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ORDINANCE liO. ~)24
A...~ ORDINANCE I~F THE CITY OF p,,!tLO ALTO
AMENDING ARTICLE 17 QF CODIFIED ORDINANCE NO.5,
'l:i!E ~\FI.F,i:E PREVE~"TIONCODEn
The Council of the City <~f P~,lo Alto does ordain. as follows:
Sect-t,on 1" Section 17 F 101 of Cod1i'i€'d. Ol"'dlnance No. 5
hereby is ame.rl.ded by add1::1g thel"eto a new de~f1n1 t10n to read as
follows:
"Fire Hazard or P1l~ Nuisance: Any act wh1ch
inc:reases or may cause an increase. of the bazard t;)r
menace of tire to a greater degree tb~ln that custom
arily recognized a e normal by persor,,$ in tbe publiC
service of·' preventing" supp:ressing or e1t1ngu1sh!.ng
tire; or wb1ch may obstruct, delay or binder" or may
become the cause of an o'bstruct1on"a delay Ol~ a .
hindrance to the p,r:"event1on" suppres;s1'Dri or extin
guishment of fire" If
Section 2. Sect10l:l 17.1901 of said ord1r~nce hereby is '.
amended to read as follows:
~SEC" 17 .1901. BO]~FIRES Iu~D OUT[':OOR ~D!!3ISH ]~IRES.
"a. Fires Pr<)blb1ted in Certain Zones. No per
son shall k1ndle OJ:'' burn or C£luse to be 'k'I'ndled 0'1.·
burned any ref'u:-te or waste matter in tbt~ open air in
Fire Zones lor.2.
t1 b. pe'J:"%!1~t~~9.1..lired.. No person shall k;1.ndle or
burn or cause to Dt~ kindled or burr.led any retuse or
waste matter fn .. an open f:tre :1n any t:l~~ z(,lne outside
of Fire Zones 1 and 2 without first h2\ vjLng secured. a
permit from the Pil"e Chief.. N<) such l;n.nmingshall be
pemitted . on Mondays and on all otber dc~ys shall be
done only between the hours of 7:00 a.m .. and 12 noon.
ne.. t¥'eedBurr..1gg. No pel"'son shall. pert'orm lot
'cleaning operations. y kinc:iling or burni,ng gz"ass or
weeds thereon wi thc;ut :first cutting arid .se vel~1r~ said
grass or weeds troD:: the soil and placing; the same in
sm.all piles :for burning unless the area being cleaned
by 'burning is dis tant mor-:..! than 100 feet troll! any
building or sti-:,lcture. A permit shall be required for
such bl).=-n1ng from the Bureau which may requ11:"e. any
reasonable. precautions befo:I:''e granting the sam~.
n d. Cbie f ,May Proh1 b1 t ~ The Fire Ch 1,e:f may pro
hibit. any or all bont1ree and outdo,or rubb1s,h fires
wben a'tmoapheric cond1tions or local circumstances
make sucb f1res baz,ardous.
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rte ~ Ch1e:f" Mal:..1,mpose Congg;~ons. In issuing the
permi t prov1ded in this sec 'cion" ·:~Cb1e.t may imi'0se
such add! tional co~,d1 tiona as he lieem.s necessary ..
Section 3. Sa1d oltiiIlance hereby is amended by adding ,
t,hereto a new sectlon. tc be designated Section 17.1.910 a:ld to
read as follows:
"SEC. 17.1910. INCINERATORSc
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standing
Zone 1.
"b. Conditio!l;"! Use in Fire Zone 2. Outs1de fri:'e-s~and1ng iilclr.lerators ~lre ~;rob161ted in Fire Zone
2' ,unlesig they meet the m1nimum <:onstruction req111re
me'uta of fireplace::;. in 'the Palo Alto Build1ng Cod.e ..
Any outs1de free-st:anding inc1nerator in Fj..re Zone 2
in eXistence and operation on tr1e effective d~~te of
th1s section and l'lc)t 1n con.t"ormance with the: provis1ons
o£ the Palo Alto Bl,;111d1ng Code shall 'be brou,tr.ht ~\lP to
such standard.s or t;he use thereof d.1acont1nued not later
than January 1'" .i.9:i8.
ne • Domestic Incinerators. Dl::>meetlc 1n.clnerators
1n Flre zo'li'ej wh·.1<:h a.re tref~stand1ng or portable shall
be approved by the Bureau aa to location and cons~ruct1on.
A permit shall be l-equ1red for b ~rn:Lng in suoh ine.lnera
t.ors. No :ret.use wbiehmay cause' or create Ii dense or
offensive, smoke shclll bebu~ed Ln any 1nc1n:E~ra tor or in
the open a1::". No 'tlsrbeque or ba::--beque pit sha,ll be used
for' the burning ot rubbish or ga::-der~ trash."
Section 4. This ol''dinance shall take effect upon the ex.pir
ation ot th1rty (30) days from 1ts pal3'sage.
The above and foregOing ordinanc1~ was duly and regularly
1ntroduced at a regular meeting of th~,~ Council of the City of
P~10· Alto on Monday~ the ~ day of :Zune , 1955, and
was thereafter, on Monday, the 11 th day of July _, 1955,
duly and regularl:r, passed by the fol1cwing vote:
AYES:
NOES';
Eishop"'Byxbee,, Co:'coran" Cres'aPI Cummings" Dav1s"
Dr.Ysdale" g,irfin~ :M~rsh;'~l" M~. tchell" Navis, Porter" Rodgers, .t\~ppenc;ha..:..1 s ........ pson.
None. ,
ABSENT: None. \ (.')' ) . • / / t:~ / ~
ATTEST: I/~I j" APFROVED! / ~~}I I i' <-1.-
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