§ 718-10.206. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)

"Approved testing laboratory" means laboratories that have been approved by the E.P.A. or other recognized agencies for the testing of wood burning appliances;

(b)

"Catalytic" means a wood burning appliance equipped with a device coated with platinum, palladium or other rare metal located in the combustion chamber of a wood-burning appliance designed to cause relatively complete combustion at lower than normal temperatures;

(c)

E.P.A" means United States Environmental Protection Agency;

(d)

"E.P.A. certified wood heater" means any wood heater that meets the standards in Title 40, Part 60, Subpart AAA, Code of Federal Regulations in effect at the time of installation and is certified and labeled pursuant to those regulations;

(e)

"E.P.A. Phase II Limits" means 7.5 grams particulate per hour for non-catalytic wood-burning appliances or 4.1 grams particulate per hour for catalytic wood burning appliances;

(f)

"Fireplace" means any permanently installed masonry or factory-built wood-burning appliance, except a pellet-fueled wood heater, designed to be used with an air-to-fuel ratio greater than or equal to 35 to 1;

(g)

"Garbage" means all solid, semi-solid and liquid wastes generated from residential, commercial and industrial sources, including trash, refuse, rubbish, industrial wastes, asphaltic products, manure, vegetable or animal solids and semi-solid wastes, and other discarded solid and semi-solid wastes;

(h)

"Gas log fireplace" means any device designed to burn natural gas having the appearance of a wooden log and used and vented inside a fireplace;

(i)

"Paints" means all exterior and interior house and trim paints, enamels, varnishes, lacquers, stains, primers, sealers, undercoating, roof coatings, wood preservatives, shellacs, and other paints or paint-like products;

(j)

"Paint solvents" means all original solvents sold or used to thin paints or to clean up painting equipment;

(k)

"Pellet-fueled wood heater" means any wood heater that operates on wood pellets and is certified by E.P.A. or an approved testing laboratory or emits less than or equal to E.P.A. Phase II limits;

(l)

"Replacement of a wood-burning appliance" means removal and reinstallation of a firebox, a fire box liner, or of a fireplace, or additions, alterations or repairs to a wood burning appliance that requires opening up immediately-adjacent walls. It does not include replacement with a permanent gas log fireplace;

(m)

"Treated wood" means wood of any species that has been chemically impregnated, painted or similarly modified to improve resistance to insects or weathering;

(n)

"Waste petroleum products" means any petroleum product other than gaseous fuels that has been refined from crude oil, and has been used, and as a result of use, has been contaminated with physical or chemical impurities;

(o)

"Wood burning appliance" means a fireplace, wood heater, or pellet-fueled wood heater or any similar device burning wood or other non-gaseous or non-liquid fuel used for aesthetic or space-heating purposes.

(Ord. 2000-35 § 2).