(a) No person being the owner or occupant of a unit in a residential structure having more than three units including but not limited to, apartments, condominiums, hotels, motels, boardinghouses and similar shelters, shall use or permit use of a barbecue grill, hibachi or any other device or appliance producing an open flame for the purpose of cooking on any balcony, porch or rooftop, located above the grade level of any structure.
(b) No person being the owner or occupant of any structure or unit described in subsection (a) hereof shall store or permit storage of propane tanks for barbecue grills in the interior areas within any unit of such structure.
(c) Persons being the owner or occupants of a unit or structure defined in subsection (a) hereof may use an open flame cooking barbecue grill, hibachi or any other device or appliance on open patio areas at grade level provided there shall be a minimum horizontal distance of fifteen feet from the nearest balcony or overhanging appendage or structure.
(d) No person shall violate any provision of this section.
(e) The imposition of a penalty for any violation of this section shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. All such persons shall be required to correct or remedy the violation.
(f) The imposition of the penalty in Section 1511.99 shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of the prohibited condition. (Ord. 2000-150. Passed 4-13-00.)