[Adopted 10-11-1982 by L.L. No. 2-1982]
A.
It is declared that the use, sale, keeping or storage
of a portable space heater using kerosene, oil or other inflammable
fluids requires regulation for the protection of lives and property
in the Village of Skaneateles.
B.
The Board of Trustees of said Village of Skaneateles
does hereby adopt the following article within the corporate limits
of said Village which shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer
pursuant to the statutes of the State of New York and powers conferred
upon said Code Enforcement Officer of the Village of Skaneateles.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any heater that is listed by a nationally recognized
testing laboratory such as Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or Factory
Mutual.
Any non-flue-connected, self-contained, self-supporting
heater or appliance equipped with an integral metallic reservoir of
not more than one gallon, designed to be carried from one location
to another by means of a bail or carrying handle, and equipped with
a sheet metal tray underneath the burner as an integral part of the
heater designed to prevent the flow of oil in case of flame failure
and to prevent the ignition of combustible materials in case of overturning
of the heater.
A space heater with an integral metallic reservoir of more
than a gallon, using kerosene, oil or like fluid, which, when installed
in a building, is not firmly affixed in a space by a rigid pipe connection
or otherwise, is not permanently vented and is not permanently connected
to a chimney, stack or flue.
A portable space heater which is an approved
listed unit may be used only under the following conditions:
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall keep, store,
sell or cause to be sold a portable space heater using kerosene, oil
or like fluid that is not an approved listed unit.
B.
No person, firm or corporation shall use, cause or
allow to be used in any dwelling (whether the same is owned, occupied,
leased or otherwise used by him or it) a portable space heater using
oil or like fluid that is not an approved listed unit.
C.
For the purpose of this section, it shall be deemed
that a property owner has permitted the illegal use of a space heater
if, knowing that the premises are not centrally heated, he, she or
it has failed to inform himself, herself or itself as to the legality
of any heating apparatus used by the occupants of the property that
is not an approved listed unit.
D.
Portable space heaters are prohibited in dwellings
with three or more family units, hotels, public assemblies, businesses,
educational occupancies, mercantile occupancies, apartment buildings,
health care facilities and religious occupancies as defined by the
National Fire Protection Association's Life Safety Code, 101 of 1981. [1]
When gas-fired equipment is installed, a one-hundred-percent
shutoff valve is required.
Every person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate this article shall be liable for payment of a fine not
to exceed $250. Each day of a violation of any provision of this article
shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.
