HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0789ORDINANCE NO. 789 -
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE
BURNING OF GARBAGE IN AN APPROVED INCINERATOR
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Section 1608 of the Burlingame Ordinance
Code of 1941 is amended to read and provide as follows:
"Section 1608. Incinerators,, It shall be unlawful
to burn garbage except that a permit may be issued by
the Chief of the Fire Department to burn garbage un-
restricted as to burning hours or days in an incinerator
which meets all of the requirements of the building code
and which also meets the following conditions:
(1) The incinerator shall be located not
closer to any building or structure than specified
in the permit.
(2) The incinerator shall incinerate any and
all combustible material deposited within a degree
of neatness free from odor or infestation, resul
in a residue which is suitable for a cover material
(3) The incinerator shall not discharge into
the atmosphere, from any source of emission, any
air contaminates, for a period aggregating more
3 minutes in any one hour, which are:
(a) as dark as, or darker in shade than
that designated as No. 2 on the Ringelman
Chart as published by the U. S. Bureau of
Mines, or
(b) of such opacity as to obscure an
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observer's view to a degree equal to or
greater than the smoke described in the prior
subsection (a).
(4) The incinerator shall not emit any
obnoxious odor.
(5) The incinerator shall comply with all
state laws applicable thereto and shall be of a
type which can be altered to comply with all futur
state laws and amendments to this code, which may
become applicable thereto.
(6) The incinerator shall further comply
with all rules and regulations relative to the
performance of garbage and refuse disposal facili-
ties adopted by the governing body of the Air
Pollution Control District of the County of Los
Angeles, and with all rules and regulations of the
Bay Area Air Pollution Control District as each is
now in effect, or which may hereafter be adopted,
whichever may be the more strict.
"No refuse may be burned except in accordance
with the provisions of Article 26A of this Code,
"This section shall control over all ordinances,
portions of this code, and regulations inconsistent
or in conflict herewith."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published once as
required by law,
1, Herbert K. white, City Clerk, do hereby certify
that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting
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of the City Council held on the 7th day of October
1963, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Cou ci.
held on the 23rd day of October 1963, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen: Crosby-Diederichsen-George-
Johnson-Martin
Noes: Councilmen: None
Absent Councilmen: None
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