(A) It shall be unlawful to cause or permit the emission of dense smoke from any fire, chimney, engine, oil burner or any other source so as to cause annoyance or discomfort to any resident.
(B) It shall be deemed a nuisance and unlawful to discharge into the outdoor atmosphere any fumes, smoke, gas, soot, cinders, noxious acids or vapers from the burning of leaves or materials of any kind.
(C) It shall be unlawful to cause or permit the emission of any focal, offensive, nauseous, noxious, or disagreeable odors, effluvia or stenches extremely repulsive to the physical sense of ordinary persons which annoy, discomfort, injure or inconvenience the health of any resident.
(D) For the purposes of testing and grading the density of smoke, the Ringelmann Smoke Chart, as published and used by the United States Geological Survey, shall be and is adopted as a standard for such grading, and smoke shall be and is defined as and declared to be “dense” when it is of a degree of density of number three of the chart, or greater, for more than six minutes in any one hour, whether the period of time is consecutive or not.
(Ord. 1235, passed 11-26-24)