1. No uncontained fire shall be set or maintained within 15 feet from any property line to ensure that no obnoxious odors are discharging.
2. No uncontained fire shall be set or maintained on any public road or public property.
3. No burning during a drought condition or in a high wind condition and this shall be determined by the Mayor, Chief of Police, Zoning Officer, or the Fire Chief.
4. Burning with supervision by a competent adult. Unsupervised burning can be ordered extinguished by the Mayor, Chief of Police, Zoning Officer, or the Fire Chief.
5. No burning within 15 feet of any building, structure, automobile, garbage or waste container, or any other combustible substance.
6. No burning within 50 feet from any propane, gas, or oil tanks.
7. No fire shall be set or maintained for the purpose of burning materials releasing obnoxious odors, dense smoke, or fly ash. The following items should never be burned: garbage, plastics, styrofoam, chemicals, any hazardous materials, tires, roofing materials, animal waste, carpet, insulation, shingles, furniture, mattresses or box springs, solvents, treated wood, paints, any type of building supplies, or vegetable waste.
8. No large contained or uncontained fire shall be allowed unless approved by the landowner, and a 24-hour notice is given to either the Dauphin-Middle Paxton Fire Company #1 or Dauphin County Dispatch.
9. Controlled burns should be started after sunrise and completed by 9 p.m. so no smoke is visible.
10. The burning should be at least 15 feet from the edge of any road.
11. All controlled burns or burning in your yard for recreation is acceptable in the following containers; fireproof masonry fireplace, fire ring, metal burner, or chimnea’s. However, a competent adult must supervise and have a hose ready to extinguish the fire if necessary chimnea’s must follow the same regulations that are in subsection .5. The recreational fire should be extinguished by 2 a.m.
12. Bonfires shall not be permitted unless special exception is made by the Borough Council of Dauphin and the Fire Department would need to be on standby.
(Ord. 07-08, 10/2/2007, §V)