Ordinance #195

Health & Safety
Outdoor Solid Fuel Heating Devices - City of Fennimore

AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE SECTION 17.08 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF FENNIMORE, GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN, RELATING TO REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SOLID FUEL HEATING DEVICES

THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FENNIMORE, GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section I- Section 17.08 of the Municipal Code of the City of Fennimore shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows:

17.08 OUTDOOR SOLID FUEL HEATING DEVICES.

(1) Definitions. The following definitions shall be applicable herein:

(a) Solid Fuel-Fired Heating Device. An outdoor device or structure designed (i) for solid fuel combustion; and (ii) for the purpose of providing indoor heat including, but not limited to, combination fuel furnaces or boilers which bum solid fuel.

(b) Stacks or chimneys. Any vertical structure enclosing a flue or flues that carry off smoke or exhaust from a solid-fuel fired heating device or structure, including that part of the structure extending above a roof

(c) Public Nuisance. All solid fuel-fired heating devices without a stack or chimney of at least 17 feet in height measured from the ground at and on which the device is located shall be considered a public nuisance within the City and are banned.

Section II: This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication or posting as required by law.