or bins. The Marshal or other authorized officer shall
require suitable baling presses to be installed in stores, apartment
buildings, factories and similar places where accumulations of paper
and waste materials are not removed at least every second day.
[CC 1984 § 23.090]
Highly flammable materials such as cotton bedding, straw, dry
vines, leaves, trees, artificial flowers or shrubbery and foam plastic
materials shall not be used for decorative purposes in show windows
or other parts of mercantile and institutional occupancies unless
first rendered flame-proofed to the satisfaction of the Marshal or
other authorized officer. Electric light bulbs in mercantile and institutional
occupancies shall not be decorated with paper or other combustible
materials unless such materials shall first have been rendered flameproofed.