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.