[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Sullivan 8-22-2006 (§ 5-2-13 of the 2006 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following definitions shall be applicable herein:
PERSON
An individual, partnership, corporation, company or other association.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
Any act or failure to perform a legal duty required by this chapter is declared a public nuisance.
SOLID-FUEL-FIRED HEATING DEVICE
A device designed for solid fuel combustion so that usable heat is derived for the interior of the building, and includes solid-fuel-fired cooking stoves, and combination fuel furnaces or boilers which burn solid fuel, including outdoor wood-burning units.
STACKS or CHIMNEYS
Any vertical structure enclosing a flue or flues that carry off smoke or exhaust from a solid-fuel-fired heating device; especially that part of such structures extending above a roof.
The Village of Sullivan shall require registration with the Village Clerk-Treasurer of any solid-fuel-fired heating device installed after the effective date of this chapter. Registration must be made 14 days after the date of installation.
A. 
All wood-burning units installed within the Village of Sullivan are required to meet omission standards currently required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Emission standards currently required by the EPA are hereby adopted by reference together with any amendments or modifications made thereto in the future.
B. 
All outdoor wood-burning units or solid-fuel-fired heating devices are subject to public nuisance consideration as described in this chapter.
C. 
Any dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot, or cinders, in unreasonable quantities, may be declared a public nuisance by the Village Board.
D. 
Any indoor or outdoor solid-fuel-fired heating device shall have a minimum stack height of 20 feet from ground level.
E. 
Any existing noncomplying stack shall be removed or replaced within a period of six months from the effective date of this chapter.
F. 
All stacks or chimneys must be so constructed to withstand high winds or other related elements.
G. 
Buildings with less than 25 feet of open space between units shall have a minimum stack height of three feet above the adjoining property's highest roof elevation.