I like the idea that if there is a plague we can get a special dispensation to burn the bodies. Jim
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Brian Siano <briansi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- > 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 > -- Jim Cummings
