A. Fire Seasons Designated: The chief of the fire department shall annually designate one or more fire seasons. He shall make this determination from time to time based upon weather conditions, soil conditions, area congestion and his experience in dealing with fires and fire hazards. His designation shall state the beginning date and ending date; but this shall not prevent him from extending the season by declaring a new fire season.
B. Council Approval: Upon his determination to establish a fire season, the fire chief will notify the council, and that fire season shall be effective if the council approves it and proper public notice is given.
C. Notice: Public notice shall be given by one public notice in the Bonners Ferry Herald, and the fire season shall commence the day following the first delivery or sale of that issue of that newspaper.
D. Permit Required: It is unlawful to set a fire by any means or method from May 10 through October 20 without first obtaining a permit from the fire chief ten (10) days before wanting to set such fire and paying the permit fee as determined from time to time by resolution of the city council. The above dates may be extended by the fire chief. The following exceptions shall not require a permit:
1. Stove, furnace and fireplace fires; and
2. Barbecue fires contained in containers manufactured for that purpose; and
3. Cooling pit fires not over three feet (3') in diameter, lined with stone or nonwood block, and with debris removed within a ten foot (10') radius of the center of the fire. (1959 Code § 7-6-1; amd. 2003 Code)