§ 15.30.090. Wood-fired boilers.

A.

Unless otherwise prohibited by law, within the boundaries of the municipality no person shall cause, suffer, permit or allow the operation of a wood-fired boiler except when fired by:

1.

Clean dry wood;

2.

Wood pellets made from clean wood;

3.

Corn; or

4.

Home heating oil and natural gas as a starter fuel or substitute fuel in dual-fired wood boilers.

B.

Within the boundaries of the municipality the burning of wood that has been treated, painted, or treated with preservatives or other coatings is prohibited.

C.

Within the boundaries of the municipality the burning of used oil, waste petroleum products and home heating oil not meeting applicable limits for sulfur content as set forth by the Federal Clean Air Act is prohibited.

D.

Within the boundaries of the municipality, no person shall install or allow the installation of a wood-fired boiler subject to the requirements of this section unless:

1.

The wood-fired boiler is located more than 50 feet from an adjacent property line and 100 feet from any habitable structure that it is not serving at the time of installation, unless that property or habitable structure is under common ownership;

2.

The wood-fired boiler has an attached permanent stack extending higher than the peak of the roof of the structure(s) being served by the wood-fired boiler, and higher than the peak of the roof of any other habitable structure located within 150 feet of the wood-fired boiler;

3.

The wood-fired boiler is certified to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency voluntary phase 2 emissions level for wood-fired boilers through testing by an accredited independent laboratory showing it emits no more than 0.32 pounds of particulate matter per million BTUs of heat output;

4.

The wood-fired boiler complies with all applicable laws, including but not limited to local ordinances, and its operation does not create a public nuisance; and

5.

Scaled drawings, prepared by a registered professional engineer or registered professional land surveyor, are submitted and approved by the air pollution control officer showing the wood-fired boiler will meet the separation requirements to adjacent property lines and habitable structures established in this subsection and that the stack of the boiler will be higher than the roof peak of any habitable structure within 150 feet.

6.

Installation, modification and repair of a wood-fired boiler shall comply with the provisions of the Anchorage Building Code, Title 23 of the Anchorage Municipal Code.

E.

For any wood-fired boiler certified to meet the requirements in subsection D.3. of this section and purchased new by the original owner prior to codification of section 15.35.105 (July 1, 2009), the department shall waive the separation and stack height requirements of subsections D.1., D.2., and D.5. upon proof of purchase date satisfactory to the director. Waiver of separation and stack height requirements does not relieve the owner of any other compliance obligations.

(AO No. 2017-161(S) , § 2, 2-27-18)