(a) No combustible waste material such as wood, paper, discarded combustible containers or packing material shall be stored in any building except in an approved fire-resistive room or incombustible container. All such accumulated materials shall be removed or destroyed at regular intervals.
(b) Packing rooms shall be located as remotely as possible from large stocks of combustible goods and shall be kept free of combustible waste material.
(c) Ashes shall not be deposited or kept in anything other than an incombustible container. When placed outdoors, such containers shall be closed containers or shall be covered.
(d) Highly flammable wastes such as pyroxylin scrap or dust, sawdust, paint or flammable liquid residue or oil or paint saturated rags and waste, shall be placed and kept in approved safety cans and receptacles until removal or destruction.
(e) Empty combustible containers stored outdoors shall be placed at least ten (10) feet from any building or other structure. When stored in large quantities they shall be securely and compactly piled so that no pile exceeds two hundred twenty-five (225) square feet in area or twelve (12) feet in height. Aisles not less than six (6) feet wide shall be maintained between piles.
(f) No combustible waste material shall be kept or stored outdoors except in approved incombustible containers. All combustible litter, dried vegetation or waste flammable liquid, stored outdoors and deemed to be a fire hazard by the Fire Chief, shall be promptly removed.
(g) Empty barrels, drums or containers of a capacity in excess of five (5) gallons from which flammable liquid was drawn shall not be stored in any building or on any premises unless entirely freed of flammable vapor, or filled with water, unless kept in a safe location outdoors in conformity with the provisions of Section 383.27 or in an isolated storage building approved by the Chief.
(h) No material shall be stored outdoors in violation of any provision of the Zoning Code.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)