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§ 871. Bonfires and outdoor rubbish fires—Permit required

(a) 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, road or other public ground without a permit or other proper authorization. Location restricted (b) No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire […]

§ 873. Hot ashes or other dangerous materials

No person shall deposit hot ashes or cinders, or smouldering coals, or greasy or oily substances liable to spontaneous ignition into any wooden receptacle, or place the same within ten 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 […]

§ 874. Accumulations of waste materials

Accumulations of waste paper, 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 it endangers property, or is liable to be fired, […]

§ 875. Handling readily combustible materials

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 […]

§ 876. Storage of readily combustible materials—Permit required

(a) No person shall store in excess of 2,500 cubic feet gross volume of combustible empty packing cases, boxes, barrels or similar containers, or rubber tires, or baled cotton, rubber or cork, or other similarly combustible material without a permit. Storage requirements (b) Storage in buildings shall be orderly, shall not be within two feet […]

§ 877. Flammable decorative materials in stores

Cotton batting, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, or other highly flammable materials shall not be used for decorative purposes in show windows or other parts of stores unless flameproofed. Nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit the display of saleable goods permitted and offered for sale.

§ 878. Chimneys and heating appliances

All chimneys, smokestacks or similar devices for conveying smoke or hot gases to the outer air and the stoves, furnaces, fire boxes or boilers to which they are connected shall be constructed and maintained in such a manner as not to create a fire hazard.

§ 879. Use of torches or flame-producing devices for removing paint

Any person using a torch or other flame-producing device for removing paint from any building or structure shall provide one 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 1 hour after […]