(a) Open Fires. No person shall cause or permit the burning of any paper, wood, leaves or other combustible matter or waste material or of any motor vehicle or part thereof within the corporate limits in an open fire without first obtaining written approval therefor from the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control or his agent.
(b) Emission of Sulfur Oxides.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (d) hereof, no person shall cause or permit the emission of gas containing sulfur oxides of more than 2,000 amps from any existing process equipment or 500 ppm from any new process equipment.
(2) No person shall cause or permit the use of fuel containing two percent or more of sulfur by weight in any existing fuel-burning equipment or fuel containing one percent or more of sulfur by weight in any new fuel-burning equipment.
(3) Nothing contained in subparagraph (b)(2) hereof shall be construed to prohibit the use in fuel-burning equipment of fuel with a sulfur content greater than the maximum amount permitted in this section, provided that such equipment is equipped with control apparatus so as to continually prevent the emission of any sulfur oxides in amounts greater than those that would be emitted from burning fuel containing the maximum amount of sulfur permitted herein in the same equipment without such control apparatus.
(4) The percentage, by weight, of sulfur in the fuel shall be determined in accordance with the methods of the A.S.T.M.
(5) For purposes of this section, all emissions of sulfur oxides shall be expressed as concentrations of sulfur dioxide.
(6) All process and fuel-burning equipment existing prior to the effective date of this Air Pollution Code (Ordinance 53-70, passed May 25, 1970) shall be in compliance with the limits established herein sixty days after such effective date.
(c) Emission of Particulate Matter from Processing, Transporting or Storing Material in the Open Air. No person shall cause or permit the handling, processing, transporting or storage of any material on any premises in a manner which permits or may permit particulate matter to become air-borne, which matter exceeds either of the following standards:
(1) No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart or its equivalent opacity; or
(2) A suspended particulate matter value of 500 micrograms per cubic meter at or beyond the property line measured at normally occupied levels for a sampling period of one hour or more.
(d) Nuisances.
(1) No person or his agent or employee shall cause or permit the emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere so as to cause a nuisance, as determined by the Commissioner or his duly authorized representative.
(2) An emission shall also be deemed a nuisance if not less than thirty percent of a sample of twenty or more persons, or not less than seventy-five percent of a sample of less than twenty persons, exposed to it believe it to be objectionable in usual places of occupancy.
(3) After an emission is deemed a nuisance, as provided herein, the Commissioner shall issue an order for abatement as provided in Section 1462.09.
(e) Other Emissions. Air contaminants not specifically covered by the provisions of this Air Pollution Code may be the subject of tests, studies and orders for abatement by the Commissioner.
(Ord. 53-70. Passed 5-25-70.)