(A) Starting fires. No person shall start a fire in the park except small fires for culinary purposes in park grills, or privately owned grills, or fires in a place or designated area approved by the Board. The Board, at its discretion, may prohibit fires for limited periods at any location or for any purposes when necessary for protection of park property. Any fires shall be continuously attended under the care and direction of a competent person. All fires shall be extinguished by the person or persons starting or using the same before leaving the immediate vicinity of the fire. No fires shall be built within ten feet of any trees or buildings or beneath the branches of any trees or buildings or beneath the branches of any trees or in any underbrush.
(B) No person shall be allowed to use timber, wood, twigs, branches, leaves, or other forest material as fuel for fires within the parks, except by special permit from the Board.
(C) Portable stoves or grills. No portable stoves or grills shall be permitted in shelters or on picnic tables.
(D) Lighted matches, cigars, etc. No person shall throw away or discard any lighted matches, cigars, or cigarettes within any park property, except into designated receptacles for that purpose.
(Ord. 703, passed 10-28-97; Am. Ord. 900, passed 7-6-04) Penalty, see § 99.99