[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Norriton 5-23-1983 by Ord. No. 185. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The use of kerosene heating units is permitted only in single-family, twin or half-double residential units and multiple-dwelling-unit complexes (i.e., townhouses) in which individual units are separated by approved fire walls.
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The use of portable kerosene heating units is not permitted in apartment houses, multiple dwellings with three or more dwelling units, boardinghouses, motels or hotels.
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The use of portable kerosene heating units is not permitted in commercial establishments, industrial establishments or public offices, except where the protection required by this chapter is provided.
The required protection for use of portable kerosene heating units in commercial establishments, industrial establishments and public offices is as follows:
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The portable kerosene heating unit shall be surrounded by a one-half-inch square wire mesh frame so as to prevent persons from coming into contact with the portable kerosene heating unit.
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The portable kerosene heating unit shall have a minimum six-inch clearance between the kerosene heating unit and the wire-mesh frame protection screen.
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All protection material shall be noncombustible.
Under no circumstances are portable kerosene heating units permitted in places of public assembly, including but not limited to schools and institutions.
All containers used for the indoor storage of kerosene fuel in commercial establishments, industrial establishments or public offices shall be metal construction with positive screw-type spout, shall be approved safety can under Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., regulations or Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal regulations, with a maximum size of five United States gallons. The container shall be labeled "kerosene" with at least two-inch-high letters. A total maximum of five gallons may be stored in a building, subject to the regulations contained herein. Storage must be at least 10 feet distant from any permanent heating unit, boiler, furnace or wood-burning stove or the portable kerosene heating unit. The storage container must be deemed not to be a hazard area by the East Norriton Township Fire Marshal.
[Amended 12-19-1988 by Ord. No. 274]
Any person, corporation or other entity who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who should fail to comply with any notice of violation herein, upon conviction before a District Justice within the magisterial district within which the Township of East Norriton is a part, shall be fined not more than $600 plus costs of prosecution after a summary proceeding brought in the name of the Township before said District Justice. A new and separate offense shall be deemed to be committed for each day that such violation exists. In default of the payment of any fine imposed and the costs, the person or persons that are charged may be sentenced to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days.