No person or persons shall allow to remain longer than 36 hours or overnight,
in any alley or on any sidewalk or premises within 30 feet of any building,
empty boxes, barrels, rubbish, trash, wastepaper, excelsior or other like
combustible materials.
No person or persons shall be allowed to place ashes within any building
in any box, barrel or other wooden vessel or upon any wooden vessel or floor.
No person shall keep or permit to be kept on the premises any oily waste
or oily rags, unless at all times when not actually in use such oily waste
and oily rags are kept in a metal can with a self-closing cover and riveted
joints, standing on metal legs which raise the bottom of the container at
least five inches above the floor.
All owners or occupants of buildings are required to permit the Fire
Marshal to inspect their buildings to see the above is complied with, and
it is hereby made the duty of the Fire Marshal to make such inspection whenever
and wherever he or she may suspect a violation of this Article.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this Article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal
Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this Article shall
constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder.
