§ 8.16.300. Solid fuel burning device.

(1)

The following regulations apply to solid fuel burning devices:

a.

After December 31, 2015, only wood burning devices that meet federal regulations may be installed in the air pollution control district.

b.

Within the air pollution control district, no person owning or operating a solid fuel burning device may cause, allow, or discharge emissions from such device which are of any opacity greater than twenty-five percent.

c.

The provisions of this subsection do not apply to emissions during the building of a new fire, for a period or periods aggregating no more than thirty minutes in any four-hour period.

d.

Within the air pollution control district, no person owning or operating a solid fuel burning device for which a Class 1 or special needs permit has been issued may cause, allow or discharge any emissions from such device which are of an opacity greater than ten percent during an air pollution alert declared by the government. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to emissions during the building of a new fire or for refueling for a period or periods aggregating no more than thirty minutes in any four-hour period.

e.

For the purpose of this section, the Government may declare an air pollution alert to be in effect whenever the ambient concentration of PM-2.5 within the air pollution control district equals or exceeds seventy-five percent of the "NAAQS/MAAQS" averaged over any eight-hour period and when scientific and meteorological data indicate the average PM-2.5 concentrations will remain at or above the NAAQS/MAAQS if an air pollution alert is not called.

f.

Every person operating or in control of a solid fuel burning device within the air pollution control district has a duty to know when an air pollution alert has been declared by the government.

( Ord. No. 12-1, § 1, 4-18-2012 ; Ord. No. 15-17, § 3, 12-18-2015 )