It shall be unlawful to use any portable or movable stove or appliance
using kerosene or other liquid fuel to permanently heat any premises or part
thereof in the Borough.
No person shall use or cause, permit or suffer to be used in any building
within the Borough any fuel-burning appliance using liquid fuel having a flash
point at or below 70° Fahrenheit such as gasoline, naphtha, ether, ethyl
or methyl alcohol.
No liquid fuel shall be stored in any building in connection with any
heating equipment except in tanks which shall not be over 275 gallons' capacity
each and in any one building shall not have an aggregate capacity in excess
of 550 gallons unless such tanks shall be completely enclosed with reinforced
concrete not less than eight inches in thickness with at least a six-inch
space on sides between tank and concrete insulation. It shall be filled with
sand or well-tamped earth and with 12 inches of sand or earth on top of the
tank either between the tank and concrete slab or above the concrete slab,
provided that, instead of an enclosure as hereinbefore described, the tank
may be encased in reinforced concrete not less than six inches in thickness
applied directly to the tank so as to completely eliminate any air space.
The Borough Code Enforcement Officer shall be designated the Borough
official responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
The Code Enforcement Officer may enter upon any lands and into any buildings
in the Borough for the purpose of inspection of flues, chimneys, spaceheaters
and other heating equipment and the storage of liquid fuel and installation
and facilities in connection therewith.
The installation, maintenance or use of any equipment or facilities
not in conformity with the requirements of this chapter or which, by reason
of type, installation or place of use, constitute a fire or explosion hazard
endangering the safety or lives of persons or property is hereby prohibited
and declared to be a nuisance.