(A) There shall be a statewide open burning ban on all bonfires, outdoor rubbish fires, and fires for the purpose of clearing land.
(B) The city’s Rural Fire District or its designee may waive an open burning ban under division (A) above for an area under its jurisdiction by issuing an open burning permit to a person requesting permission to conduct open burning. The permit issued by the city’s Rural Fire District or its designee shall be in writing, signed by the city’s Rural Fire District or its designee, and on a form provided by the State Fire Marshal.
(C) The city’s Rural Fire District or its designee may waive the open burning ban in its district when conditions are acceptable to the city’s Rural Fire District or its designee. Anyone burning in such jurisdiction when the open burning ban has been waived shall notify the city’s Rural Fire District of his or her intention to burn.
(D) The city’s Rural Fire District may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations listing the conditions acceptable for issuing a permit to conduct open burning under division (B) above.
(E) The city’s Rural Fire District may charge a fee, not to exceed an amount as set forth in the city’s fee schedule for each such permit issued. No such fee shall be collected from any state or political subdivision to which such a permit is issued to conduct open burning under division (B) above in the course of such state’s or political subdivision’s official duties.
(Prior Code, § 7-111) (Ord. 548, passed 9-2-1997)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 81-520.01