For the purpose of §§ 9-5-4-1 et seq., the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BURN DOWN. That period of time, not to exceed three hours, after declaring a no burn period required for the cessation of combustion within any solid fuel heating device by withholding fuel or increasing the air-to-fuel ratio.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Environmental Health Department or a designated representative(s).
PERSON. Any individual, household, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, association,and legal entity, and every officer, agent or employee thereof.
SOLE SOURCE. One or more solid fuel heating devices which constitute the only source of heat in a building for the purpose of space heating. No solid fuel heating device(s) shall be the sole source of heat if the building is equipped with a permanently installed furnace or heating system designed to heat the building that is connected or unconnected from its energy source, utilizing oil, natural gas, electricity or propane.
SOLID FUEL HEATING DEVICE. Any fireplace, wood heater, wood stove, wood fired boiler, coal fired furnace, coal stove or similar device burning any solid fuel used for aesthetic, cooking (excluding commercial cooking) or heating purposes inside a building.
WOOD HEATER. An enclosed woodburning appliance, including a fireplace insert, capable of an intended for space heating and domestic water heating that meets all of the following criteria:
(1) An air-to-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber averaging less than 35-to-1 as determined by the test procedure described in United States Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR Part 60.534;
(2) A useable firebox volume of less than 0.56 cubic meters;
(3) A minimum burn rate less than 5 kg/hr as determined by the test procedure described in the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR Part 60.534; and
(4) A maximum weight, excluding devices and fixtures that are normally sold separately, such as flue pipe, chimney and masonry components that are not an integral part of the appliance or heat distribution ducting, of 800 kg.
('74 Code, § 6-6-2) (Ord. 49-1988)