[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of North Haven 9-28-2010 Special Town
Meeting. Amendments noted where applicable.]
In recognition of the inefficiency of and potential health and
air pollution impacts of outdoor wood-burning or wood-fired furnaces
or boilers, this chapter is enacted, in accordance with the policy
of the State of Connecticut set forth in the Connecticut General Statutes
Section 22a-1, to improve and protect our natural resources and environment
and to control air, land, and water pollution in order to enhance
the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the State of Connecticut,
and in accordance with the powers of this municipality under our Charter
and Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-148(c), to protect and
promote the safety, health, and welfare of the Town of North Haven
and the inhabitants of the municipality; to do all things necessary
or desirable to protect the municipality from fire; to prohibit and
abate within the municipality all nuisances and causes thereof and
all things detrimental to the health, safety, convenience, and welfare
of the inhabitants of the municipality; to regulate the emission of
smoke from any chimney, smokestack, or other source within the limits
of the municipality; and to provide for proper heating of buildings
within the municipality.
When used in this chapter, the term below shall have the following
meaning:
Any accessory structure or appliance designed to be located
outside living space ordinarily used for human habitation and designed
to transfer or provide heat, via liquid or other means, through the
burning of wood or solid waste, for heating spaces other than where
such structure or appliance is located, any other structure or appliance
on the premises, or for heating domestic, swimming pool, hot tub or
jacuzzi water. An outdoor wood-burning or wood-fired furnace or boiler
or OWF does not include a fire pit, wood-fired barbecue, or chiminea.
A.
From the effective date hereof, it shall be a violation of this chapter
to construct, install, establish, modify, operate, or make use for
any reason of an outdoor wood-burning or wood-fired furnace or boiler
or OWF.
B.
A fine of $250 shall be imposed for each violation of this chapter.
C.
Each day of operation or use of an outdoor wood-burning or wood-fired
furnace or boiler or OWF in violation of this chapter shall be a separate
violation.
The Director of the Department of Public Works for the Town
of North Haven shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions and
carrying out the purpose of this chapter. The Director of Public Works,
or his/her designated representative, shall have the authority to
issue citations for violations of this chapter.
Notwithstanding § 115A-3 of this chapter, any owner, tenant, or person in possession of any property or premises within the limits of the municipality that has installed an outdoor wood-burning or wood-fired furnace or boiler or OWF prior to the effective date of this chapter for use as the primary or sole source of heating for a residence or other building or the water used by said residence or other building, will not be found in violation of this chapter if said owner, tenant, or person registers the outdoor wood-burning or wood-fired furnace or boiler or OWF with the Department of Public Works for the Town of North Haven within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter.
