No person shall place or cause to be placed any ashes, clinkers, smoldering coal or embers or similar residue from any heating appliance in any other than metal or nonflammable containers, nor shall such ashes be piled against any combustible wall or parti- tion or on any combustible floor, provided, however, that dead ashes may be placed in paper cartons or boxes when placed out of doors at the rear of the premises to await the pickup of such ashes and other debris. When such ashes are placed out of doors in containers as herein specified, such containers must be placed at least three feet away from any wooden wall, fence, building or combustible material.
('88 Code, Title IX, Ch. 113, § 9.180) Penalty, see § 96.99