149.385 Wood, saw or processing mills and railroads, regulation. - Kentucky Statutes

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149.385 Wood, saw or processing mills and railroads, regulation. (1) Any person operating or responsible for the operation of a sawmill, stavemill, heading mill, or other woodworking mill, or any manufacturing or processing
establishment not entirely enclosed with fireproof or fire resistant walls or other
fireproof or fire resistant shielding, shall if such mill or establishment is in or
adjacent to timberland, maintain a cleared area of at least one hundred fifty feet
(150') in all directions from any fires maintained in or about or in connection with
the operation of such mill or establishment, and for a distance of one hundred feet
(100') in all directions from any sawdust pile, slab pile, or any other flammable
material accumulated from the operation of such mill or establishment. (2) Each railroad company shall place in, on or around the top of the chimney of each of its locomotives a screen, fender, damper or other appliance that will prevent as
far as possible sparks of fire escaping from the chimney within or adjacent to
timberland. (3) Each railroad company within or adjacent to timberland shall keep its right-of-way clear and free from weeds, high grass and decayed timber that is likely to take and
communicate fire from passing trains to abutting or adjacent property. History: Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 46. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 6.