2012-30 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 48 - NUISANCES

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12. HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION. The erection, including excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of any building in any "R" or "O-1" zone as established by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Decatur, or within one hundred(100) feet of any part of said zones, is hereby prohibited except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except in case of necessity for public safety. 13. BURNING OF WASTE. A. No person shall cause or allow the burning of garbage, landscape waste or other waste within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur, except for fires set by a public official in the performance of the official's duties and fires used for recreational purposes such as campfires. (AMENDED, Ordinance No. 2004-77, September 20,2004) B. Fuel for recreational fires shall consist only of seasoned dry firewood. No recreational fire shall be used for waste disposal purposes or be permitted to become a nuisance by reason of the emission of smoke, fumes, fly ash,dust or soot. (AMENDED, Ordinance No. 99-49,April 26, 1999) �' ✓' C. Contractors may obtain a permit to burn vegetation when cleared for residential or commercial development. The fee for said permit is $1,000.00. The Fire Code Official will �. have full discretion for issuance of said permit based on amount of waste, method of burning, v and location of burning. 14. STORAGE OF MACHINERY. It shall be unlawful to use any premises in any residential, office or commercial zone of the City as established by Zoning Ordinance of the City of Decatur for the storing or leaving of worn out, wrecked, abandoned, or inoperable automobiles, trucks, motor homes, van campers, camping trailers and trailers, appliances, or machinery of any kind or any parts thereof, or any appliances or other machinery inoperable due to lack of connection to a power source. (AMENDED,Ordinance No. 89-40,May 1, 1989)