(A) It is unlawful for any person to set fire to any forest, grass, range, crop, or other wildlands, or to build a campfire or bonfire, or to burn trash or other material that may cause a forest, grass, range, crop, or other wildlands fire within the municipality where, because of emergency drought conditions, there is a gubernatorially proclaimed extraordinary danger from fire, unless the setting of any backfire during the drought emergency is necessary to afford protection as determined by a representative of the Division of Forestry, or unless it can be established that the setting of the backfire was necessary for the purpose of saving life or property. The burden of proving the necessity shall rest on the person claiming a defense.
(B) Any proclamation promulgated by the governor shall be effective immediately upon the governor’s signed approval of the emergency proclamation and shall supersede any resolution passed by the City Council.
(C) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $750.
(Prior Code, § 22-179) (Ord. 2015-051, passed 5-4-2015)