§ 24-41. Prohibitions against air pollution.  


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  • No person shall cause, let, permit, suffer or allow to be discharged into the atmosphere from any single source of emission whatsoever, any air contaminant for more than three (3) minutes in any hour which at the emission point is:

    (1)

    Equal to or greater than the density that is designated as number 2 on the Ringelmann Chart as published in the U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular No. 7718. Other standards may be used to measure smoke density which give results equivalent or comparable to those obtained using said chart, if such standards of measurement are approved by and acceptable to the Director, Environmental Resources Management.

    (2)

    Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to or greater than number 2 on the Ringelmann Chart.

(Ord. No. 04-214, §§ 1, 5, 12-2-04)