Any person using a torch or other flame-producing device for removing
paint from any building or structure shall provide one (1) approved fire extinguisher
or water hose connected to the water supply on the premises where such burning
is done. In all cases, the person doing the burning shall remain on the premises
one (1) hour after the torch or flame-producing device has been used.
No person shall deposit hot ashes or cinders or smoldering coals or
greasy or oily substances liable to spontaneous ignition into any wooden receptacles
nor place the same within ten (10) feet of any combustible materials, except
in metal or other noncombustible receptacles. Such receptacles, unless resting
on a noncombustible floor or on the ground outside the building, shall be
placed on noncombustible stands and in every case shall be kept at least two
(2) feet away from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.
Accumulations of wastepaper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter or combustible
or flammable waste or rubbish of any kind shall not be permitted to remain
upon any roof or in any court, yard, vacant lot or open space. All weeds,
grass, vines or other growth, when same endangers property or is liable to
be fired, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the property.
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 or stacked in an orderly manner
to be removed from the building or stored in suitable vaults or in metal or
metal-lined, covered receptacles or bins. The Chief of the Fire Department
shall require suitable baling presses to be installed in stores, apartment
buildings, factories and similar places where accumulations of paper and waste
materials are not removed at least every second day.
Highly flammable materials, such as cotton batting, straw, dry vines,
leaves, trees, artificial flowers or shrubbery and foam plastic materials,
shall not be used for decorative purposes in show windows or other parts of
mercantile and institutional occupancies unless flameproofed. Electric light
bulbs in mercantile and institutional occupancies shall not be decorated with
paper or other combustible materials unless such materials shall first have
been rendered flameproof.