(a) No person shall cause or allow open burning within the corporate limits of the Village without obtaining a permit from the State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, or its designated agent to open burn and from the Commissioner of Buildings, except as set forth in subsection (d) hereof. The permit fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
(b) No permit to open burn shall be issued by the Commissioner except for the following purposes:
(1) Prevention or control of disease or pests;
(2) Ceremonial purposes. Ceremonial fires shall be less than five feet by five feet by five feet in dimension and shall burn no longer than three hours;
(3) Instruction in methods of fire fighting or for research in the control of fire;
(4) In emergency or other extraordinary circumstances for any purpose determined by the Commissioner.
(c) Application for permit to open burn shall be made on forms prepared by the Commissioner and shall contain such information, including information regarding all other necessary permits, as the Commissioner may deem appropriate.
(d) A permit to open burn shall not be required from the Commissioner for open burning of the following nature:
(1) Noncommercial cooking of foods for human consumption;
(2) Heating tar, welding, acetylene torches and highway flares;
(3) Heating of clean and noncontaminated smokeless fuels for warmth of outdoor workers.
(Ord. 2075. Passed 5-18-77.)