HomeMy WebLinkAbout180 - 12/01/1987 - AMENDING CITY CODE REGARDING THE BURNING OF SOLID FUEL ORDINANCE NO. 180, 1987
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY REGARDING
THE BURNING OF SOLID FUEL IN THE CITY
WHEREAS, the burning of solid fuel for heating purposes in the City of
Fort Collins has been determined by the Council to be a cause of air
pollution problems in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that, in the interest of public
health, safety and welfare, and the abatement of nuisances, regulations on
the burning of solid fuel and the installation of solid fuel -burning
appliances should be adopted; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests
of the citizens of the City that the Code of the City be amended to
regulate the burning of solid fuels and the installation of solid
fuel -burning appliances.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Code of the City be amended as follows:
Section 1 . That Chapter 5 (Buildings and Building Regulations) ,
Article IV (Mechanical standards) , be amended by the addition of a new
Section 110, to provide as follows:
Sec. 5-110. Solid fuel -burning appliances.
(a) No person shall install , modify, relocate or replace
a residential solid fuel -burning appliance without having
first obtained a building permit in accordance with this
Chapter. No person shall install a wood stove, as defined by
Colorado Air Quality Control Commission Regulation No. 4,
whether free-standing or insert, unless it is certified
pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Air Quality
Control Commission, Regulation No. 4, or unless it is an
antique stove. For purposes of this regulation, an antique
stove is a stove built prior to 1930 which has no gaskets for
control of combustion air.
(b) No person shall install any solid fuel -burning
appliance for the purpose of burning coal for space heat.
Section 2. That Chapter 20 (Nuisances) , Article I, Section 20-2, be
amended by the addition of new subparagraphs (c) , (d) and (e) , to provide
as follows:
(c) No person shall cause or allow the emission of smoke
exceeding forty (40) percent opacity from any flue or
chimney, except for a single fifteen (15) minute period for
cold start-up. Any emission in excess hereof is hereby
declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited.
(d) After October 1, 1988, no person shall cause or
allow, for the purpose of residential or commercial space
heating, the burning of coal in a solid fuel -burning
appliance, unless that appliance is designed to burn coal ,
and unless it is the sole source of heat for the building.
No solid fuel -burning appliance shall be considered to be the
sole source of heat if the building is equipped with a
permanently-installed furnace or heating system that is
designed to use natural gas, fuel oil , electricity or
propane, whether connected or disconnected from its energy
source.
(e) Except as is provided in paragraph (d) hereof, no
person shall cause or allow the burning of any solid fuel in
a solid fuel -burning appliance other than clean, dry,
untreated wood or wood products, or other solid fuel products
specially manufactured for the purpose of space heating.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 17th day of November, A.D. 1987, and to be presented for
final passage on the 1st day of December, A.D. 1987.
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of December, A.D.
1987.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk