(A) Garbage burning prohibited. No person shall burn any garbage in the City.
(B) Trash burning regulated. No person shall burn any trash, lumber, straw, papers or other combustible material, except grass lawn sweepings and leaves, in any street, alley, yard or upon any lot, except in the manner hereinafter provided in this chapter. The burning in or upon any street, sidewalk or alley of the City is expressly prohibited.
(C) Trash burning regulation. Any of the refuse or material described in division (B) above may be burned in the City in a refuse burner constructed in a substantial manner of iron, steel, brick, concrete or stone, which shall be a closed receptacle with a tight door at the bottom, if any opening there exists, and the top opening shall be protected in a secure manner by a wire screen of not less than nine-gauge wire with a mesh not to exceed one-half inch. If the refuse burner is constructed of iron or steel, it shall not be thinner than 14 B.W. gauge; provided, however, that, the refuse or material shall not be burned within 20 feet of any building, structure or flammable material, nor within ten feet of any fence, partition or neighboring property line.
(D) Control of fires. No fire shall be set on any unusually windy day. No person shall set fire to or burn any weeds, grass, leaves, rubbish or other substance within the meaning of division (B) above without first providing adequate means to control the fire at all times.
(E) Evidence. The setting of such a fire on any unusually windy day or the calling or appearance of firefighting equipment at such a fire shall constitute prima facie evidence that the person so setting the fire did not provide adequate means to control the fire.
(Prior Code, § 500.15) (Ord. 4.02, passed - -1985) Penalty, see § 10.99