Minnesota Local Ordinances Related to Residential Wood Burning Boilers and Outdoor Furnaces
Minnesota Local Ordinances Related to residential wood burning boilers and outdoor furnaces
To help provide a better understanding on how outdoor fuel combustion units (outdoor wood boilers) are regulated in Minnesota, attached is a compiled summary of city ordinances. When available, website links are provided for more detailed information. Note: THIS MAY NOT BE A COMPLETE LIST. An ordinance may contain additional requirements, may have been missed, or may have changed since this spreadsheet was last compiled. For more complete details on actual ordinance language, or for cities not found on the list, review the city ordinance directly.
Last updated: 4/24/2015
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency • 520 Lafayette Rd. N., St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 • www.pca.state.mn.us aq1-60a 651-296-6300 • 800-657-3864 or use your preferred relay service • [email protected] February 2018 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Excludes grilling or cooking food using charcoal, campfires, wood, propane or No. 341: Regulating Promote public health, natural gas in cooking or grilling Existing units allowed, the burning of solid safety and welfare, appliances, natural gas-fired fireplace but shall not create any Solid fuel-fired heating device; fuels in external solid comfort, living logs or traditional wood-burning nuisance (dense smoke, Existing cannot be Stacks or Chimneys; Person; Aitkin Ordinance fuel-fired heating 2010 conditions, of citizens by fireplaces in the interior of a dwelling, use New units prohibited. noxious fumes, gas, and None listed. None listed. extended, enlarged, or None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. Traditional wood burning devices, and regulating air pollution of propane, acetylene, natural gas, soot or cinders in expanded. fireplace; Burn barrel. Nuisance Ordinance and fire hazards of gasoline or kerosene in a device intended unreasonable No. 330. outdoor boilers for heating, construction or maintenance quantities). activities, or campfires.
Existing cannot be Subject to nuisance: Any extended, enlarged, or dense smoke, noxious Existing units required to meet or Ch. 70: Nuisances expanded. Must be Existing units Must be able to withstand high fumes, gas and soot, or Building permit exceed manufacturer's and Offenses, Prohibited from abandoned, not used, required to meet winds and other related Biofuel Burner; Stacks or Very detailed; useful for Excludes traditional wood burning stoves cinders, in unreasonable required for guidelines with a minimum of 25' Albany Ordinance Nuisance Ordinance 2008 New units prohibited. June through and removed from None listed. emission standards (weather) elements, of masonry Chimneys. other localities. and fireplaces. quantities, or burning installation of new above ground level and at least 78: Regulation of August. property after useful life currently required or insulated metal, and with a fuels for which the biofuel burner. as high as residential roofs within Biofuel Burners. or if it needs to be by the EPA. minimum 6" flue. device was not designed 500'. repaired to function is a public nuisance. properly.
Subject to nuisance: Any Title IX: General Promote public health, dense smoke, noxious Must meet or exceed Regulations, Chapter safety and welfare, All units are Must be constructed to Alternative Fuel Burning fumes, gas and soot, or manufacturer's guidelines, a 90: Fire Prevention health, comfort, and Excludes natural gas-fired fireplace logs, Zoning permit Prohibited from required to meet withstand high winds or other Devices, External Solid Fuel- Burning of garbage or cinders, in unreasonable minimum of 25' above ground Amboy Ordinance and Protection, 2006 living conditions of wood-burning fireplaces or woodstoves in required for new May through None listed. None listed. emission standards related elements, built of Fired Heating Device, Stacks or treated wood prohibited. quantities, or burning level, and at least as high of Section: 90.01-90.04, citizens by regulating air the interior of a dwelling. units. September. currently required masonry or insulated metal, and Chimneys. fuels for which the height of roofs of residents within Burning of Solid pollution and fire hazards by EPA and UL have a minimum 6" flue. device was not designed 500'. Fuels. of outdoor boilers is a public nuisance
Subject to nuisance: Any Ordinance No. II, Promote public health, dense smoke, noxious Must be constructed to Section XIV: safety and welfare, No garbage or other waste Zoning permit All units are fumes, gas and soot, or withstand high winds or other Regulating the External solid fuel-fired heating health, comfort, living Excludes grilling, cooking, etc.; stoves, can be burned. Only fuels required for new Use prohibited required to meet Between 20 to 40 feet above cinders, in unreasonable Reputable contractor related elements, factory- built of Barrett Ordinance burning of solid fuels 2011 device; Stacks or Chimneys; conditions of citizens by furnaces, fireplaces, etc within a building; designed for burning in an units sold, from May through None listed. emission standards ground; 2 feet higher than quantities, or burning required. masonry or insulated metal with and external solid Refuse or garbage. regulating air pollution certain fuels; recreational fires. external solid fuel-fired purchased or October. currently required residential roofs within 500 feet. fuels for which the a spark arrester screen, and have fuel fired heating and fire hazards of heating device. installed. by EPA and UL device was not designed a minimum 6" flue. devices. outdoor boilers. is a public nuisance.
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 2 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Subject to nuisance: Any dense smoke, noxious All units are fumes, gas and soot, or Permit required for minimum 20 feet/maximum 40 External Solid Fuel-fired Licensed contractor required to meet Chapter 96 (City is Updating in cinders, in unreasonable new units sold, feet above ground level, but shall Battle Lake Ordinance Heating Device; Stack or None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. knowledgeable about emission standards None listed. updating code) process quantities, or burning purchased, or also extend as high of residential chimneys; Refuse or garbage. the system currently required fuels for which the installed roofs within 500 feet by EPA and UL device was not designed is a public nuisance
Blue Earth County Dust, etc and no Ordinance: cannot find None listed. designed fuel is a public ordinance on website nuisance.
Does not apply to grilling or cooking food using charcoal, wood, propane, or nat gas Ch. 9: Building and Existing cannot be in cooking or grilling appliances; Construction Promote public health, extended, enlarged, or burning for the purpose of gen. heat in a Licensing and safety and welfare, expanded. Must be stove, furnace or fireplace or other Regulation, Section health, comfort, and abandoned, not used, External solid fuel-fired heating heating device within a building used for Blue Earth City Ordinance 920: Fire Not listed. living conditions of New units prohibited. None listed. None listed. None listed. and removed from None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. device; Stack or chimneys. human habitation. This subsection does Regulations, 920.05: citizens by regulating air property after useful life not apply to the use of propane, External Solid Fuel- pollution and fire hazards or if it needs to be acetylene, natural gas, Fired Heating of outdoor boilers repaired to function gasoline or kerosene in a device intended Devices. properly. for heating, construction or maintenance activities.
Ordinance No. 1219. Zoning Code, Section 70, I-1: Light Industry District, Section 515- 70-5: Conditional Extends 2' above peak of any Uses, D.: Placement building that is not served by an and operation of Confined to light industry and general Conditional use outdoor wood burning furnace. Brainerd Ordinance Outdoor Wood 2004 Not defined. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. See P. None listed. See J. None listed. industry (I-1 and I-2) zoning districts. permit required. Chimney heights shall extend 2' Burning Furnaces, above peak of any building not and Section 70: served by it, w/n 300'. General Industry District, Section 515- 71-5: Conditional Uses, F.: Placement and Operation of
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 3 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Establishes and imposes restrictions for Outdoor furnaces installed and operated Twenty ' from the grade at which Outdoor Furnace: Equipment construction, installation Ch. 153: Zoning, 153: in the Urban Reserve Zoning District installed, and/or the height (as installed or situated outdoors and operation to lessen Permit and Existing units must meet Performance exempted from restrictions except as Can't operate without Setback and stack or defined in 153.003, Masonry or insulated metal with primary purpose of side effects of noxious Subject to Sec. 153.063, certificate of all requirements except Breezy Point Ordinance Standards; General, 2010 specified by MPCA, and/or state and/or permit and must burn None listed. chimney construction None listed. Building Height) of the highest constructed withstand high winds combustion of fuel to produce and hazardous smoke, Nuisance Standards compliance for distance and stack 153.076: Outdoor federal requirements. Pre-existing only clean fuel. requirements. structure within 300' which is not or other elements. heat for a heating system in the soot, fumes, and other required for use. height requirements. Furnaces. nonconforming units exempt from served by the unit, whichever is interior. emissions detrimental to distance and stack height requirements. greater. health and enjoyment of property.
Title IX: General Regulations, Ch. 92: External solid fuel-fired heating Masonry or insulated metal with Health and Safety; device designed for external a minimum six-inch flue and Nuisances: General Any which produce dense smoke, etc. or Garbage cannot be Sec. 92.71 (BB): Setback and stack or 25' above ground level minimum, solid fuel combustion; includes constructed to withstand high Browns Valley Provisions, 92.71: None listed. None listed. used to burn solid fuels for which it is not burned, usual list of Requirements for None listed. None listed. None listed. chimney construction None listed. and at least as high as the roofs stoves, cooking stoves, and winds or other related elements. External solid fuel- defined is a public nuisance. prohibited fuels. operation, (1) requirements. of residents w/n 500'. combo furnace or boiler which Must be constructed to specs of fired heating devices burns solid fuel. manufacturer. (outdoor wood burning stoves).
Outdoor wood boiler which is a Title 7: Health and fuel burning devices for Outdoor wood boiler Sanitation, Chap. 1: outdoor installation in operation or installation Operation or installation Burnsville Health Nuisances, 7- 2010 structures not normally defined as a nuisance Applies to both new and existing. of either new or existing All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. 1-2: Illustrative occupied by humans to heat affecting health, safety, units prohibited. Enumeration: (W) building space and/or water via comfort or repose. distribution of a fluid.
Title IX: General Regulations, Chapter 97: Nuisances, Section 97.071: To define use of an Subject to nuisance: Any External Solid Fuel- external solid-fuel fired dense smoke, noxious Withstand high winds, meet Fired Heating heating device which fumes, gas and soot, or manufacturer's specs, minimum External Solid Fuel-fired Operating as a nuisance or feet from the grade at which Devices (Outdoor produces dense smoke, cinders, in unreasonable of 25' above ground level and Cannon Falls Ordinance Not listed. Heating Device, Stack or Applies to both new and existing. burning unauthorized None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. installed, and/or the height (as Wood Burning etc., in unreasonable quantities, or burning above roofs of residents w/n 500' chimneys. fuels. defined in 153.003, Stoves). Also a quantities or which burns fuels for which the masonry or insulated metal with public nuisance if it prohibited fuels as a device was not designed a minimum 6" flue. produces dense public nuisance. is a public nuisance smoke, etc., or fuels for which it was not designed.
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 4 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Ch. 20: Zoning, Article XXIII: General Supplemental Regulations, Div. 2: Performance Standards: Secs. 20-952-5 contain Chanhassen Ordinance None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. boilerplate language None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. forbidding exceedance of MPCA standards on smoke, particulate, toxic, or noxious matter, odors or air pollution; Sec. 20- 955 bans nuisances
Ch. 17: Zoning, Sec. If city determines use 17.5: Special To prohibit it from being creates a human health Provisions, Art. a human health hazard hazard or public Must be at least 15' above Block or of a galvanized-type Cloquet 17.5.06: Outdoor 2006 None listed. or a public nuisance, and See P. See Q. nuisance, use prohibited None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. ground surface metal that will not rust. Wood-Fired Furnace, to set zoning standards until all necessary Subd. 1: Burning for it. corrections made to Requirements. city's satisfaction.
Ch. III: Construction Codes, Plats, Zoning, External solid fuel-fired heating Not adopted under None required for Sec. 305.00 Devices device, including stoves, Grilling or cooking food devices using nuisances, adopted existing, if they (external solid fuel- To prohibit the Building height of the highest Amended in cooking stoves, flex fuel charcoal, wood, propane or natural gas, Installation of new units under Building Codes exist currently, and None listed. New ones Cold Spring Ordinance fired heating devices - installation of solid fuel- None listed. None listed. None listed. structure within 300 feet which is None listed. 2008. furnaces or boilers which burn internal heating devices, recreation or prohibited. Section of Chapter 3, none allowed for not permitted. installation fired heating devices. not served by the unit. solid fuel, outdoor wood cooking campfires. Construction Codes, new as new ones prohibited) , as burning stoves or units. Plats, Zoning are prohibited. amended by Ordinance No. 294.
Outdoor wood burner systems to be used in a Installation Ordinance 867, Installation restricted to Installation Clean wood; construction and way which does not Operating in a way that specifications are Chapter 8: Public Applies to all outdoor burning and open acreage at least 3 acres, specifications are tied demolition waste, outdoor create a public nuisance creates a human health Building permit tied to the Cottage Grove Ordinance Health and Safety, 2009 burning within the city. A number of zoned AG-1 (preservation), None listed. None listed. to the manufacturer's Npne listed. See L. wood burner system; patio and is not detrimental to or public nuisance required. manufacturer's Outdoor Wood exclusions are listed in Ch. 4-8-. AG-2 (agricultural), or R-1, requirements and the wood burning unit. the health, safety and prohibited. requirements and Burners. rural residential. building permit. general welfare of the the building permit. residents of the city.
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 5 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
To ensure that new Subject to nuisance: Any Chapter 11: Land Use outdoor wood boiler dense smoke, noxious Must meet Regulations (Zoning), systems are operated in fumes, gas and soot, or manufacturer's Section 11.40 – Applies to all units, but existing units do Required to meet Outdoor wood boiler; clean a way which is not a Must be at least 300' from cinders, in unreasonable Building permit specifications, Fire Eagan Ordinances General Provisions, 2010 not have to be at least 300' from None listed. requirements except None listed. None listed. None listed. fuel; and public nuisance. public nuisance and not property line quantities, or burning required Code requirements, Subdivision 10 – property line. setback. detrimental to health, fuels for which the and local, state, and Outdoor Wood Boiler safety, and general device was not designed federal regulations. Systems. welfare. is a public nuisance.
Excludes grilling or cooking food using Promote public health, charcoal, campfires, wood, propane or safety and welfare and to natural gas in cooking or grilling safeguard the health, appliances, natural gas-fired fireplace Ordinance 117: An Construction and demolition comfort, living logs or traditional wood-burning Prohibited except in At least 15 feet above ground Ordinance Eyota Ordinance 2007 debris, Outdoor fired boiler, conditions, safety and fireplaces in the interior of a dwelling, use R-1 (low density None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. surface; at least as high as None listed. Regulating Outdoor Refuse. welfare by regulating the of propane, acetylene, natural gas, residential) zoning area. residential roofs within 500 feet Fire Boilers. air pollution and fire gasoline or kerosene in a device intended hazards of outdoor fire for heating, construction or maintenance boilers. activities, or campfires.
Title XV: Land Usage, To ensure that new Ch. 153: Zon. Code, outdoor wood boiler Cannot operate in a Requires a building Sec. 153.261: systems are operated in Exclusions: standard ones for food, Installation only allowed in manner which it creates permit/certificate Subject to same Required to meet all Two feet higher than the roof line Outdoor Wood Boiler Prohibited from Must have properly functioning 2007 and Outdoor wood boiler system, a way which is not a generating heat, construction, or safely conservancy, agriculture, dense smoke, noxious of compliance prior requirements except building and fire codes, being served and residential/ Forest Lake Ordinance Systems; x-ref. with April through None listed. spark arresters, and meet local, 2010 and clean fuel. public nuisance and that designed fireplaces, stoves, heaters, or rural residential, and fumes, gas or soot, or to installing, setback and zoning area and manufacturer's principal buildings within 500' of Title IX: Gen. Regs, September. state, and federal regulations. existing outdoor wood furnaces. industrial zoning distsricts. cinders in unreasonable altering, or restrictions. specifications. the system. Ch. 96: Nuisances; boilers must comply with quantities. relocating. Health and San., Sec. minimum requirements. 96.01: Definition.
Subject to nuisance: Any Does include: solid fuel-fired stoves, solid (Note: the website dense smoke, noxious fuel-fired cooking stoves, and has a link to fumes, gas and soot, or combination fuel furnaces or boiler which Zoning permit Prohibited from Required to meet Franklin Township (Wright ordinances from External solid fuel-fired heating cinders, in unreasonable Minimum of 25 feet above Not listed. None listed. burn solid fuel. Does not include: Not listed. required for new May through None listed. None listed. EPA emission None listed. County) Ordinance 2003 which does not device, stacks or chimneys quantities, or burning ground level natural gas-fired fireplace logs or wood- units September. standards and UL. contain 92.80, fuels for which the burning fireplaces or wood stoves in the passed in 2006) device was not designed interior of a dwelling. is a public nuisance
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 6 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Pre-existing ones must New one must meet or meet EPA emission exceed manufacturers' Protect citizens' public Title 4: Health, Dense smoke, etc. Building permit standards and become guidelines, and all 25' above ground level and at health, safety, comfort Prohibited from Sanitation and Biofuel burner, stacks, Applies to new units installed or operated New units cannot be and/or use of prohibited required for nonconforming and stacks or chimneys Must meet EPA least as high as the height of the Masonry or insulated metal with Frazee Ordinance 2008 and general welfare May through Environment, Ch. 4: chimneys after 2008, and existing older units. installed or operated. nondesign fuels makes it installation of any must be removed within must be constructed to guidelines. roofs of all residences within a minimum 6" flue. against hazards posed by October. Biofuel Burners. a public nuisance. biofuel burner. 60 days, or removed or withstand high winds 500'. biofuel burners. replaced upon notice or other related from the city. elements
Promote the health, safety. welfare and Ch. 10: Public safeguard health, Protection, Crimes, It is in the public comfort, living and Offenses; Sec. protection, crimes, and Golden Valley 2010 Outdoor boilers. conditions, safety and Applies to all outdoor units. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. 10.68: Outdoor offenses section; use is welfare of the citizens Boilers (Ordinance banned outright. from air pollution and No. 446). fire hazards of burning in outdoor boilers.
Title IX: Gen. Regs., Subject to nuisance: Any Ch. 92: Health and dense smoke, noxious Safety; Nuisances, fumes, gas and soot, or Minimum of 25 feet above Section 92.71: External Solid Fuel-fired cinders, in unreasonable ground level, but at least as high Grove City Ordinance External Solid Fuel- Not listed. Heating Device, Stacks or See Frazee. quantities, or burning as the height of residential roofs Fired Heating Chimneys fuels for which the within 500 feet Devices (Outdoor device was not designed Wood Burning is a public nuisance Stoves)
Allows for existing, non- conforming units but they cannot be Adopted to protect extended, enlarged, Title IX, Chapter 92: public health, safety, Prohibited from expanded, or replaced. At least 15' above ground surface Health and Safety; comfort, and welfare Applies to new units. Free standing Prohibition on treated Health and safety Permit required Any new unit must Harmony Ordinance None listed. Free Standing Furnace. May through If abandoned or not None listed. and at least as high as residential None listed. Nuisances, Secs. 92, against wood smoke furnaces must be EPA-certified. fuels. nuisance. prior to installation be EPA-certified. October. used for 12 consecutive roofs within 500 feet 92.70 – 92.74. from free-standing months, non-conforming furnaces. units cannot be used and must be immediately removed.
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 7 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Promote public health, safety and welfare and to Allows for existing, non- safeguard the health, conforming units but Title XVII: Local comfort, living they cannot be Must be at least 15' above Legislation for conditions, safety and extended, enlarged, ground level unless it in within Houston, MN, Ch. welfare by regulating the Does not include furnaces that burn Listed under General Prohibited from expanded, or replaced. An outdoor wood Outdoor Wood Burning Allowed only in Zones R-1 100' feet of a residence on a Houston Ordinance 174: Gen. Regs., 2006 air pollution and fire wood pellets or corn that is augured [sic] Regulations: Health and None listed. April 15 through If abandoned or not None listed. furnace must be an None listed. Furnace and R-2. different property; then it must Section 174.10: hazards of outdoor fire to the fire box. Safety, not nuisance. September 15. used for 12 consecutive EPA-certified stove. be as high of the roofline on the Outdoor Wood boilers. Aims to educate months, non-conforming adjoining property. Burning Furnaces. citizens affected, and units cannot be used and assist property owners must be immediately and managers in removed. maintaining compliance.
To present findings that Including but not limited to wood pellets Given the potential harm wood smoke causes or corn; located outside of the structure Title 10: Zoning Regs, to residents' health, the Inver Grove Heights dangerous pollution, and or building for which it is primarily Ch. 17: Outdoor 2010 Outdoor Burner/Boiler All units prohibited. city council declares All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. Ordinance that outdoor burners/ designed; piping; lists synonyms for Burners/ Boilers. them a public nuisance. boilers are a public device. Excludes fire pits, recreational C. 10-17-1. nuisance. fires, or fireplaces.
Subject to nuisance: Any dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot, or Building permit Minimum of 25 feet above Kennedy Ordinance Required to meet External solid fuel-fired heating cinders, in unreasonable required for units ground level and extend at least (website provides no city #64 2007 None listed. EPA emission device, Stacks or chimneys. quantities, or burning purchased or sold as high as the height of the code text). standards and UL. fuels for which the after effective date residential roofs within 500 feet device was not designed is a public nuisance.
Subject to public Title IX, Chapter Includes solid fuel-fired stoves, solid fuel- nuisance: Any dense Must withstand high winds and 90.63: Location of a fired cooking stoves, and combination smoke, noxious fumes, Permit required for other related elements and meet Solid Fuel Fired fuel furnaces or boilers which burn solid gas and soot, or cinders, Required to meet External solid fuel-fired heating new units sold or Minimum height of 2' above the manufacturer's specifications. Lakefield Ordinance External Heating 2007 None listed. fuel. Does not include natural gas-fired in unreasonable None listed. None listed. EPA emission device. purchased after highest roofline within 100 feet. Must be made of masonry or Device and the fireplace logs or wood-burning, corn- quantities, or burning standards and UL. effective date. insulated metal with a minimum Burning and Storage burning or pellet-burning fireplaces or fuels for which the 6" flue. of Solid Fuels. woodstoves in the interior of a dwelling. device was not designed is a public nuisance.
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 8 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Installation and Title 11: Zoning; Ch. maintenance required Required to meet 29: Alternative Must be an accessory structure not to meet local, state Wood fired furnace, stove, or Only allowed in Permit must only EPA Phase II Lakeville Ordinance Energy Systems; Sec. 2010 None listed. located within a building intended for None listed. Permit required. None listed. and federal None listed. None listed. boiler. agricultural/rural districts. allow interim use. voluntary program 11-2-9: Hydronic habitation by humans or animals. regulations; and requirements. Furnaces. manufacturer's specifications.
No citation in town code, but a mechanical permit is required for Linwood Township No ordinance installation. No Ordinance (can't find None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. provisions. See I. requirements listed anything in the ordinance) in online application form except name of contractor.
Chapter 11: Land Use Allowed in any zoning Regulations (Zoning), To establish minimum district except: limited Must have a Minimum of at least 15' above Section 11.07: Prohibited from standards for the business district (B-1); conditional use the ground surface; at least as Chimney must have a properly Little Falls Ordinance Special Provisions, 2006 Outdoor boilers. None listed. Applies to all units. None listed. May through Applies to all units. None listed. None listed. placement and safe use general business district (B- permit before they high as the height of residential functioning spark arrester. H.: Outdoor Boilers. September. of outdoor boilers. 2) and non-central are constructed. roofs within 500'. Article III., Sec. 10.26. business district (B-3). Wood Storage.
Existing units allowed Title IX, Chapter 93: Exclusions: cooking food, interior heating, but cannot be extended, Health and Safety; certain fuels for heating, construction or enlarged, or expanded. Nuisances, Section maintenance activities, campfires. External solid fuel-fired heating After useful life or if Madison Lake Ordinance 93.030-93.036: 2008 None listed. Includes solid fuel-fired stoves, cooking New units prohibited. None listed. None listed. None listed. New units prohibited. None listed. New units prohibited. New units prohibited. device; Stacks or chimneys. repairs are needed, the External Solid Fuel- stoves, and duel fueled ones which use device cannot be Fired Heating solid fuel. Does not apply to ones in replaced and must be Devices. residences used for human habitation. removed.
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 9 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
Title XV: Land Usage, Approved by building New one can only be New units must Ch. 150: Zoning Permit and zoning official and meet located on the property comply with local, Mantorville Ordinance Code, Sec 150.034: 2003 None listed. None listed. Applies only to new structures. None listed. certificate required None listed. None listed. applicable UBC fire, None listed. None listed. which it is intended to state, and federal Outdoor Furnace for construction. plumbing, and building serve. laws. Systems codes
Required: Upgrade to EPA Phase II White Tag or removed, when May be required to property is transferred; Must meet PM Chapter 3: Building Clean wood, heater efficiency, submit a noise impact Ensure outdoor wood Installation, use, Must apply for a permit emission limit of All OWBs stacks 2' higher than and Building installed or existing units, statement to the Town boilers limit PM operation, or Prohibited from within 60 days of .32 lbs/million BTU peak of nearest residential roof Regulations, Art. 310: nuisance, opacity, outdoor Subject to nuisance Board. Must submit a May Tonwship 2011 emissions, and limit Applies to all units. maintenance, without See G. April 15th through effective date; May be heat input, on another property, or a stack None listed. Outdoor Wood or wood or hydronic boiler, PM, section Article 506. permit application with nuisance condition having a permit, September 15th. required to meet Sec. following EPA height at least 16' above the Wood-Fired Boilers property line, and residential a scaled drawing of the creation. prohibited. 310.06 stack height Phase White Tag ground, whichever is greater. (OWBs). sized heater. property. Must have requirement if emission limits. permanent label complaints on file. Additional requirements E., F., G., and H.
Sec. 1404.01 A mechanical permit/ Zoning Ordinance Existing units made Solid fuel, solid fuel heating building permit is NO. 1989-1-A, nonconforming; all units Amended device, interior or outdoor solid Installation of new units required for Melrose Ordinance Section 1400: Solid None listed. Applies to new and existing units. None listed. None listed. must meet current and See L. See L. See L. See L. 2011 fuel heating device, solid fuel prohibited. installation, but no Fuel Heating Device future EPA "emission storage building new ones are Regulations. requirements" of EPA. permitted to be installed.
2013 City Code Book, Ch. 11: Zoning code, Installing and operating Sec. 1107: Subject to public Min. 15'> self-contained building Outdoor wood-fired boilers, Sec. 1102, Protect public without a zoning and Performance See D. Does not apply to natural gas- nuisance for producing Existing units are Stacks, fuels, spark floor, unless located w/n 30' of external solid fuel-fired heating health, safety, etc. and mechanical building Prohibited from Standards, Subd. 26: fired fireplace logs, wood-burning dense smoke, etc., and required to meet arresters, building nearby nonserved structure. Masonry or insulated metal, with Montgomery Ordinance 2013 devices, inc. furnaces or prohibit incompatible permit, and/or See G and H. May through See K. Outdoor Wood-Fired fireplaces, or wood stoves in the interior using solid fuels which do "emission standards" construction, setback Then must be 2' higher than a minimum 6-inch flue. boilers, solid-fuel fired land uses within installation and operation September. Boilers (External of a dwelling. not meet manufacturer's currently required by UL. requirements. highest eave line of structure, cooking/other stoves. specified zones. in violation of the Section Solid Fuel-Fired specifications. whichever is higher. are prohibited. Heating Device), page 145.
Minnesota Local Ordinances • aq1-60a • February 2018 10 of 18 Additional Limit time when Installation Emission Chimney/ Stack Construction City with link to ordinance Ordinance Number Year Definitions Purpose/ Declaration Applicability/ Exclusions Prohibitions Nuisance Reference Permits required requirements for Stack/Chimney Height allowed Specifications Limits/standards Properties Existing Units
4-4-4 (see B.) defines Title 4: Police and dense smoke sufficient public Safety to generate a cloud Regulations, Ch. 4: Moorhead Ordinance 1967 Dense smoke. None listed. None listed. None listed. which cannot be seen General offenses and through clearly, from any public conduct, 4-4- burning device, as a 4: Dense Smoke. public nuisance.
Title XV: Land Usage, Ch. 150: Zoning Code; Conditional Protect the public Allowed in Zoning Districts Conditional use Uses, Secs.: health, safety, morals, R-1 (Single Family); R-3 permit; If taken out UL or certified per 150.062(O): 150.092 comfort, convenience, (Multiple Dwelling); R-4 If replaced, needs to of service for more state building code; None listed, unless (J); 150.117(N); and general welfare. Most requirements apply to both; they (Low Density Residential); meet city and/or state Mora Ordinance 2010 Wood. None listed. than 1 year, the None listed. follow mfg specs; part of city or state None listed. None listed. 150.132(L); Provide adequate light are zoning issue related. B-1 (Central Business); B-2 requirements in place at permit is null and Enclosure requirements. 150.147(Q); and air. Provide for the (General Business); and I-1 the time. void and the unit specifications 150.162(H); compatibility of different (Limited Industrial), with removed 150.182(Q). These land uses, et al. multiple restrictions. are R-1, R-3, R-4, B- 1, B-2, I-1, and I-2.
Ch. 8: Public Protection, Crimes Must meet and Offenses, Sec. Mechanical permit/ See B., violations a public "emission 8.15: Open Burning, Prohibition on dense building permit Mountain Lake Ordinance None listed. None listed. None listed. Applies to all units. nuisance under Sec. 8.03 None None listed. None listed. standards" None listed. None listed. Subd. 5: Solid Fuel- smoke, etc. is not allowed. required for of Public Nuisance. currently required fired Heating Devices installation by the EPA and UL. and Solid Fuel, and Sec. 8.99 Violations
Ch. 1300: Gen. Zon., Promote the general Section 1300: Gen., public health, safety, 1300.01: Defs., Subd. morals, comfort, and Newport Ordinance 134: Outdoor None listed. Outdoor furnaces. All units included. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. general welfare of the Furnaces; and inhabitants of the city. Subd1300.17: To provide adequate air. Out.Furnaces.
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Cites nuisance-type Encourage a high Section VII: Establish and impose restrictions for concerns: noxious and Outdoor Wood-Fired Boilers; standard of development Performance construction and operation to secure and Installation or allowing hazardous smoke, soot, also called "outdoor wood by providing assurance New Prague Ordinance Standards, 731: 2014 promote public health, conformt, installation of a unit fumes, odors and air None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. burning boiler" in the City that neighboring land Outdoor Wood-Fired convenience, safety, welfare and prohibited. pollution bad impacts on Code. uses will be compatible. Boilers. prosperity of the City and its inhabitants. health and enjoyment of Impose restrictions for property.
Existing units need to Constructed, meet requirements for established, installed, new furnaces after 90 operated, and Must meet EPA Ch. 8: Public Excludes grilling, cooking appliances; days of effective date; maintained according Existing: units, if located between Phase 2 and emit New Ulm Ordinance 08-064 Protection, Sec. 8.33: Hydronic heaters, Hydronic excludes heat generating units inside the Existing units cannot Mechanical permit but may receive a to manufacturer's and 100 feet to 300 feet of another no more than 0.32 (enactment of Section Hydronic Furnaces, 2008 furnaces, Natural wood, None listed. building used for human or animal None listed. violate public nuisance required for new None listed. conditional mechanical mechanical permit; residence, stack needs to be 2 None listed. pounds of 8.33) Ordinance Number Existing outdoor furnaces. habitation; excludes recreational fires; code. units. permit if in good repair Visibly display feet higher in elevation than the particulate matter/ 08-072. etc. and installed according manufacturer's highest peak of the residence million BTU. to manufacturer's and certification that it other requirements meets EPA Phase 2 listed here. level requirements.
157.03 The Detailed, but relating Outdoor wood boilers, prohibition is only in more to global warming unless they meet all local, this definitions Outdoor Wood Boilers, and and encouraging state, and national North St. Paul Ordinance section, under 2010 other various alternative None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. alternative systems than pollution and Outdoor Wood energy systems to public health environmental protection Boiler. In Ordinance concerns. standards, prohibited. 699.
Ch. 25: Zoning Code, Restrict the construction, Sec. 25-257 c) Any dense Subject to all All devices required Article 24, External solid fuel-fired heating installation, and All units prohibited if they smoke, etc. or burning Building permit Prohibited from requirements, including to meet emission Min. 20' stack height, at least 2' Masonry or insulated metal, 6" Alternative Energy Oakdale Ordinance 2008 device, outdoor furnaces. operation of outdoor Applies to new and existing units. do not meet requirements solid fuels for which the required for new April 15 through stack height and See K. "standards" above roofline of nearest flue, withstand MBC load Sources and Systems, Same language as Newport's. furnaces for public of M. unit was not designed, is device. October 14th. construction, roofline currently required structure w/n 200'. requirements for wind and snow. Sec. 25-257: General health, etc. a public nuisance. clearance, setbacks, etc. by EPA and UL. Regulations.
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Installation and Permit is at the discretion Ch. 1100: Public Administrative maintenance according of the city; public health, Safety, Ord. 1125: permit required; to local, state, and Stack extends at least 2 feet from Securing and promoting safety and general Subject to public An Ordinance Outdoor Wood Burning Reviewed annually; federal regulations, New units must be the highest peak of the residence Oak Park Heights the public health, safety, Appears to apply to new units; appears welfare, negative impacts nuisance; must be Relating to the None listed. Furnace, EPA Phase II Qualified, City may revoke None listed. None listed. and manufacturing EPA Phase II it serves or other residences not Not listed. Ordinance comfort, convenience, there are no existing units. on adjoining property, or operated and maintained Regulation of Clean Wood, and Refuse. permit after specifications; Fully qualified. served within 300 feet, whichever and welfare. adequacy of site grounds to avoid this. Outdoor Wood hearing if nuisance screened from is greater. for denial of needed Burning Furnaces. or hazard. neighbor properties permit. and rights-of-way.
Conditional use permit required for Title XV: Land Usage, Performance standards outdoor furnaces or District Regulations: compliance with federal, boilers used to heat 150.022-23, Low and No purpose or declaration except general state, and local pollution interior spaces for Ortonville Ordinance medium density 2011/2013 None listed. zoning one of protecting public health, None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. laws and regs, but low and medium dwelling, 150.028-9 safety and general welfare. nothing specific about density dwelling, limited and general outdoor furnaces. and light and industrial uses. general industrial districts.
Title IX: General Regulations, Ch. 92.03: Construction All outdoor units serving Perham Ordinance of External Fossil 2001 None listed. None listed. All units included. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. residences prohibited. Fuels and Other Biomass Heating Systems Prohibited.
Title 6: Nuisances Includes outdoor solid fuel-fired devices: Existing units allowed and Offenses, stoves, cooking stoves, combination fuel but cannot be extended, Chapter 640: Open Installation allowed furnaces or boilers, and outdoor wood enlarged, or expanded. Burning, 640.12: New ones prohibited only In Nuisances and after receiving New ones limited External solid fuel-fired device, burning stoves or units. Excludes interior After useful life or if Princeton Ordinance Burning, (B) 2009 None listed. if operating without an Offenses chapter of city Interim Use permit by terms of interim None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. Stacks or chimneys, Person. wood stoves, natural gas-fired fireplace repairs are needed, the Incinerators and interim permit. code. per zoning permit. logs, or wood-burning fireplaces, or device cannot be Fireplaces (3): ordinance. outdoor recreational fires or cooking replaced and must be External solid fuel- grills. removed. fired heating devices.
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Ch. 117: Zoning and Subdivisions, Article Subject to nuisance: Any Listed and labeled by a II: Zoning, Div. 6: Required to meet dense smoke, noxious nationally recognized Performance Amended Part of a perform-ance New ones prohibited only emission standards Exterior solid fuel-fired heating fumes, gas and soot, or Mechanical permit testing laboratory and Ramsey Ordinance Standards, Subd. 1: most recently standard section in None listed. if operating without a None listed. None listed. currently required None listed. None listed. device. cinders, in unreasonable required to install. installed according to In General, Sec 117- in 2006. zoning ordinance. mechanical permit. (or amended) by quantities is a public manufacturer's 361: Exterior solid EPA and UL. nuisance. recommendations. fuel-fired heating devices.
Item # 10: Ordinance 2012-013, Adding City Code Section 12- See E. New devices are Text is not posted. 15: Regarding prohibited. Existing ones 2012. See Outdoor solid fuel heating Mentioned in City Richmond Ordinance Prohibition of See E. become nonconforming See E. See E. See E. See E. See E. See E. See E. See E. column B. devices Council minutes of Outdoor Solid Fuel but still have to meet 5/3/12 on website. Heating Devices. unspecified requirements. City Code only covers 2011 and before.
No. 49: An Ordinance Pre-existing, Prohibits units which burn Regulating and nonconforming wood something other than Mechanical permit New units must Controlling the Use To protect emission burning accessory Royalton Ordinance 2008 Accessory boiler. None listed. corn, or fuel must emit None listed. required for new None listed. None listed. meet emission None listed. None listed. of Outdoor Accessory standard. boilers cannot be 3.75 grams per hour or units. limitations in G. Boilers within the extended, enlarged, less. City of Royalton. expanded, or replaced.
Applies to all units used, installed or Must withstand high winds or purchased. Does not apply to grilling or other related elements, built to Protect the public cooking food using charcoal, wood, Subject to nuisance: Any the manufacturer's specifications. health, safety, and propane, or nat gas in cooking or grilling dense smoke, noxious Must be a minimum of 20' and welfare and to safeguard appliances; Permit required for All devices required fumes, gas and soot, or Installation made and Minimum of 20' (maximum of maximum of 40' above ground Title 3: Health and External solid fuel-fired heating the health, comfort, burning for the purpose of gen. heat in a units sold, Prohibited from to meet emission Use of units in violation of cinders, in unreasonable inspected by reputable 40') above ground level; also level, and extend > two feet or Sabin Ordinance Sanitation, Ch. 4: 2008 device, Refuse or garbage, and living conditions, safety, stove, furnace or fireplace or other purchased or May through None. standards currently the ordinance prohibited. quantities, or burning contractor who is extending 2' higher than more than the height of the roofs Outdoor Fire Boilers. Stacks or chimneys. and welfare of citizens by heating device within a building used for installed after October. required by EPA fuels for which the knowledgeable. residential roofs within 100'. of residents within 100'. regulating the air human or animal habitation; the use of effective date. and UL. device was not designed Masonry or insulated metal with pollution and fire hazards propane, acetylene, nat gas, gas, or is a public nuisance. a minimum 6" flue, factory built of outdoor boilers. kerosene in a device for heating, or masonry chimney with spark construct. or maint.; or campfires arrester screen. intended for recreation or cooking.
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Title IX: General None listed, Regulations, Ch. 90: but # 847 Public Nuisances, assigned to it Section 90.71: "Open when the Burning - - Outdoor Outdoor wood furnaces current one is wood burning and other similar revised by the St. Charles Ordinance furnaces and the None listed. None listed None listed detached heating facilities None listed None listed None listed None listed None listed None listed None listed None listed City Council like". An indefinite prohibited. Moratorium after moratorium on on granting permits. receiving a granting permits study from until permitted by the P & Z law. 90.71 prohibits Commission. OWF (new or
Subject to nuisance: Any Title IX: General dense smoke, noxious Must withstand high winds and Regulations, Ch. 91: fumes, gas and soot, or Meets emission other related elements and meet Health and Safety; New units outside of A-1 Must meet External solid fuel-fired heating cinders, in unreasonable standards required manufacturer's specifications. St. Michael Ordinance Nuisances, Sections 2007 None listed. Applies to new units. and A-2 zoning districts None listed. None listed. None listed. manufacturer's None listed. device, Stacks or chimneys. quantities, or burning by EPA and UL Must be made of masonry or 91.70 – 91.73: prohibited. specifications, fuels for which the listing. insulated metal with a minimum Exterior Solid Fuel- device was not designed, 6" flue. Fired Devices. is a public nuisance.
Only allowed in A-1 and A- 2 Zoning Districts, need a mechanical permit for Mechanical permit Sec. 26-32: Public Includes solid-fuel-fired stoves, fireplaces, installation, cannot issued in Stacks or chimneys must be nuisances affecting solid fuel-fired cooking stove, and produce dense smoke, compliance with constructed to withstand high health, safety, External solid fuel-fired heating combination fuel furnaces or boilers etc. or be a public Sec. 106 of the winds or other related elements, St. Paul Park Ordinance comfort or repose 2007 device, public nuisance, stacks None listed. which burn solid fuel if they are external nuisance. Installed ones See G and B. None listed. None listed. See N and O. None listed. None listed. International according to manufacturer's (11); Sec. 26-35. or chimney and provide heat for the interior of a must be listed , labelled, Mechanical Code specs; of masonry or insulated Nuisances building. Exclude natural gas-fired and installed according to required for metal with min. 6" flue. prohibited. fireplace logs. testing lab and installation. manufacturer' recommendations. Usual list of prohibited fuels.
Existing units must have Title 4: Public Health a stack height which and Safety, Ch. 6: meets or exceed Nuisances, Sec. 4-6- manufacturer's Existing units must See B., which supplies 2: Health-Related Public nuisance is one Prohibited from standards, is constructed meet current and Outdoor solid fuel heating direct or indirect heat Sartell Ordinance Nuisances, Art. I: 2007/2013 affecting health, safety, Applies to new and existing units. New units are prohibited. None listed. June through to withstand high winds None listed. future EPA See K. See K. device. from the burning of solid Smoke, Fumes, 1) - morals, comforts. August. or other related emissions fuel, to a building. 4): Outdoor solid fuel elements, or else be standards. heating device, removed, replaced or stacks or chimneys. modified within 60 days after notice.
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Performance requirements for Promote public health, None required for existing units: Applies "performance standards" to 20' above ground level minimum, Title XV: Land Usage, safety and welfare, existing, but nonconforming, and Outdoor furnace, external solid existing units. Only allowed in Clarification needed: but ones with less than 25' of Stack must be masonry or Ch. 156: Zoning, Sec. health, comfort, living Subject to nuisance nonfunctional ones cannot be replaced, fuel heating device, outdoor Agricultural and Residential Low and Installation of new unit Not applicable; new open space between two or more insulated metal, minimum 6 " 156.089: conditions, safety, and section of the city code cannot continue to extended, or expanded Sauk Centre Ordinance 2012 fire boilers, clean wood, Medium Density zoning districts. Does may be prohibited in all None listed. ones cannot be None listed. structures must have a minimum flue, have a spark arrester screen, Performance welfare of citizens by for smoke, cinders and operate, and none except as specified. If person, refuse, garbage, stack, not apply to cooking food outdoors with areas, or only allowed in A- installed. stack height of 3' over above the able to withstand high winds, Standards - - regulating air pollution ash for its emissions. allowed for new as nonworking, must be chimney, vermin. charcoal, wood, propane, or natural gas, 1 and R-1 areas. roof the adjacent buildings meet manufact-urer's specs. Outdoor Furnaces. and fire hazards of new ones are abandoned, not used, nor to indoor residential heating device. highest roof. outdoor boilers. prohibited. and removed immediately from property.
Existing units: required to meet Existing units: meet or exceed Ch. 8: Nuisances and The minimum stack height for Listed as a section in the Prohibited from emission standards mfg guidelines. Non-complying Offenses, Sec. 8.08: Outdoor solid fuel heating any solid fuel-fired heating device Sauk Rapids Ordinance None listed. None listed. None listed. New devices prohibited. Nuisances and Offenses None listed. June through See M., N., and O. See M. and N. required by EPA stacks shall be removed, Outdoor Solid Fuel device, Stacks or chimneys. shall meet or exceed the chapter. August. (including future replaced, or modified within 60 Heating Devices. manufacturers’ guidelines. amendments or days of notice modifications).
Title 15: Land Usage, Ch. 150: Build. Codes, Ch. 152: Zon. Public health, safety, and Code, 152.085: welfare; safeguard Gen.Regs and Perf. health, comfort, living Standards -- Outdoor conditions, safety, and Includes wood furnaces, boilers, outdoor All units prohibited. Savage Ordinances Wood Furnaces, and 2009 Outdoor furnace. welfare of citizens due to wood-fired hydronic heaters, or other All units prohibited. Installation specifically All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. Title 9: General air pollution and human solid fuel outside burners. defined as a nuisance. Regulations, Ch. 95: health impacts caused by Nuisances, 95.02: the use of outdoor wood Public Nuisances fired furnaces. Affecting Health, (H) Installing
Establish and impose Existing units cannot be Must have UL restrictions on enlarged or extended. approval, be installed Title 1000: Building construction, Building permit At least 20' above ground and 2' Prohibited from Required to meet according to Comply with EPA All stacks or chimneys must be Regulations, Chapter Outdoor wood-burning installation, and Includes only outdoor furnaces which use Use without having first required before above the ridgeline of any Shorewood Ordinance 2007 None listed. May 16th through installation manufacturer's and MPCA emission constructed to withstand high 1005: Outdoor Wood- furnace. operation to secure and wood as primary fuel. obtained building permit. construction, dwelling within 500' feet and not October 14th. requirements, emission instructions, and standards. winds or other related elements. Burning Furnaces. promote public health, installation, or use. higher than 40'. standards, and months comply with safety, and general of operation. requirements of M. welfare.
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Ordinance 1016, Ch. Excludes natural gas-fired fireplace logs, 38: Nuisances, Sec. Protection of property, wood-burning fireplaces or woodstoves in 38-1: Generally, Subject to nuisance welfare, etc. listed in the interior of a dwelling; also excludes Stillwater Ordinance Subd. 2 (2)nn: 2010 Outdoor wood boiler. All units prohibited. provisions, and all units All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. other parts of this BBQ grills or outdoor open air Installing or prohibited. Nuisance chapter. recreational fires. Basically the same as operating a wood Aitkin. boiler.
General provisions intent Title XV: Land Usage; and purpose include Ch. 152: Zoning Code protecting the public Must be constructed in Thief River Falls Ordinance General Regulations: Not listed. Solid fuel burning device. health, safety, morals Any solid fuel burning device. See Q. None listed. None listed None listed. None listed. None listed. None listed. Minimum chimney height of 18'. compliance with State Building Sec.152.053: Solid and general welfare…and Code. Fuel Burning Device. minimizing environmental pollution.
Can be cited as a public nuisance, and any Minimum stack height of 23' operation resulting in Permits may be Existing stacks or Stacks or chimneys must be Required to meet from ground level. Minimum Solid fuel-fired heating device, dense smoke, noxious required for irregularly installed constructed to withstand high emission standards stack height of dwellings with less Two Harbors Ordinance 313 1989 Stacks or chimneys, Person, None listed. Natural gas fireplace logs excluded. None listed. fumes, gas and soot, or devices sold or None listed. stacks shall be removed None listed. winds or other related elements, required by EPA than 25' of open space between Public Nuisance. cinders, in unreasonable purchased after or replaced within 6 of masonry or insulated metal and UL units of 3' above the highest roof quantities can also be a effective date. months of notice. with a minimum 6" flue. elevation on adjoining properties. reason to declare the unit a public nuisance.
334, amends Ch. 62 of the city code to include Ch. 62, Sec. Ensure public health, 1. Article 1: safety, and general Applies to installation or operation. Does Definitions, and welfare in accordance not include stand-alone units and adding Division 1: with the official Watertown Ordinance 2009 Outdoor wood-burning boiler. furnaces used and located indoors of a All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. Generally Sec. 62- comprehensive plan of primary accessory structure or building 559: Land the city and with and used to provide heat to that building. Development and adopted development Improvements: goals. Outdoor Wood- burning Boilers.
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Title IX, Ch. 94: Fire Prevention and Air pollution caused by fly Protection, Section Excludes grilling, cooking appliances, heat Must be constructed according to ash, dust, vapors, odors, 94.10 - 94.99: External solid fuel-fired heating Purpose is not clearly generating units inside the building used manufacturers' specifications and smoke, et al prohibited; as Subject to public Building permit Minimum of 25' above ground Wells Ordinance Burning of Solid Fuels 2008 device, Clean fuel solids, Public defined, though for human or animal habitation, None listed. None listed. None listed. See G. made of masonry or insulated per Title XV, Sec. 152.132 nuisance prohibitions. required. level in External Solid Fuel- nuisance. prohibitions are. recreational fires, construction activities, metal with a minimum 6' internal MPCA regulations and Fired Heating etc. flue diameter. standards apply. Devices and Solid Fuel Storage.
Existing systems immediately required to comply with all Existing and new heating Required to install Chapter 43: Zoning, manufacturers' If neighboring structures within units operation without an according to Must comply with Article IV: : Mechanical permit requirements and 150-250', stack height must be 2' Stacks must be designed, applicable permit are manufacturer's and all emission Performance Includes outdoor wood-burning furnaces, for the installation/ Allowed only from appropriate fuel higher than the peak line of constructed and maintained to prohibited. Legal city code standards currently Winona Standards, 2013 Detached heating system. None listed. wood-burning boilers and other detached None listed. operation of a new November 1 to requirements. Required residence. If neighboring withstand horizontal wind nonconforming detached specifications. required by the Regulations, 43.33.1: systems. "listed" detached March 31. to obtain a mechanical structures are 250' away, a pressures > or equal 30' per systems cannot be Additional construction EPA and the UL Detached Heating heating system. permit within 60 days of minimum of 20 ' stack height is square feet. replaced once they are no specifications in the listing. System. effective date. Systems required. longer operational. ordinance. that do not comply, required to be removed within 60 days.
Ordinance No. 1834. Ch. 15: Nuisances , Sec. 15-2: Illustrative Installation or operation of all The definition gives All units prohibited as a Woodbury Enumeration, units prohibited as a public All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. All units prohibited. examples. public nuisance. (b)(31): Installing or nuisance. operating of an outdoor wood boiler.
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