Any person using a torch or other flame-producing device for removing
paint from any building or structure shall provide one approved fire extinguisher
in each room or water hose connected to the water supply on the premises where
such burning is done. In all cases, the person doing the burning shall remain
on the premises one hour after the torch or flame-producing device has been
used.
No person shall deposit hot ashes or cinders or smoldering coals or
greasy or oily substances liable to spontaneous ignition into any wooden receptacle
or place the same within 10 feet of any combustible materials, except in metal
or other noncombustible receptacles. Such receptacles, unless resting on a
noncombustible floor or on the ground outside the building, shall be placed
on noncombustible stands and in every case shall be kept at least two feet
away from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.
Accumulations of wastepaper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter or combustible
or flammable waste or rubbish of any kind shall not be permitted to remain
upon any roof or in any court, yard, vacant lot or open space. All weeds,
grass, vines or other growth, when same endangers property or is liable to
be fired, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the property.
No person making, using, storing or having in charge or under his control
any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw or combustible
waste materials shall fail or neglect at the close of each day to cause all
such material which is not compactly baled and stacked in an orderly manner
to be removed from the building or stored in suitable vaults or in metal or
metal-lined, covered receptacles or bins. Suitable baling presses shall be
installed in stores, apartment buildings, factories and similar places where
accumulations of paper and waste materials are not removed at least every
second day.
[Amended 7-12-1988]
Flammable decorative materials in mercantile and institutional buildings
shall be as set forth in Section 1191.3b-1 and 3b-2 of the New York State
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.