(A) Starting fires. No person shall start a fire in a park, except small fires for culinary purposes in park grills or privately owned grills, or fires in a place designated and approved by the Board and/or Director. The Director, at his discretion, may prohibit fires for limited periods at any location or for any purpose when necessary for protection of park property. Any fire shall be continuously attended under the care and direction of a competent person. All fires shall be extinguished by the person(s) starting or using the fire before leaving the immediate vicinity of the fire. No fires shall be built within ten feet of any trees or buildings or beneath the branches of any trees or in any underbrush.
(B) Hot ashes. Ashes shall be deposited only in specified areas or designated receptacles but not in picnic refuse receptacles.
(C) Gathering fuel for fires. No person shall be allowed to gather or use timber, wood, twigs, branches, leaves or other forest material as fuel for fires within a park, except by special permit from the Board and/or Director.
(D) Portable stoves or grills. No portable stoves or grills shall be permitted in the shelters or on picnic
tables.
(E) Lighted matches, cigars, and the like. No person shall throw away or discard any lighted material, including matches, cigars or cigarettes, within park property, except into the designated receptacles for that purpose.
(Ord. 2011-14, passed 12-27-11; Am. Ord. 2018-24, passed 8-27-18) Penalty, see § 100.99