[Adopted 6-20-2001 by Ord. No. 980 (Title 3, Ch. 4, of the 1985 Code)]
[Amended 7-28-2020 by Ord. No. 1062]
A. 
No person shall burn any brush, grass, rubbish, trash, rubber, plastic, leather or garbage on or in any street, alley, road, land, public grounds or private lot, except that a person can burn charcoal or firewood in an in-ground fire pit or can burn within a commercially sold outdoor gas or charcoal grill, gas fireplace, gas fire pit or gas fire table on a private lot.
B. 
Outdoor fires, except commercially sold grills, gas fireplaces, fire pits and fire tables, shall be located in a fire pit or other nonflammable containment no larger than 48 inches, and shall not be located closer than 20 feet to other flammable and combustible objects, such as wood fences, open fields, standing brush, dried grass, structures, patios/decks, outbuildings and similar improvements or hazards.
C. 
Outdoor fires shall be attended at all times and shall be extinguished if not attended.
D. 
Smoke complaints as a result of an outdoor fire shall be grounds for extinguishment.
E. 
Any private lot maintaining an outdoor fire shall have a water source on the property for purposes of extinguishing the fire.
The terms "fire-resistive construction," "mill construction," "ordinary construction," "frame construction" and "fire-retardant roof covering" shall have the meanings as defined in Wisconsin Administrative Code, §§ SPS 375.02, 375.03, 375.04, 375.05 and 375.07, Wis. Adm. Code, respectively.
A. 
Requirements. Every building hereafter erected, enlarged or moved within or into the fire district shall be of fire-resistive, mill or ordinary construction except as otherwise provided by this article. Enclosing walls, division walls, and party walls shall be of four-hour fire-resistive walls of a construction as provided in § SPS 375.02, Wis. Adm. Code, which is hereby made a part of this article with respect to all buildings and structures within the fire district. No building of frame construction shall hereafter be built within or moved into the fire district.
(1) 
Comply with the requirements of Ch. SPS 375, Wis. Adm. Code, pertaining to class of construction, property line setbacks and number and area of building openings.
(2) 
Have installed thereon a Class A fire-retardant roof covering. Dwellings not over 2 1/2 stories in height may have a Class B fire-retardant roof covering.
(3) 
In the event any of the requirements enumerated in Subsection A(1) or (2) above conflict with the State Building Code, the more restrictive requirement shall apply.
B. 
Exceptions. No building of frame construction shall be constructed within the fire district except the following, and no such building or structure shall be located within five feet of any lot line or structure:
(1) 
Temporary one-story frame buildings for use of builders.
(2) 
One-story sheds not over 15 feet high, open on the long side and with area not exceeding 500 square feet. A wooden fence shall not form the back or side of such sheds.
(3) 
Greenhouses not more than 15 feet in height.
(4) 
Private garages for not more than two noncommercial automobiles, if not over 15 feet high and not more than 750 square feet in area, having exterior walls of metal, concrete or masonry, located on the same lot with a dwelling.
(5) 
Gasoline service stations, parking lot offices, real estate buildings or similar business structures, of unprotected metal construction, not exceeding 2,500 square feet in area, not more than one story in height, and located at least 10 feet from lot lines. If erected less than 10 feet from the adjoining lot line, the walls facing such lot lines shall have a fire resistance of not less than one hour.
C. 
The limits of the City of Neillsville fire district shall be as described and shown on the fire district map adopted by the Common Council and included herein by reference.
A. 
Any existing frame building within the fire limits which may hereafter be damaged by fire, or which has deteriorated to an amount greater than 1/2 of its assessed value, exclusive of the foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be ordered removed under the provisions of § 66.0413, Wis. Stats., by the Building Inspector.
B. 
No roofing of an existing roof shall be renewed or repaired to a greater extent than 1/10 of the roof surface, except in conformity with the requirements of Subsection A of this section.
[Amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 1069; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Except as stated hereafter, it shall be unlawful for any person to have, store, permit to be stored, deliver, place, receive any gasoline, any product of petroleum, regardless of name, meeting the gasoline specifications prescribed by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, or any product of petroleum commonly or commercially used as a fuel in a spark-ignition internal combustion engine or as a fuel for any appliance or device if such product of petroleum has a flash point of less than 100° F. when tested in the Tagliabue closed-cup tester.
[Amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 1069; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
Any person may keep for family use in a building owned or controlled by him/her not to exceed 60 gallons of any of the products above mentioned, in a closed, approved container constructed of sound metal or of equally sound nonflammable material meeting the requirements of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code; is substantially a bright red color and has the common name of the product clearly labeled or painted on it. A quantity not exceeding one quart of any such oil may be kept in a glass bottle, plainly labeled with the name of the oil. These requirements do not apply to:
(1) 
The fuel supply tank permanently connected to an internal combustion engine;
(2) 
The fuel supply tank which is structurally a part of any appliance or device consuming the fuel;
(3) 
The first use of any container of one gallon or less originally filled by a manufacturer or packager when the container complies with the packaging and labeling requirements of the federal government and its agencies; or
(4) 
Containers of 275 gallons' capacity or more; however, this provision does not exempt such containers from the identification requirements specified in rules promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
B. 
Except for containers referred to in Subsection A(1), (2) and (3), no person may deliver, place, receive or store any kerosene, diesel fuel or burner oil, or a like product of petroleum which has a flash point of 100° F. or more when tested in the Tagliabue closed cup tester in any visible container which is in any manner colored red.
C. 
No person may use interchangeably any pipeline, hose, pump or metering device to dispense gasoline, or a like product of petroleum which has a flash point of less than 100° F. when tested in the Tagliabue closed cup tester, and to dispense kerosene, diesel fuel or burner fuel oils, or a like product of petroleum which has a flash point of 100° F. or more when tested in the Tagliabue closed cup tester, unless the pipeline, hose, pump or metering device has been sufficiently flushed and cleaned before the interchanged use to eliminate any contamination of products due to the interchanged use.
[Amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 1069]
Any person, firm or corporation dealing in gasoline or other volatile oils may keep not to exceed five gallons of any of the oil above mentioned in a closed, approved safety container, painted red and plainly marked with the name of the oil.
[Amended 1-27-1998 by Ord. No. 953; 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 1069]
Any person, firm or corporation, owning, handling or storing automobiles or other machines using gasoline, are subject to the requirements of § 232-14 above; however, such gasoline shall be confined in a tank, free from leaks, securely capped and protected by all necessary safety appliances.
[Amended 1-27-1998 by Ord. No. 953]
A. 
All crude oil, benzol, gasoline, naphtha, ether and other like volatile combustible oils, or their compounds, except in quantity, kind and manner provided for by §§ 232-15 through 232-17, shall be kept in storage tanks as outlined in Ch. ATCP 93, Wis. Adm. Code, or its successor provisions; provided, however, that within the fire zone of the City, as now or hereafter established, no storage tank exceeding 15,000 gallons' capacity of said gasoline or other volatile combustible oils shall be constructed, installed or maintained.
B. 
Liquefied petroleum gas tanks shall be installed only after a permit has been issued and shall conform with the applicable sections of the Wisconsin Administrative Code for liquefied petroleum gases with the following exceptions:
(1) 
Such tanks may be installed only in the rear yard, as defined in Chapter 450, Zoning, of this Code.
(2) 
No such tank shall be placed nearer than 10 feet from any property line; except where a public alley is provided the clearance from the alley may be reduced to five feet.
(3) 
Underground liquefied petroleum gas tanks may be installed only after a modification has been granted by the Fire Inspector in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
C. 
Whenever any person, firm or corporation shall desire to place within the fire zone of the City, as now or hereafter established, any storage tanks for gasoline or other volatile combustible oils mentioned in Subsection A either above or below the ground, such person, firm or corporation shall so notify the Fire Inspector, in writing, of the time and place said tanks are to be installed, and it shall be the duty of said Fire Inspector to be then and there present when said storage tanks are so installed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 3-4-11, Lighting, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 1069.
[Amended 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 1069]
It shall be unlawful and is hereby prohibited for any person, firm or corporation dealing in, handling or selling any gasoline or other volatile combustibles mentioned in § 232-13 of this article, to sell, give away, or deliver to any one person, firm or corporation at one time within the fire limits of the City any quantity of said gasoline or other volatile combustibles in excess of the quantity prescribed in §§ 232-14 and 232-15 of this article, except the same shall be delivered by the seller into storage tanks provided for said purpose by the buyer in conformity to § 232-17. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article or any order, rule or regulation made or adopted hereunder shall be subject to the general penalty provisions of this Code, § 1-5.