[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Kensington 1-15-1969 by Ord. No. 101; incorporated into the
Code of Ordinances (1968) as Section 36.0166. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The emission of smoke or other air contaminant, whether from
a building, structure, open fire or otherwise, is prohibited if such
emission continues for longer than three minutes in the aggregate
in any sixy-minute period and such emission has either a density which
appears as dark or darker than that designated as No. 1 on the Standard
Smoke Chart or an opacity which obscures vision to a degree equal
to or greater than smoke of No. 1 density on the Standard Smoke Chart.
The density or opacity of smoke or other air contaminant shall
be measured at the point of its emission, except that when the point
of emission cannot be readily observed, it may be measured at an observable
point on the plume nearest the point of emission, or if emitted from
a source outside of the village, it shall be measured after the plume
crosses the boundary of the village.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any particulate matter or any gas or any combination thereof,
other than water vapor or natural air.
The Ringelmann Chart for grading the appearance, density
or shade of smoke, as published and described in the United States
Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7718.
[Amended 5-17-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
Each person who violates any provision of this chapter shall,
for each and every day that said violation continues, be subject to
a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to
exceed six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
