No person shall cut or injure in any manner any hose, fire engine or other apparatus used for the extinguishment of fires, belonging to or used by the Fire Department, nor drive a vehicle over such hose.
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Editor's Note: Original §§ 131-27 through 131-35 of the 1980 Code, regarding hazardous activities, devices and materials, as amended, were deemed to be superseded by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code pursuant to Res. No. 11, adopted 4-11-1984 and approved 4-12-1984.
[Added 2-25-1959, approved 2-26-1959]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to burn material in incinerators other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to throw carpet sweepings containing naphthalene or camphor balls or flakes, floor scrapings, oil-soaked rags, empty paint cans or any other flammable or highly combustible substance into an incinerator chute or opening. There shall be continuously and conspicuously posted on every door opening into a space in which there is located any service opening into any incinerator and also on the wall directly over the hopper opening the following:
THROWING CARPET SWEEPINGS CONTAINING NAPHTHALENE, CAMPHOR BALLS AND FLAKES, FLOOR SCRAPINGS, OIL-SOAKED RAGS, EMPTY PAINT CANS OR ANY OTHER FLAMMABLE OR HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE SUBSTANCE INTO THIS INCINERATOR IS UNLAWFUL AND SUBJECTS OFFENDER TO A PENALTY.
C. 
Signs at incinerator service openings.
(1) 
Signs on doors leading to the service openings shall not be less than eight inches wide and not less than three inches high and shall have letters not less than one inch in height. Signs shall read "incinerator."
(2) 
Signs placed on the walls over the hoppers shall be not less than 10 inches wide and four inches high and shall have letters not less than 5/16 of an inch in height and shall be lettered to comply with Subsection B.
(3) 
The lettering of the sign shall be of the bold type and shall be properly spaced to provide good legibility, and the letters and the background shall be of contrasting colors.
(4) 
Signs on doors shall be located on the hall side and approximately five feet above the floor.
(5) 
Signs shall be durable and shall be substantially secured to the door or wall.
(6) 
Lighting shall be sufficient to make the signs easily legible at all times.
(7) 
The owner or agent will be responsible for installing and maintaining these signs.
D. 
Incinerators used for burning rubbish or other readily combustible solid waste material shall terminate in an approved spark arrester having openings not greater than 1/2 inch, or they are to be provided with other suitable means for avoiding discharge of fly particles.
[Added 8-24-1960, approved 8-25-1960]
A. 
Whenever any multiple dwelling, group of multiple dwellings, public buildings, mercantile or institutional buildings are not within a reasonable distance of a public fire alarm box, the Commissioner may require the installation and maintenance of a fire alarm box or boxes of the type and character used in the fire alarm system of the City of Mount Vernon to be located on the premises or in the buildings on such premises as the Chief of the Fire Department may direct.
B. 
Every asylum, almshouse, hospital, nursing or convalescent home having more than 10 inmates and every public, private and religious school shall be equipped with a fire alarm box or boxes of the type and character used in the fire alarm system of the City of Mount Vernon. Such box or boxes shall be located and maintained on the premises or in the buildings on such premises at such places as the Chief of the Fire Department may direct.
[Added 6-26-1996, approved 6-26-1996]
All new elevators installed requiring compliance with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, Part 1062 7(b) [9 NYCRR 1062.7(b)], shall install the Yale No. 255 elevator key.
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 131-39 through 131-40, regarding fire bombs and Molotov cocktails and flameproofing, respectively, as amended, were deemed to be superseded by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, pursuant to Res. No. 11, adopted 4-11-1984, approved 4-12-1984.