Outdoor premises, including vacant lots, shall be free from conditions
that might create a health, accident or fire hazard.
A. Such areas shall be reasonably free from holes and excavations,
sharp protrusions and other objects or conditions that are a potential cause
of personal injury.
B. Open walls, cesspools and cisterns shall be securely
closed.
C. Trees and limbs of trees that constitute a hazard shall
be removed.
Lawns, hedges and bushes shall be kept from becoming overgrown and unsightly
where exposed to public view and where neglect constitutes a blighting factor
depreciating adjoining property. Ground cover shall be properly established
to prevent undue soil erosion.
[Amended 6-3-1986 by L.L.
No. 2-1986]
A. No person shall cause or permit the kindling, maintenance
or use of any open fire without a permit issued by the Village Administrator.
Application for a permit shall be made, in writing, to the Village Administrator,
who before issuing any permit shall consult with the Chief of the Fire Department.
Any permits issued shall contain such requirements, limitations and restrictions
as are necessary to ensure the public safety.
B. An open fire is any outdoor fire, or outdoor smoke-producing
process, which emits into the outdoor atmosphere any contaminants, such as
gases, fumes, mists, vapors, dust, fibers or other impurities.
C. A permit shall not be required for the following open
fires:
(1) Outdoor picnics and barbecue fires on private property
in equipment covered by a grate not exceeding four (4) square feet, fueled
by charcoal or gas.
(2) Any fires used for the training of the village fire companies,
but only with the prior written approval of the Chief of the Fire Department.
(3) Any other open fire authorized pursuant to the Code of
the Village of Pelham.
D. All open fires must be attended at all times, have appropriate
fire-extinguishing equipment readily available for any emergency and be extinguished
by 11:00 p.m.
All signs permitted by reason of other regulations or as a lawful nonconforming
use shall be maintained in good repair, and printed matter, pictures or illustrations
contained thereon shall be completely maintained and, when no longer in use,
completely removed.
Not more than one (1) currently unregistered and/or uninspected motor
vehicle shall be parked on any property in a residential district, and at
no time shall said vehicle be in any state of major disassembly or disrepair,
nor shall it be in the process of being stripped or dismantled. At no time
shall any vehicle of any type undergo major overhaul, including body work,
in a residential district.