During the summer season residents are likely to enjoy cooking on barbecue grills. In most of condos and apartment, barbecuing on balcony has been prohibited because of its potential fire hazard. There are several ways to barbecue like charcoal, propane, and electrical. Even though fire code and municipal by-laws are not permitted barbequing on balcony, residents enjoy their food. In this report, we research whether cooking on balcony is really dangerous enough to prohibit by law. For instance, my apartment (Jay Kim’s), tenancy rules and regulation states “Tenants shall not use the balconies or porches for the hanging or drying of clothes, nor for the purpose of cooking, nor for the use of barbecues. Only seasonal furniture is to be allowed balconies.”
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To barbecue means to fast-cook meat at a high temperature over wood or charcoal. In America, barbecue (or BBQ) originated in the late 1800 's during Western cattle drives. The
References: Ontario Fire Code http://guelph.ca/uploads/PDF/By-laws/fire_prevention.pdf http://code.municipalworld.com/kitchener/736.pdf http://www.london.ca/Cityhall/CorpServices/CityClerks/bylaws/openburn.pdf Homestead Land Holdings Ltd (Tenancy rules and regulations): see attached file #27.