2006 New York Code - Fire Prevention.

 
    §  27-4244 Fire prevention. a. Combustible waste. It shall be unlawful
  to store or  accumulate  broken  wood,  waste  paper  or  waste  packing
  material  of any kind in any part of the building where goods are packed
  or unpacked. Such material shall be removed at the close  of  each  day.
  Empty barrels, drums or containers, from which volatile flammable oil or
  other  flammable  liquid  has  been  taken,  shall  be  removed from the
  premises as soon as possible, and  in  no  case  shall  they  be  stored
  therein more than twenty-four hours.
    b.  Matches. It shall be unlawful to keep or carry matches in a cellar
  or in a packing room of a wholesale drug  store  or  drug  and  chemical
  supply  house,  or  in any part of the premises where volatile flammable
  oils or highly combustible substances are stored or handled.
    c. Packing rooms. Packing  rooms  shall  be  located  as  remotely  as
  practicable  from  large  stocks  of  stored goods; and the packing room
  floor shall be kept as free as possible from hay,  excelsior  and  other
  combustible  packing material during working hours. At the close of each
  day, tables, floors and all parts of the packing  room  shall  be  swept
  clean  of such materials, and the sweepings gathered into a metal box or
  other proper receptacle, which shall be kept closed at night.