(a) No person shall burn, or cause, suffer, allow or permit to be burned, solid waste, garbage, refuse or trade waste. No person shall conduct or cause or permit the operation of a salvage operation by burning.
(b) Solid waste, garbage, refuse or trade waste may be burned by a governmental agency as a public service in order to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, provided that such burning is conducted so as not to cause air pollution.
(c) The burning of solid waste, garbage, refuse or trade waste may be permitted, upon a written request of the Manager, if the need for such burning is clearly demonstrated to the Manager, so long as such burning will not cause air pollution. Each site upon which such burning is to be undertaken and each change of material to be burned shall require separate permission from the Manager.
(d) The burning of leaves and dried tree trimmings originating on the premises is permitted from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in an area where the residential density is less than 300 persons per square mile.
(e) The burning of solid waste, refuse or trade waste is permitted when such burning is accomplished by the use of an incinerator which has received prior approval of the Manager. Such incinerator shall be designed and operated so that all off-gases containing smoke and odor are drawn into a secondary refractory chamber and destroyed by being spun through afterburner temperatures exceeding 1,100 F, and so as not to produce air pollution.
(f) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 15-72. Passed 9-28-72.)