Santa Clara County Municipal Code § C18-1 Definitions

(a) Bay Area Air Quality Management District ("BAAQMD") means the air quality agency for the San Francisco Bay Area established pursuant to California Health and Safety Code § 40200.

(b) EPA means United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(c) EPA certified wood heater means any wood heater that meets the standards in Title 40, Part 60, Subpart AAA, Code of Federal Regulations in effect at the time of installation and that is certified and labeled pursuant to those regulations.

(d) Fireplace means any permanently installed masonry or factory built wood burning appliance, except a pellet-fueled wood heater, designed to be used with an air-to-fuel ratio greater than or equal to 35 to 1.

(e) Gas fireplace means a fireplace or any other listed gas appliance as defined in the Uniform Mechanical Code designed to burn natural gas in a manner that simulates the appearance of a wood burning fireplace and does not burn anything other than natural gas.

(f) Paints means all exterior and interior house and trim paints, enamels, varnishes, lacquers, stains, primers, sealers, under coatings, roof coatings, wood preservatives, shellacs, and other paints or paint-like products.

(g) Paint solvents means all original solvents sold or used to thin paints or to clean up painting equipment.

(h) Pellet-fueled wood heater means any wood burning appliance that operates exclusively on wood pellets.

(i) Solid fuel means wood or any other non-gaseous or non-liquid fuel.

(j) Treated wood means wood of any species that has been chemically impregnated, painted or similarly modified to improve resistance to insects or weathering.

(k) Waste petroleum product means any petroleum product other than gaseous fuels that has been refined from crude oil, and has been used, and as a result of use, has been contaminated with physical or chemical impurities.

(l) Wood burning appliance means any fireplace, wood heater, or pellet-fired wood heater or any similar device burning solid fuel used for aesthetic or space-heating purposes. Wood burning appliance does not include stoves used primarily for cooking food for human consumption.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.90, § 1, 4-8-03)

Unless otherwise expressly exempted in this division, all wood burning appliances installed in new residential units or wood burning appliances being added to existing residential units must comply with this division.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.90, § 1, 4-8-03)

Unless otherwise expressly exempted in this division, all wood burning appliances installed in new commercial buildings or wood burning appliances being added to existing commercial buildings must comply with this division. Commercial buildings include, but are not limited to, hotels and restaurants.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.90, § 1, 4-8-03)

Gas fireplaces are exempt from the provisions of this division. However, the conversion of a gas fireplace to a wood burning appliance constitutes the installation of a wood burning appliance and is subject to the requirements of this division.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.90, § 1, 4-8-03)

All wood burning fire appliances installed in residential or commercial buildings where there is no existing infrastructure for natural gas service within 150 feet of the property line are exempt from the provisions of this division.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.90, § 1, 4-8-03)