The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-09
CITY ORDINANCES.

Ises or public highway within the city
limits of the city of Birmingham, Ala
bama, and any such emission or dis
charge Of smoke shall be and Is hereby
declared public nuisance. 1t is further
provided that an exemption once each
day from. this prohibition of the ennis
sion OF dense black smoke is hereby
made in any plant where a new fire is
started. In which case black smoke
may be emitted for a period of thirty
minutes, and also it is herein provided
that during the working time of such
plant or locomotive, the emission of
black smoke. may be permitted during
consecutive hour. That for the purpose
Of grading the density of smoke, the
and used by the federal bureau Of
mines, shall be standard of compari-
son. Smoke shall be considered dense
when it is of the same or a darker
than No. of the chart. Nothing in this
section shall. be construed as applicable
to buildings used exclusively for -pri-
Section 2. That 1t shall be unlawful
for any. person, firm or corporation to
any. smoke stack, chimney, stationary
engine, boiler fire box or other similar
machine or contrivancce, from which
porate limits of the city of Birming-
ham: Alabama. until permit has been
or they shall make application in writ
ing for a permit for such construction
or reconstruction and shall submit
construction or reconstruction and fur
nish any other information which the
smoke inspector may desire as to the
method or device to be adopted or used
FOR the prevention of smoke. Upon the
approval of such plans and specifica-
tions, a duplication of which shall be
left on file in said Office, the smoke in
spector may issue permit for such
construction or reconstruction. pro-
vided the issuance and delivery of such
permit shall not be held to exempt any
person, firm or corporation from pros
hereof. Nothing IN this section shall be
construed as applicable to buildings
used exclusively for private residences.
Section 3. Plans and specifications
filed with the smoke inspector shall
show the amount of heating or power
TO be furnished by such plant and all
appurtenances thereto, including all
provisions made for the purpose of Sc
curing complete combustion of the fuel
venting smoke.
A statement of the kind OF fuel to be
used shall also show that the room or
located is provided with doors, win
dows. air shafts, fans or other means
of ventilation sufficient TO prevent the
temperature OF SUCH room. apartment
basement or other portion of such
building where such steam plant or
rising to point higher than 120 de-
grees F.. and sufficient also to provide
that the atmosphere of any such apart
ment where such apparatus may be To-
Gated may. be entirely renewed every 10
minutes.
Section 4. That the smoke i,s,e. r,r
and his assistants shall. In the dis
charge of their duties. have authority
TO enter any or upon any premises con-
other contrivance from which smoke is
emitted or in or upon any locomotive
engine under the provisions of this
operated as provided herein Any per-
son interfering or hinderins, the smoke
Grrfi
shall be deemed guilty of an offense
and subject to. punishment as provided
Section 5. That the enforcement of
this ordinance shall be under the i'm
mediate supervision and control OF the
time to time report to this board such
rules and regulations for adoption BY
proper for the effecual carrvipyx ana ana
OF the. purpose of this ordinance
Section g. The board of commission
commi ssion, composed Of three repre-
sentative citizens, who shall be conanlt-
nsed shx and eGgnseTs Of
had experience in Installation and on
Grafton Of steam power and lighting
plants The commission shall be an.
pointed as soon as practicable after tie
adoption of this ordinance. The com
mission. shall act as an advisory board
smoke inspector and to the city com
missioner having charge of the smoke
dbdtCfDeHt Qepdrtm ent, upon all mat
ters pertaining to the organization ans
conduct of the department of smoke
abatement or both.
The smoke inspector shall at all
times receive, place and keep on file
all suggestions, advice or other com
nunications that may be submitted TO
him in writing by the smoke abate-
ment commission.
Meetings of the smoke abatement
commission may be called at any time
by the chairman thereof or by the
smoke inspector.
Members of the smoke abatement
commission, while acting as an adyis
DRY board, shall receive for their SER
vices the sum of five dollars for each
regularly called meeting attended.
Section Z. Any person violating any
OF the provisions of this Ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be punished as
provided by section 1915 of the code Of
Alabama.
Section s. This ordinance is ordained
in lieu of ordinance No. 142-C. which
said ordinance No. 142-C is hereby re-
pealed.
Approved October 4. 1918.
c. ENUM, President,
Board of Commissioners
A. o. LANE, Comm ssioner
JAMES WEATHERLY,
Attest? Commissioner
Age-Herald. Oct. 9. 1913.
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