A. Definitions: The following words and phrases as used in this section shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is required by the context:
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS: Any material generated from a construction or demolition project which is a wood or wood byproduct. This does not include nonwood products such as shingles, plastics, rubber, fiberglass, drywall, plaster, paint, or petroleum products.
GARBAGE: Any refuse resulting from the handling, process, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food or food products; any other nonwood household waste items such as plastics, rubber, fiberglass, metals, diapers, paint, or petroleum byproducts.
LANDSCAPE WASTE: Any vegetable or plant refuse, except garbage, including tree trimmings, branches, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, yard trimmings, or crop residues.
OPEN BURNING: The combustion of any matter in such a way that the products of combustion are emitted into the open air.
B. Prohibitions On Open Burning:
1. Prohibited Burning: No person shall cause or allow open burning of any garbage, hazardous waste, nonwood products, human or animal feces or human or animal flesh, on the ground or in any container.
2. Public Property: No person shall cause or allow any burning on a street, gutter, curb, sidewalk, or property owned by the village.
3. Transportation Into Village: No material of any kind may be transported into the village for the purpose of burning. All wastes must be burned on the premises where they were generated.
4. Hours: No fires, except for permitted recreational fires, may be started before seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. or allowed to burn past seven o'clock (7:00) P.M.
5. Required Distance: No fire may be located less than twenty five feet (25') from any building or private property.
6. Endangerment: No person shall cause or allow any burning whenever local health and safety officials, the Illinois environmental protection agency officials, or fire safety officials determine that a fire would endanger health, safety, or welfare, or when it becomes a nuisance or discomfort, or when it would create a visibility hazard on the streets or sidewalks of the village.
C. Permissible Burning:
1. Permitted Burning: Limited amounts of landscape waste, construction and demolition debris, paper, wood or wood byproducts may be burned on the ground or in a suitable container, chamber, barrel, or incinerator provided that the conditions of this section are met.
2. Attendance Required: All open fires shall be constantly attended by a competent person not less than eighteen (18) years of age.
3. Extinguishment Equipment: A garden hose connected to a reliable water supply or other fire extinguishment equipment must be readily available within twenty five feet (25') of any fire.
4. Compliance Required: Fires for legitimate private or public recreational purposes are allowed, provided conditions of this section are met.
D. Penalty: Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined according to the provisions of section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord., 1-9-1996)