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(A) The rules and regulations promulgated by the office of the State Fire Marshal relating to fire prevention are incorporated by reference into this code and made a part of this subchapter as though printed in full herein together with all subsequent amendments thereto. Three copies of the Fire Prevention Code shall be on file with the Municipal Clerk and shall be available for public inspection at any reasonable time.
(Prior Code, § 7-201)
(B) It shall be the duty of all municipal officials to enforce the incorporated fire code provisions and all infractions shall be immediately brought to the attention of the Fire Chief.
(Prior Code, § 7-202)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 18-132, 19-902, 81-502
It shall be unlawful for any person to set out a fire on the pavement or near any curb now built or hereafter to be built within the municipality.
(Prior Code, § 7-203) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) It shall be unlawful to build or set out any bonfires, outdoor rubbish fires and fires for the purpose of clearing land. The Fire Chief of the Fire Department or his or her designee may waive the open burning ban for an area under his or her jurisdiction by issuing an open burning permit to a person requesting permission to conduct open burning. The permit issued by the Fire Chief to a person desiring to conduct open burning shall be in writing, signed by the Fire Chief and on a form prescribed by the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall provide local fire departments with the forms. The Fire Chief or his or her designee may waive the open burning ban in his or her district when conditions are acceptable to the Chief. Anyone burning in such district when the open burning ban has been waived must notify the Fire Department of his or her intention to burn. It shall be unlawful for any person to set fire to, burn or cause to be burned any garbage, animal matter or vegetable matter. Fires set while in possession of a burning permit or at a time the open burning ban has been waived shall at all times be attended by the person setting the fire and said fire shall be located at least 20 feet from any building.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to burn rubbish of any kind including paper, paper goods, cardboard or leaves anywhere in the municipality, except in a stove, furnace or incinerator inside a building. It is further unlawful to burn off any leaves or vegetation from any garden or areas in the municipality. This section shall not prohibit backyard barbecuing or the wood stoves or fireplaces.
(Prior Code, § 7-204) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 81-520.01
(A) The Municipal Clerk shall keep on file, and provide to those requesting, the boundaries of the municipal fire limits, if any such fire limit be created.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to build, rebuild or remodel, upon any lot within the fire limits of the municipality, a building or buildings except the same shall be constructed of fire-proof material (i.e., brick, stone, cement, steel or a material approved by the State Fire Marshal).
(C) No building shall be erected within the fire limits of the municipality until an application for a permit has been made to the Board of Trustees and the permit granted.
(D) Wooden buildings shall not be repaired to the extent of a new roof, foundation or undersills and no repairs of any kind shall be made on any such building without the consent of the Board of Trustees.
(E) No wooden building shall be moved into the fire limits or moved from one lot to another within the fire limits.
(Prior Code, § 7-205) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-550