(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EXTERNAL SOLID FUEL-FIRED HEATING DEVICE. A device designed for external solid fuel combustion so that usable heat is derived for the interior of a building, and includes solid fuel-fired stoves, solid fuel-fired cooking stoves, and combination fuel furnaces or boiler which burn solid fuel. SOLID FUEL-FIRED HEATING DEVICES do not include natural gas-fired fireplace logs or wood-burning fireplaces or wood stoves in the interior of a dwelling.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, company, or other association.
STACKS or CHIMNEYS. Any vertical structure incorporated into a building and enclosing a flue or flues that carry off smoke or exhaust from a solid fuel-fired heating device, especially, the part of such a structure extending above a roof.
(B) Requirements for operation.
(1) Any dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot, or cinders, in unreasonable quantities, or any use of an external solid fuel-fired heating device to burn solid fuels other than those solid fuels for which the external solid fuel-fired heating device was designed, is declared a public nuisance.
(2) No person may install, use, or operate an external solid fuel fired heating device on a lot less than four acres in size.
(3) All stacks or chimneys must be so constructed to withstand high winds or other related elements and in accordance to the specifications of the manufacturer of the external solid fuel-fired heating device. The stack height shall be a minimum of 25 feet above ground level, but shall also extend at least as high as the height of the roofs of residents within 500 feet. All stacks or chimneys must be of masonry or insulated metal with a minimum six-inch flue.
(4) All external solid fuel-fired heating devices must be setback a minimum of 50 feet from all property lines.
(5) All external solid fuel-fired heating devices must be setback a minimum of ten feet from any principal or accessory structure.
(C) Fuels.
(1) Only fuels designed for burning in an external solid fuel-fired heating device may be burned. No garbage may be burned in an external solid fuel-fired heating device.
(2) The only fuel permitted to be burned is untreated fuel. Wood may not be treated, processed, stained, finished, or painted - specifically prohibited woods include plywood, particle board, and similar products. Other fuels, such as corn, shall not contain any additives, treatments, or chemicals. No petroleum products or processed materials of any kind may be burned.