INTER CFFICE MeMéO.

Alderman Meyer Bs: October 26th, 1972

Bill wWingrove, Fire Chief Le Pollock

Rez: Prorosed chances in By-Law No. 9C2 and By-Law 960

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General
Section 4b to be omitted.

Section. 4¢ shall become 4b(i) with the word ‘especial added in the fifth line
before the worde ‘written permit’.
(ii) of section 4b shall read:

An officer may issue a special permit for open air burning of brush,
stumps, Slash and like materiale resulting from the clearing of land.
No person to whom a special permit has been issued shall on or in any
fire use rubber tires, oil, tar, asphalt shingles, battery boxes,
plastic materials or any similar material which may produce heavy
black smoke,

An officer may refuse to issue a special permit whenever burning,
having regard to all the prevailing circumstances, would likely be
hazardous or create a nuisance. An officer may also cancel a special
permit if in his opinion the fire becomes a hazard and/or creates a

nuisance.

To replace No. 6:
(6) With permit being secured, dry garden and household refuse may be
burned outside a residence in a residential zone, in an open fire
or arn approved incinerator twice yearly for a period of 1 week only.
These two one week periods shall coincide with the City's. spring and
fall clean up weeks as designated by the City Council.

An approved incinerator shall be equipped with a screen to be not less.
than 1/4" or greater than 3/4"! wire mesh to prevent fly ashe

Incinerators must not be erected on any street, lane or road allowance.
Incinerators shall be located on private property and five (5) feet
clear of any combustible material or structure.

This regulation Goes not apply to small confined fires used for cooking
food in grills and barbecues. .

New section to be put into this by~law:

( ) When a building is required to be sprinklered, the sprinkler system
shall be installed to conform with National Fire Protection Association
pamphlet No, 13. (NFPA No. 13)

(a) When ever in the opinion of the Fire Chief or Fire Frevention
Officer it is necessary that a sprinkler system be: installed in
& building, he shall give notice in writing to the occupant of
euch building or premises to forthwith install a sprinkler in
auch part of such building os he shall deem adequate for the safety
of the occupanta or usera thereof. Such sprinkier system shall be
installed in accordance with. (NFPA Noe 13)