BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. The air quality agency for the San Francisco Bay Area pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code.
EPA. The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA CERTIFIED WOOD HEATERS. Any wood heater that meets the standard in Title 40, Part 60, Subpart AAA (Sections 60.530 et seq.) of the Code of Federal Regulations in effect at the time of installation and is certified and labeled pursuant to
those regulations. An EPA certified wood heater may be freestanding, built-in, or an insert within a fireplace.
FIREPLACE. Any permanently installed masonry or factory-built wood-burning appliance designed to be used with an air-to-fuel ratio greater than or equal to 35 to 1.
GARBAGE. All solid, semi-solid and liquid wastes generated from residential, commercial and industrial sources, including, but not limited to, trash, refuse, rubbish, industrial wastes, asphalted products, manure, vegetable or animal solids or semi-solids.
GAS FIREPLACE. Any masonry or factory-built fireplace in which a device that has been designed to burn natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas in a manner that simulates the appearance of burning wood has been permanently installed so the burner pan and associated equipment are affixed to the masonry or metal base of the fireplace.
INSERT. Any wood heater designed to be installed in an existing masonry or factory-built fireplace.
PAINTS. All exterior and interior house and trim paints, enamels, varnishes, lacquers, stains, primers, sealers, under-coatings, roof coatings, wood preservatives, shellacs, and other paints or paint-like products.
PAINT SOLVENTS. All original solvents sold or used to thin paints or clean up painting equipment.
PELLET-FUELED HEATER. Any appliance that operates exclusively on solid fuel pellets.
SOLID FUEL. Wood or any other non-gases or non-liquid fuel.
TREATED WOOD. Wood of any species that has been chemically impregnated, painted or similarly modified to improve resistance to insects or decay.
WASTE PETROLEUM PRODUCT. Any petroleum product (other than fuels) that has been
refined from crude oil, and has been used or has been contaminated with physical or chemical impurities.
WOOD-BURNING APPLIANCE. A fireplace, wood heater, or pellet-fired heater or similar device burning solid fuel used for aesthetic or space-heating purposes.
WOOD HEATER. An enclosed, wood-burning appliance, that is not a fireplace capable of and intended for space heating that meets all the following criteria:
(1) An air-to-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber averaging less than 35-to-l as determined by the manufacturer's listing and approved by the Building Official;
(2) A usable firebox volume less than 20 cubic feet (0.57 cubic meters);
(3) A minimum burn rate less than 11 lb/hr (kg/hr); and
(4) A maximum weight of less than 1,760 lbs (800kg). (For the purpose of this chapter, fixtures and devices that are normally sold separately, such as flue pipe, chimney and masonry components that are not an integral part of the appliance or heat distribution ducting do not count as part of the appliance weight.)
WOOD STOVE. A freestanding wood heater.
(Ord. 720, passed 5-2-2007)