(A) No person shall build, cause or allow any fire and no person, owner, lessor or occupant shall authorize or permit any fire on private land within the city limits, except:
(1) Within a fireplace, cooking or heating appliance, within an enclosed building;
(2) The preparation of food;
(3) A fire-proof incinerator approved by the Building Inspector in accordance with the Uniform Building, Uniform Mechanical and Uniform Fire Codes; and
(4) At the city landfill by city officials.
(B) Open burning within the city other than the above may be permitted only when written approval has been secured from the Fire Chief; provided, they shall not be set out or located in such a manner as to endanger buildings or property and such permit is issued in accordance with state statutes and regulations of the Uniform Fire Code.
(C) The following shall not be burned under permit or otherwise:
(1) Garbage, defined as putrescible waste, except sewage and body waste; all vegetable and animal offal; all waste resulting from preparation of food or table refuse or waste; all accumulation of animal, vegetable or other matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay, dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowls, vegetables or other food materials;
(2) Plastic or foam or any material containing plastic or foam; and
(3) Petroleum oils or fuels, rubber or asphalt products.
(D) Within the city, it shall be prima facie evidence that the person who owns, controls or occupies property on which burning occurs has caused or permitted said burning.
(2005 Code, § 7-209)