(A) The following types of fire are allowed without prior approval of the Fire Chief or their designee:
(1) Fires used for recreational or cooking purposes.
(2) Fires used to clear a woodlot, fence row, or brush pile that is located at least 150 feet from any structure.
(B) Fires authorized in division (A)(1) above shall be subject to the following:
(1) Only natural wood or plant material shall be burned;
(2) Fires within 150 feet of a structure shall be 36 inches in diameter or less;
(3) Fires shall be attended at all times with an extinguishing source, until completely extinguished;
(4) If fires create an air quality problem, an nuisance, or a fire hazard, they shall be extinguished;
(5) No burning shall be conducted during unfavorable meteorological conditions, as determined by the Fire Chief or their designee, such as temperature inversions, high winds, air stagnation, drought and the like or other conditions that run the risk of causing health problems; and
(6) All state and federal air quality standards.
(C) Fires authorized in division (A)(2) shall be subject to the following:
(1) Only natural wood or plant material shall be burned;
(2) Fires shall be attended at all times with an extinguishing source, until completely extinguished;
(3) If fire create an air quality problem, a nuisance, or a fire hazard, they shall be extinguished;
(4) No burning shall be conducted during unfavorable meteorological conditions, as determined by the Fire Chief or their designee, such as temperature inversions, high winds, air stagnation, drought and the like or other conditions that run the risk of causing health problems; and
(5) All state and federal air quality standards.
(D) Burning with prior approval of the Fire Chief or their designee may be authorized for the following:
(1) Burning of refuse consisting of material resulting from a natural disaster.
(2) Burning for purposes of fire training.
(3) Emergency burning of spilled petroleum products when all reasonable efforts to recover the spilled material have been made and failure to burn would result in an imminent fire hazard or water pollution problems.
(4) Burning of highly explosive or other dangerous materials for which no alternative disposal method exists or where transportation of the materials is impossible.
(5) Burning of native prairies for prairie management.
(6) Fires used to clear a woodlot, fence row, or brush pile that is less than 150 away from a structure.
(`92 Code, § 6-46) (Ord. 89-12, passed 9-14-89; Am. Ord. 2013-14, passed 6-27-13) Penalty, see § 92.999