Sunday, December 07, 2008
Fireplace police on patrol; smoke can draw fine
I guess it's a sign of the times, and I do believe we deserve clean air; but, somehow, it seems over the top to me...
Steve Rubenstein reports at SFgate.com:
"For the first time ever, residential fires are illegal under a new law, passed in July, that bans home burning on winter season Spare the Air days.
The first such ban took effect at noon. Seventy inspectors from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District planned to spend the day and evening patrolling residential neighborhoods, looking for telltale chimney wisps.
Violators will get warnings by mail. Repeat offenders face fines of as much as $2,000."
