A.
Permit required. No person shall kindle or maintain
any bonfire or rubbish fire or authorize any such fire to be kindled
or maintained on or in any public street, alley or road. No person
shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or authorize
any such fire to be kindled or maintained on any privately owned property
or in any other public ground without written permission from the
Board of Fire Commissioners in whose area the burning is to be conducted
or from its duly authorized representative. During construction or
demolition of buildings or structures, no waste materials or rubbish
shall be disposed of by burning on the premises or in the immediate
vicinity without having obtained written permission from the Board
of Fire Commissioners in whose area the burning is to be conducted
or from its duly authorized representative. This shall be in no way
construed as being applicable to backyard barbecues. The requirements
of this section shall be in addition to any other permits required
by a higher governmental agency.
B.
Location restricted. No person to whom a permit is
issued shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or authorize
any such fire to be kindled or maintained on any private land unless
the location is not less than 50 feet from any structure and adequate
provision is made to prevent fire from spreading to within 50 feet
of any structure or the fire is contained in an approved waste burner
located safely not less than 15 feet from any structure. This shall
in no way be construed as applicable to backyard barbecues.
C.
Chief may prohibit. The Chief of the Fire Department,
or his designee, which protects the area may prohibit any or all bonfires
and outdoor rubbish fires when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances
make such fire hazardous.
D.
The Chief Fire Marshal may prohibit all bonfires and
rubbish fires regardless of any permissions in all or any part of
the Town of Brookhaven when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances
make such fires hazardous. Notice of such prohibition and its subsequent
termination shall be made to each Fire District and Fire Department
as soon as practicable.
E.
All permits and permissions required within the scope
of this section shall at all times be present at the location of such
burning and shall be readily available for inspection by members of
the Fire Department, Fire District, Police Department or Division
of Fire Prevention.
[Amended 12-20-1988 by L.L. No. 30-1988, effective 12-27-1988]
The use of a torch or other flame-producing
device for removing paint, varnish or any other interior or exterior
finish from any building or structure is prohibited.
No person making, using, storing or having in
charge or under his control any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks,
bags, litter, hay, straw or combustible waste materials shall fail
or neglect at the close of each day to cause all such material which
is not compactly baled and stacked in an orderly manner to be removed
from the building or stored in suitable vaults or in metal-lined,
covered receptacles or bins. The Chief Fire Marshal shall require
suitable baling presses to be installed in all stores, apartment buildings,
factories and similar places where accumulations of paper and waste
materials are not removed at least every second day.
All receptacles or bins hereinabove referred to in § 30-35 shall be kept closed at all times and shall be located not less than 15 feet from any building or structure unless otherwise specified by the Chief Fire Marshal. Any such receptacles or bins equipped with wheels shall be enclosed within a noncombustible sill or wall no less than four inches in height.
A.
Permit required. No person shall store in any building
or upon any premises in excess of 2,500 cubic feet in gross volume
of combustible empty packing cases, boxes, barrels or similar containers,
rubber tires, baled cotton, rubber or cork or other similarly combustible
materials without a permit.
B.
Storage requirements. Storage in buildings shall be
orderly, shall not be within two feet of the ceiling and shall not
be so located as to endanger exit from the building. Storage in the
open shall not be more than 20 feet in height, shall be so located,
with respect to adjacent buildings, as not to constitute a hazard
and shall be compact and orderly.
A.
No person shall take an open flame or light into any
building, barn, vessel, boat or any other place where highly flammable,
combustible or explosive material is kept unless such light or flame
shall be well-secured in a glass globe, wire mesh cage or similar
approved device.
B.
No heating or lighting apparatus or equipment capable
of igniting flammable materials of the types stored or handled shall
be used in the storage areas of any warehouse storing rags, excelsior,
hair or other highly flammable or combustible material; nor in the
work area of any shop or factory used for the manufacture, repair
or renovating of mattresses or bedding; nor in the work area of any
establishment used for the upholstering of furniture.
A.
All chimneys, smokestacks or similar devices for conveying
smoke or hot gases to the outer air and the stoves, furnaces, restaurant-type
cooking equipment, incinerators, fire boxes or boilers to which they
are connected shall be constructed and maintained in such manner as
not to create a hazardous condition. A permit shall be obtained from
the Chief Fire Marshal for the installation of any of the above-mentioned
equipment which is connected to any chimney, smokestack or similar
device. This section shall be applicable to all construction, excluding
single-family dwellings.
[Amended 9-3-1996 by L.L. No. 20-1996,
effective 9-6-1996]
B.
No person or persons shall construct a chimney in
or attach any chimney to any dwelling unless such chimney is either
a masonry chimney designed for the use of all types of fuels and is
built up from the ground or a factory-fabricated chimney approved
as a result of tests and listed by a nationally recognized laboratory
for use with all types of fuels and is installed in accordance with
the conditions of approval and listing. The minimum free area of the
chimney shall be equivalent to a seven-inch round flue.
A.
Every factory-built chimney shall be equipped with
a suitable means for cleaning access at the base and a suitable termination
at the top.
B.
Factory-built housings which are field assembled shall
be equipped with steel tension straps secured to the roof framing
by nails and to the housing by bolts.
C.
Factory-built housings which are factory-assembled
must be secured to the roof framing with screws or bolts.
D.
For use on commercial buildings, DWS (double-wall
steel) vents may be used for gas-heat appliances only. DWS vents shall
be installed in accordance with their listing and/or the manufacturer's
instructions.
E.
The installation of factory-fabricated chimneys shall
be in accordance with the appropriate standards of the NFPA and the
manufacturer's instructions.
[Amended 12-20-1988 by L.L. No. 30-1988, effective 12-27-1988]
A.
All concealed or closed-off spaces above ceilings
or other similar areas shall be provided with suitable access from
either the interior or exterior of the structure whenever said spaces
contain any fire-detecting equipment or devices, fire-suppression
equipment or devices or smoke/fire-control equipment or devices. This
section does not apply to spaces that contain only wiring or piping
for such equipment or devices.
B.
Access opening required by this section shall have
a minimum clear opening of not less than 24 inches by 48 inches.
C.
One access opening shall be provided for each 3,000
square feet of concealed or closed-off space.
D.
Access opening shall be arranged so that the maximum
travel distance from any opening to the farthest area of such concealed
or closed-off space does not exceed 75 feet.
E.
Every access opening shall have the same fire resistance
rating as the wall/ceiling/floor assembly in which it is located.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 30-42, Windows
in sleeping quarters, was repealed 4-18-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006, effective
4-24-2006]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 30-43, Fire
zones, was repealed 5-20-1993 by L.L. No. 12-1993, effective 5-25-1993.
Any person causing guard dogs to be harbored
or kept on a premises shall cause notice of the presence of said guard
dogs to be posted conspicuously on the premises. Said notice shall
consist of reflective decals or placards in such form as shall be
approved or supplied by the Chief Fire Marshal. Said decals or placards
shall be placed in locations specified by the Division of Fire Prevention
and shall not be considered signs under other chapters of the Code
of the Town of Brookhaven. In addition, said person shall notify the
Chief Fire Marshal and the local Fire Department having jurisdiction
over his premises of the fact that guard dogs are present on the premises
and shall give to said Chief Fire Marshal and local Fire Department
the name and phone number of a person to be contacted in the event
of an emergency during such times as no employees are present at the
premises. When services of guard dogs are no longer required, the
Chief Fire Marshal and the Fire Department affording protection shall
be notified, and the placard shall be removed and, if supplied by
the Division of Fire Prevention, shall be surrendered to said Division.
No person shall dump, spill or in any other
fashion place or cause to be dumped, spilled or placed any flammable
or combustible liquids on the ground or into sewers, drainage ditches
or storm drains.
The use of razor wire, barbed wire, concertina
wire or any other similar wire or device designed to injure persons
coming in contact with the same shall be prohibited in or on any building
or structure or portion thereof.
