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No lime, ashes, coal, dry sand, hair, feathers, or other substance that may be scattered by the wind, shall be sifted through a sieve, agitated, or exposed. No mat, carpet, or cloth shall be shaken or beaten, nor any cloth, yarn, garment, material, or substance be scoured, cleaned, or hung, nor shall any business be conducted over or in any public way, or where particles set in motion therefrom will pass into any public way, or into any occupied premises. No usual or reasonable precaution shall be omitted by any person to prevent fragments or other substances from falling, or dust and light material from flying, into any public way or into any place or building from any building or structure while the same is being altered, repaired, or demolished. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $300.00 and not more than $1,000.00 for each offense. Each day that such a violation continues shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 99-38; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-00, p. 46866, § 1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, throw, deposit, or cause to be placed, thrown, or deposited, any substance, papers, refuse, or other article, or any material, on the roof of any building, or in any light or air shaft, court, or areaway that will cause the dissemination of dust or odors, or be productive of a nuisance or a menace to the health, comfort, or safety of any person or of the community. No person in possession or control of any building shall permit or allow the deposit or accumulation on the roof of said building or in any light or air shaft, court, or areaway, of any waste material, refuse, or other object or thing that will cause a nuisance or be injurious to the health, comfort, or safety of any person or of the community.
(Prior code § 99-39)
It shall be the duty of the commissioner of buildings or his authorized representative to make inspections at least twice each year of the roofs, light and air shafts, courts, and areaways of all buildings where he has reason to believe a nuisance exists or any of the regulations of this Code are being violated. It shall be the duty of the person in possession or control of any such building to allow the commissioner of buildings or his authorized representative entrance or access, at all reasonable times, to such building for the purpose of inspection or for the making of such records as may be necessary.
(Prior code § 99-40)
Every person engaged in or conducting in the city the business of roofing of buildings, shall remove the dirt and roofing refuse from the roofs by lowering it in buckets or containers, or with ropes, pulleys, or other mechanical devices while repairing or renewing roofs.
(Prior code § 99-42)
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