(a) No person shall knowingly, intentionally or negligently start, set, kindle or maintain, or cause or order to start, set, kindle or maintain, or assist in any way in the starting, setting, kindling or maintaining, or furnish any material for, any fire in the open air upon any property within the Municipality of such proportions as to create a hazard or endanger life or property or which might be injurious to the health or comfort of any person, or within 150 feet of any building, structure or article or thing of a combustible nature, or being the owner, lessee, proprietor, occupant or person in control of such property, permit any such fire to be started, set, kindled or maintained thereon, without first making or causing to be made, application in writing therefor to the Fire Chief and securing a permit in writing to do so.
(b) No such permit, as referred to herein, shall be granted by the Chief unless the fire or burning proposed to be permitted thereunder can be done without danger of injury or damage to persons or property. The Chief is hereby authorized to prescribe, as a condition of the issuance of such permit, such regulations, conditions and safeguards as may in his judgment, be necessary to provide adequately for the proper protection of persons and property. No such permit shall be granted unless and until the applicant therefor has signed an agreement to be responsible for and to reimburse the Municipality for any expense by way of charges for services of fire equipment and otherwise may be incurred by reason of such fire. A permit may be granted to the owner or occupant of property for the burning thereon of the ordinary accumulation of such personal rubbish or waste paper or other burnable material when the same is proposed to be burned in a
proper and suitable incinerator provided for the purpose which incinerator has first been approved by the Fire Chief.
(Ord. 1975-970. Passed 4-15-75.)