This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Skippack Township
Air Pollution Control Ordinance of 1997."
Pollution of the air is detrimental to the health, comfort, living conditions,
welfare and safety of the citizens of Skippack Township, Montgomery County;
it is declared to be the policy of the township to safeguard the citizens
from air pollution.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings set forth
below:
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors of Skippack Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.
GARBAGE
All putrescible animal and vegetable matter resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
ODOR
That property of a substance which affects the sense of smell.
OPEN BURNING
Any unclosed fire wherein air contaminants, including smoke and/or
odor, are emitted to the open air and are not directed thereto through a flue.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm,
trust, corporation or other entity recognized by law as the subject of rights
and duties, including any governmental agency.
SMOKE
Extremely small solid particles produced by incomplete combustion
of organic substances and includes, but is not limited to, fly ash, cinders,
tarry matter, unburned gases, soot or carbon and gaseous combustion products.
The provisions of this chapter shall be supplemented by Chapter 101,
Fire Prevention.
The following regulations shall apply to burning domestic refuse:
A. Outdoor burning of domestic refuse shall be in an approved
burning barrel or other approved incinerator. An approved burning barrel is
a solid, sturdy, steel cylindrical container with a sealed steel bottom with
ventilation holes and an open top which, during outdoor burning, is covered
firmly and completely by a steel, spark-arresting screen. Other approved incinerators
are containers approved, in writing, by the Township Fire Marshal after review
and inspection, with a volume no greater than a fifty-five-gallon drum with
containment, ventilation and spark-arresting features similar to those of
an approved burning barrel.
B. Outdoor burning of domestic waste shall be attended at
all times by a competent adult. Outdoor burning of domestic waste shall not
be conducted within 25 feet of any building or other structure or property
line or on any road, alley or public walkway, or in any area specifically
disapproved by the Air Pollution Control Officer.
C. The area within five feet of any burning barrel or other
incinerator shall be completely clear of any combustible material during outdoor
burning.
D. Fire extinguishing equipment shall be readily available
for use during any outdoor burning.
E. Every outdoor fire shall be started and completely extinguished
after sunrise and before sunset. No outdoor fire shall be started within an
hour of sunset. The Air Pollution Control Officer shall have the right to
inspect outdoor burning.
F. No outdoor burning shall be conducted during periods
of high winds, declared drought or weather inversion or other situations deemed
hazardous by the Air Pollution Control Officer.
G. All ventilation holes in the burning barrel or other
incinerator shall be kept open and free of clogging material. A spark-arresting
screen mesh shall be kept in place during outdoor burning.
H. No burning of plastic, rubber, garbage, diapers or animal
waste shall be permitted.
I. A burning permit shall be required for § 87-6E,
G and H.