Okay, next question: do you live anywhere near _me_? On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Bill Sanderson <bill_sander...@msn.com>wrote:
> This stuff isn’t easy to find, but: > > *§ 3-202. Open Fires.* > > No person shall ignite, burn or permit the continuation of the burning > of garbage, refuse, or other waste material, demolition materials, leaves, > grass, weeds, trees, batteries, wire, tires, cars, vehicles or parts > thereof, or any other combustible material in an open fire. Any open burning > for salvage purposes is prohibited. This requirement shall not apply to > outdoor home cooking. A special exception may be made by order of the > Commissioner of Health where the Fire Commissioner certifies an emergency > exists which endangers the public safety, and the Health Commissioner finds > that no practical alternative method of disposal of hazardous or flammable > materials exists. The conditions for allowing open fires shall be approved > by both the Health and Fire Commissioners. > > Above from the Philadelphia Code. > > > > So—if you want to burn some wood outside for entertainment purposes, be > sure to have marshmallows and sticks available…. > > > > We’ve got adjacent neighbors who burn wood outside in a sort of stove > occasionally in the fall. It’s been in weather when we wouldn’t normally > have windows open, but it definitely makes the rooms on that side of the > house smell of wood smoke. > > Some of the model burning ordinances make provisions for exemptions for > single family dwellings, or fires for “ceremonial purposes”—but ours seems > to only exempt cooking fires. > > > > *From:* ucneighb...@googlegroups.com [mailto:ucneighb...@googlegroups.com] > *On Behalf Of *Brian Siano > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:34 PM > *To:* u...@ucneighbors.org; univcity > *Subject:* [UCNeighbors] Outdoor Firepits > > > > Does anyone in the neighborhood have an outdoor firepit, or some means of > burning small amounts of wood outdoors? > > > > I was thinking of getting one, but given that this is a close little > neighborhood, I was wondering if anyone has had problems, issues, complaints > from neighbors, etc. > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "UCNeighbors" > group. > To post to this group, send email to u...@ucneighbors.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ucneighbors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<ucneighbors%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/ucneighbors?hl=en >
