It shall be unlawful to permit the emission of dense smoke, as hereinafter
defined, from any steam boiler, furnace or similar device or contrivance,
or from the smokestack or chimney of any house, apartment house, office building,
institution, place, premises or any building whatsoever used as a factory
or for any purpose of trade or business, except for a period of six minutes
in any one hour during which the fire is being cleaned or a fresh fire is
being made in the furnace, but in no event between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m.
The provisions of the above section shall apply to the chimneys of locomotives,
steam rollers, steam shovels or any other similar machine, device or contrivance.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
DENSE SMOKE
Smoke which is so heavy and thick as to prevent the seeing of objects
through it at the point of emission into the external air; or the equivalent
of No. 3 grade of the Ringelmann Smoke Scale, the standard device used by
the United States Bureau of Mines.
It shall be unlawful to cause, permit or allow to escape into the open
air such quantities of soot, ash, dust, steam, cinders, dirt or other material
or noxious gas in such place or manner as to cause or have a natural tendency
to cause injury, detriment or annoyance to any person or persons or to the
public, or to endanger the comfort and repose, health or safety of any person
or persons or the public, or in such manner as to cause or have a natural
tendency to cause injury or damage to business or property.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to investigate all complaints
made to him of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Prosecutions
for the violation of this chapter shall be instituted by the Building Inspector
and shall be prosecuted in the name of the Village of Garden City. It shall
be the duty of the Building Inspector and all police officers to immediately
report all violations of this chapter, together with the names and addresses
of all witnesses having knowledge concerning or being in possession of facts
showing such violations. The Building Inspector or any police officer shall
have the right and authority at all reasonable times to visit and inspect
premises and machinery, boilers, furnaces or other appliances connected therewith
necessary to such inspection, for the purpose of ascertaining the kind or
character of fuel used and the manner of using same and any fact or facts
showing compliance with or violation of this chapter.