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IN 1325.15 Monitoring of Fire Protection Equipment. Fire alarm systems and bells controlling the water supply and water -flow switches on automatic sprinkler systems shall be electronically monitored by an approved central station service in accordance to this section. Subd. 1. Application of requirements. This section shall apply to the following: (a) New fire alarm systems. (b) Existing fire alarm systems when upgrades or expanded. (c) New sprinkler systems with 20 or more sprinkler heads. (d) Existing sprinkler systems with 100 or more sprinkler heads. (e) Existing sprinkler systems when upgraded or expanded by five sprinkler heads or more and the number of sprinkler heads following upgrade or expansion is 20 or more. Subd. 2. Distinctive Signals. General fire alarms, bells monitoring, water flow, trouble and supervisory signals shall be distinctively different and shall be automatically transmitted to an approved central station in accordance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 72. Subd. 3. Certificate Required. An Underwriter's Laboratory (IJI,) 72 "Central Station Fire Alarm System Certificate" shall be required for all electrically monitored fire alarm and sprinkler systems and communicators. Subd. 4. Public Utilities Accepted. This section does not apply to underground key or hub valves in the roadway boxes provided by the City. 1325.16 Open Burnine. Open burning prohibited. Except as otherwise permitted by this section, all open burning is prohibited in the City of St. Anthony. Subd. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Open Fire" or "Open burning" means a fire in matter, whether concentrated or dispersed which is not contained within a fully enclosed firebox, structure, or vehicle, from which the products of combustion are emitted directly to the open atmosphere without passing through a stack, duct or chimney. (b) "Person" includes any natural person acting either personally or in any representative capacity, a corporation, a firm, a co -partnership, or an association of any nature or kind. (c)"Starter Fuels" means dry, untreated, unpainted wood or charcoal fire starter. Paraffin candles and alcohols are permitted as starter fuels and as aids to ignition only. Propane gas torches or other clean gas burning devices causing minimal pollution must be used to start an open fire. (d) "Wood" means dry, clean fuel such as twigs, branches, limbs, presto logs", charcoal, cord wood or untreated dimensional lumber. Wood does not include wood that is