1503.06 ACCUMULATIONS OF WASTE MATERIALS.

   (a)   Roofs, courts, yards, vacant lots and open spaces shall be kept free and clear of deposits or accumulations of waste paper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter or combustible waste or rubbish of any kind. All weeds, grass, vines or other growth, when same endanger property or are liable to be fired, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the property.

   (b)   No person making, using, storing or having charge or control of any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw or combustible trash, waste or fragments shall fail, neglect or refuse 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 from the building or stored in suitable vaults or in metal or metal-lined covered receptacles or bins. The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall require suitable baling presses to be installed in stores, apartment buildings and similar places where accumulations of paper and waste materials are not removed at least every second day.

   (c)   In all multiple-family homes and apartments where storage is permitted in lockers or storage rooms, there shall be a clearance of at least eighteen inches between the top of material stored and the underside of the lowest beams, girders or other ceiling obstructions, which might restrict the use of fire hose streams over the material.

   (d)   In all multiple-family homes and apartments where individual boilers and electrical meter furnace rooms are maintained, the storage of any materials, whether combustible or otherwise, is not permitted.

(Ord. 2004-206. Passed 12-21-04.)