HomeMy WebLinkAbout0348 Solid Fuel Heaters 1990CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO
ORDINANCE NO. #348
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, ADDING CHAPTER
8.30 TO THE CHUBBUCK MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR
THE TYPE OF SOLID FUEL HEATERS, INCLUDING WOOD STOVES, TO BE
SOLD OR INSTALLED IN THE CITY; REPEALING PRIOR CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO:
Section 1. The following Chapter 8.30 shall be added to
the Chubbuck Municipal Code:
Chapter 8.30 Solid Fuel Heaters
8.30.010 Definitions.
as used in this Chapter:
The following definitions shall apply
A. SOLID FUEL is wood, coal and other similar organic
materials and any combination of them.
B. SOLID FUEL HEATER is an enclosed solid fuel burning
appliance capable of and/or intended for environmental space
heating and/or domestic water heating, including but not limited
to, air tight stoves, room heaters, fireplace stoves, Franklin
stoves and fireplace inserts.
C. CLEAN BURNING SOLID FUEL HEATER is a solid fuel heater
that has been determined by the Fire Department to comply with
the standards for particulate matter discharge as set forth in 40
CFR 60.532 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPa).
8.30.020 Sale of Equipment. No person shall advertise for
sale, offer to sell, or sell within the corporate limits of
Chubbuck, a solid fuel heater which has not been determined to be
a clean burning sold fuel heater.
8.30.030 Installation of Equipment. No solid fuel heater
shall be installed or allowed to be installed in any new or
existing building unless it meets the standards of a clean
burning solid fuel heater. This shall also apply to any solid
fuel heater installed after the effective date of this ordinance
which replaces a solid fuel heater installed prior to this
ordinance.
8.30.040 Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of
this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The City may
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additionally pursue civil remedies, including injunctive relief,
for violations.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. The
provisions of any Ordinance of the City of Chubbuck, Idaho, and
any provision of the Chubbuck Municipal Code which are in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 2. Severability. If any provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, for any reason, by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any of the remaining provisions.
Section 3. Effective Date. The rule requiring an ordinance
to be read on three separate days, one of which shall be a
reading in full, is hereby dispensed with, and this Ordinance
shall become effective upon its passage, approval and publication
as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, this 27th. day of NOV~L~BER , 1990.
AYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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