Sec. 22a-174k. Outdoor wood-burning furnaces.
Sec. 22a-174k. Outdoor wood-burning furnaces. (a) For purposes of this section, "outdoor wood-burning furnace" means an accessory structure or appliance designed to be located outside living space ordinarily used for human habitation and designed to transfer or provide heat, via liquid or other means, through the burning of
wood or solid waste, for heating spaces other than where such structure or appliance
is located, any other structure or appliance on the premises, or for heating domestic,
swimming pool, hot tub or jacuzzi water. "Outdoor wood-burning furnace" does not
include a fire pit, wood-fired barbecue or chiminea.
(b) No person shall, from July 8, 2005, to the effective date of regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to regulate outdoor wood-burning furnaces, construct, install, establish, modify, operate or use an outdoor wood-burning furnace, unless (1) the outdoor wood-burning furnace was constructed, installed, established, modified, operated or in use prior to July 8, 2005, or (2) the outdoor
wood-burning furnace complies with the following:
(A) Installation of the outdoor wood-burning furnace is not less than two hundred
feet from the nearest residence not serviced by the outdoor wood-burning furnace;
(B) Installation of the chimney of the outdoor wood-burning furnace is at a height
that is more than the height of the roof peaks of the residences that are located within five
hundred feet of the outdoor wood-burning furnace, which residences are not serviced by
the outdoor wood-burning furnace, provided the chimney height is not more than fifty-five feet;
(C) No other materials are burned in the outdoor wood-burning furnace other than
wood that has not been chemically treated; and
(D) Installation and operation of the outdoor wood-burning furnace is in accordance
with the manufacturer's written instructions, provided such instructions do not conflict
with the provisions of this section.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and may be enforced by the municipality affected by the operation
or potential operation of an outdoor wood-burning furnace.
(d) Any person who operates an outdoor wood-burning furnace in violation of this
section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and shall be fined not more
than ninety dollars. Each day of operation of such outdoor wood-burning furnace in
violation of this section shall be a separate violation.
(P.A. 05-227, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-227 effective July 8, 2005.