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(1) No person in charge of property during a Stage I Red Advisory shall operate or allow to be operated a solid fuel space heating device which emits visible emissions into the air outside of the building housing the device, unless the person has been granted an exemption to use the device by the city manager.

(2) No person in charge of property during a Stage II Red Advisory shall operate or allow to be operated a solid fuel space heating device unless:

(a) The person has been granted an exemption to use the device by the city manager; or

(b) The person is operating a pellet stove which emits no visible emissions into the air outside of the building housing the device.

(3) No person in charge of property shall at any time allow to be initiated or maintained in a solid-fuel space-heating device the burning of any plastics, wire insulation, petroleum by-products (with the exception of natural-gas-fueled log lighters), petroleum-treated materials, rubber products, animal remains, or animal or vegetable matter resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or service of food, or of any other material which normally emits dense smoke, noxious odors, or hazardous air contaminants.

(4) During a green or yellow advisory, no person in charge of property shall operate or allow to be operated a solid-fuel space-heating device which discharges emissions that are of an opacity greater than 40 percent. This provision does not apply to the emissions during the building of a new fire, for a period or periods aggregating no more than ten minutes in any four-hour period.

(Section 6.255 added by Ordinance No. 19731, enacted November 5, 1990, effective January 1, 1991; amended by Ordinance No. 19815, enacted December 2, 1991; and Ordinance No. 20261, enacted July 22, 2002, effective August 22, 2002.)