[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden City 10-5-1967 as Ord. No. 4.4. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Penalties for offenses — See Ch. 1, Art. II.
Outdoor burning — See Ch. 73.
It shall be unlawful to permit the emission of dense smoke, as hereinafter defined, from any steam boiler, furnace or similar device or contrivance, or from the smokestack or chimney of any house, apartment house, office building, institution, place, premises or any building whatsoever used as a factory or for any purpose of trade or business, except for a period of six minutes in any one hour during which the fire is being cleaned or a fresh fire is being made in the furnace, but in no event between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
The provisions of the above section shall apply to the chimneys of locomotives, steam rollers, steam shovels or any other similar machine, device or contrivance.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DENSE SMOKE
Smoke which is so heavy and thick as to prevent the seeing of objects through it at the point of emission into the external air; or the equivalent of No. 3 grade of the Ringelmann Smoke Scale, the standard device used by the United States Bureau of Mines.
It shall be unlawful to cause, permit or allow to escape into the open air such quantities of soot, ash, dust, steam, cinders, dirt or other material or noxious gas in such place or manner as to cause or have a natural tendency to cause injury, detriment or annoyance to any person or persons or to the public, or to endanger the comfort and repose, health or safety of any person or persons or the public, or in such manner as to cause or have a natural tendency to cause injury or damage to business or property.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to investigate all complaints made to him of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Prosecutions for the violation of this chapter shall be instituted by the Building Inspector and shall be prosecuted in the name of the Village of Garden City. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector and all police officers to immediately report all violations of this chapter, together with the names and addresses of all witnesses having knowledge concerning or being in possession of facts showing such violations. The Building Inspector or any police officer shall have the right and authority at all reasonable times to visit and inspect premises and machinery, boilers, furnaces or other appliances connected therewith necessary to such inspection, for the purpose of ascertaining the kind or character of fuel used and the manner of using same and any fact or facts showing compliance with or violation of this chapter.