§ 9-44. Fires or cooking devices on balconies or patios.

(a)

Prohibition. No person may kindle, maintain or cause any fire or open flame fire or store or use any cooking device, fuel, torch, or other heating or lighting equipment or flammable chemicals on any balcony above ground level or on any ground floor patio immediately adjacent to or within 15 feet of any unit in any structure containing two or more vertically stacked residential units.

(b)

Exception; permitted cooking devices in certain structures. Subsection (a) does not apply to the storage or use of permitted cooking devices on balconies or ground floor patios that are constructed of noncombustible material on five or six sides. Fuel for a permitted cooking device must be stored in compliance with subsection (1) of this section.

(c)

Exception; permanent natural gas and electrical cooking devices. Natural gas fired or electrically heated cooking devices that are permanently mounted, plumbed to the building's natural gas supply or electrically connected to the building's electrical service, not merely plug-ins, and which maintain a minimum clearance of 16 inches on the sides and back of the device may be installed on balconies and patios.

(Ord. No. 413, § 2, 2-13-06)