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 Lockport, City
 Code of Ordinances
 Part II. General Legislation
 Chapter 108. Fumigation

  § 108-4. Required procedure prior to fumigation.  

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  • Before fumigation is commenced, the following regulations shall be complied with:
    A. 
    Danger signs. Prior to fumigation, suitable warning signs shall be posted on all doors, entrances and exits to the premises to be fumigated and upon all gangplanks and ladders from the dock, pier or land to the ship, as follows:
    (1) 
    Such signs shall be 18 inches by 13 inches, printed in red on white background with letters in headlines at least two inches in height, in form and substance substantially as follows:
    DANGER FUMIGATING WITH (NAME OF GAS) DEADLY POISON
    All persons are warned to keep away
    DO NOT ENTER
    (2) 
    At night, signs shall be illuminated so as to make the reading matter thereon plainly legible.
    B. 
    Where the Health Officer permits the presence of persons in any portion of a building while another portion thereof is being fumigated, all doors and entranceways to the portion to be fumigated shall be posted as above required.
    C. 
    All moist food and liquids, except such as are sealed in airtight containers or compartments, shall be removed from the place to be fumigated.
    D. 
    It shall be the duty of the fumigator in charge of the work on the premises to be fumigated to make a personal inspection and examination of the premises. A thorough cleanup shall be made and all refuse, oily wastes and other needless combustible material shall be removed prior to the sealing of the premises. All cracks, crevices, openings and apertures in the walls, ceilings and floors shall be properly and securely sealed in such manner as to confine the fumigant exclusively to the building, ship or other similar enclosed space intended to be fumigated, and all other practical precautions necessary to protect and safeguard persons that may be exposed shall be taken.
    E. 
    All fires, oil burners, flames, pilot lights and similar sources of ignition shall be eliminated from the space under fumigation.
    F. 
    If a fire occurs in the immediate vicinity, the Fire Chief may at his discretion cause the building under fumigation to be immediately ventilated by the fumigator. Ventilation shall take place at points furthest from the fire.