No person driving or having charge of any vehicle or animal
shall willfully or carelessly permit the same to obstruct, impede
or otherwise interfere with the progress or working of any engine,
hose truck, hook and ladder truck or other apparatus of a fire department
while the same is going to or remaining at a fire.
No person shall, at any time, run over or attempt to run over,
the hose of a fire department with an automobile, motor vehicle, wagon,
streetcar, railroad car, locomotive, tender or any other kind of vehicle.
No person shall injure, cut, break, dislocate or interfere with
any fire alarm wires used by a fire department of the City without
first obtaining permission from the chief of the fire department.
Whenever a fire, or other emergency requiring the attendance
of a fire department, shall occur in the City, it shall be lawful
for the chief of the fire department, or acting chief of the fire
department to blockade any street, sidewalk, or any other place, if,
in his judgment, it is necessary to insure the efficient working of
the men, vehicles or other apparatus under his command; and, to protect
such men and equipment from injury, he is hereby authorized to require
of the Chief of Police, or other officer in charge of any police station,
a detail of policemen sufficient in his judgment therefor.
No person shall break through, or attempt to break through,
any blockade established as provided in the above section.
No person, except employees of the water district, firemen,
and employees or agents of the City of Mission Woods, while engaged
in carrying out regular duties, shall turn on the valve, open, or
in any other way disturb the fireplugs or hydrants within the City
of Mission Woods without first obtaining permission in writing from
both the water district superintendent and the fire chief of the fire
district, or their designated representatives.
No person shall use liquefied petroleum gas for the purpose
of heating any building, hot water heating, cooking or lighting. For
the purposes of this section, the term "liquefied petroleum gas" shall
include but not be limited to butane and propane.
No person shall burn any combustible matter of any kind on any
paved street within the City. No person shall throw or place any coal
oil or any substance likely to injure any paved street upon any street
within the City.
No person shall ignite any fire outside the exterior walls of
any building within the City without a permit from the fire district
chief, except that a fire may be ignited in a container or device
expressly for the purpose of cooking food, the fuel to be used will
be limited to charcoal briquets or fireplace logs no longer than 24
inches in length or a natural gas fire approved by the American Gas
Association: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed
to prohibit burning under a permit issued by the fire district chief
as hereinafter provided.
(a)
Upon application made to the fire district chief and his determination
that such burning is necessary and can be accomplished without undue
danger to property or welfare of the City and its citizens, he may
grant a permit for burning of brush accumulated during land clearing
operations. Said permit shall set forth the following information:
(b)
Such permits shall not be transferable and shall be signed by the
fire district chief or his authorized deputy.
All outside fires for which a permit has been issued by the
fire district chief shall be supervised by, and attended by, a responsible
person or persons at all times. Such person or persons shall have
a garden hose attached to a water supply near the fire at all times
and the fire must be extinguished one hour before leaving the said
burning location. If at any time during the life of the permit, the
fire chief should determine, either by reason of change in conditions
of weather and/or surrounding circumstances or by violation of any
kind set forth herein or attached to the permit, that such burning
should cease, the permit may be immediately revoked by the fire chief
by giving notice to the permittee or to the person supervising or
attending the fire.
No person shall use any flame producing device including torches
or other special tools for the removal of paint from the exterior
or interior of any building or structure unless he shall provide at
the scene of operations a fire hose connected to the water supply
on the premises or an approved fire extinguisher. All such flame producing
devices shall be extinguished at least one hour prior to vacating
the premises.
No person shall deposit hot ashes, cinders, coals or any grease
or oil permeated substances liable to spontaneous combustion into
any combustible receptacle, or within 10 feet of any combustible materials:
Provided, That such storage shall be permitted in approved covered
metal receptacles, said receptacles resting in racks or on noncombustible
panels separated by a minimum of two feet from any combustible wall,
partition or exterior wall opening.
No person shall permit the accumulation upon any property within
the City of any combustible or flammable waste or permit the growth
of any natural material when the same endangers the property. Such
accumulations shall be cut down and/or removed by the owner or the
occupant of the property.
No person making, storing, using or having under his control
any combustible waste materials including, but not limited to, shavings,
excelsior, bags, hay or straw shall fail or neglect at the close of
each business day to have all material either compactly baled and
stacked in an orderly manner or stored in suitable fireproof receptacles,
or removed from the building so as not to endanger egress from said
building nor be permitted to become a fire hazard to the property
where stored nor to any adjacent property. It shall be the duty of
the owner or occupant of the property where such accumulations exist
to make arrangements for daily disposal or to install such baling
or storage units as will met with the approval of the chief of the
fire district.
In all use districts as defined by the prevailing zoning regulations
of the City of Mission Woods, except residential, restricted to private
use and not open to the public or used in common, no decorative materials
shall be installed, maintained or permitted, which shall not have
been flame proofed.
No person shall take into, nor shall ignite within the confines
of any place in which explosive, combustible or highly flammable material
is stored, used or present, unless such device shall be an approved
device equipped with safety enclosure, any device containing an open
flame.
Every opening in the exterior wall of any building or structure
which opens directly into any shaftway shall be plainly marked on
the exterior thereto, with the words "Open Shaftway" in red letters
placed upon a white background. Said lettering shall be of such height
as to be readable from ground level and in no case less than six inches
in height. Every opening into such shaftway from the interior of the
building, unless its use is clearly obvious from the surroundings,
shall be marked in the same way.
No person shall permit to remain open after the close of the
business day, any trapdoor except those which are automatic in their
operation.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
be deemed guilty of the public offenses of maintaining a public nuisance
and/or permitting a public nuisance, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished as provided for herein.
Any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance
or combination of substances, or article prepared for the purpose
of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion explosion,
deflagration or detonation, and shall include blank cartridges, toy
pistols, toy cannons, toy canes, or toy guns in which explosives are
used, any type of balloons or device which require fire underneath
to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles,
Dago bombs, sparklers, or other devices containing any explosive or
flammable compound, or any tablets or other device containing explosive
or potentially explosive or dangerous chemical substance, except that
the term "fireworks" shall not include auto flares, paper caps containing
not in excess of an average of twenty-five hundredths of a grain of
explosive content per cap manufactured in accordance with the ICC
Regulations for packaging and shipping as provided therein, and toy
pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices for use of such caps,
the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.
The manufacture of fireworks is prohibited within the City.
Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any
person to store, to offer for sale, sell at retail or wholesale, or
use or explode any fireworks.
Provided that application for permit for such display be made
in writing to the Governing Body and filed with the City Clerk at
least 30 days in advance of the date of the display. Should the governing
body grant a permit for a public display of fireworks, every such
display shall be handled by a competent operator approved by the chiefs
of the police and fire district, and shall be of such a character,
and so located, discharged or fired as in the opinion of the chief
of the fire district, after proper inspection, shall not be hazardous
to property or endanger any person. The chief of the fire district
shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for such
displays. Sale, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for
such display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted
hereunder shall be transferable.
Any fireworks that remain unfired after the display is concluded
shall be immediately disposed of in a way safe for the particular
type of fireworks remaining.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the use
of fireworks by railroads or other transportation agencies for signal
purposes or illumination, or the sale or use of blank cartridges for
a show or theater, or for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics
or sports, or for use by military organizations.
The chief of the fire district or Chief of Police shall seize,
take, remove, or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner all
stocks of fireworks offered or exposed for sale, stored, or held in
violation of this article.
