2006 New York Code - Open Fires Prohibited; Exceptions.

 
    §  24-149  Open fires prohibited; exceptions. No person shall cause or
  permit the kindling, maintenance or use of any open fire so as to  cause
  the emission of an air contaminant into the open air, except as provided
  herein:
    a.  Where such fires are allowed by any other law, rule or regulation,
  outdoor residential picnic and barbecue fires in equipment with a  total
  grate  area  not  exceeding  ten  square  feet  and  designed to utilize
  charcoal, or equipped with gas burners;
    b. outdoor  noncommercial  barbecue  and  picnic  fires  in  equipment
  provided  by and located in city parks where such fires are permitted by
  the appropriate government agency;
    c. official fires used for the training of fire  brigades  or  similar
  purposes  by  persons  or corporations requiring such training, but only
  with the approval of the commissioner and the fire commissioner;
    d.  outdoor  fires  used  in  conjunction  with  tar   kettles,   coke
  salamanders,  asphalt  and  snow  melting equipment and open natural gas
  fired infrared heaters of capacity less than one hundred fifty  thousand
  BTU/hr;
    e.  fires  used  for  special  effects  for the purpose of television,
  motion picture, theatrical and for other entertainment productions,  but
  only with the approval of the fire commissioner and the commissioner.