(A) Burning shall be in compliance with the most recently adopted versions of all applicable requirements of the State of Indiana and its applicable agencies, the federal government and its applicable agencies, the Indiana Fire Code, the City of Madison Fire Prevention Code, and other agencies of jurisdiction, and/or applicable ordinances and statutes.
(B) The Chief of the Fire Department or, in his or her absence, the sworn fire officers of the Fire Department, are empowered to prohibit any and all types of outside open burning whenever conditions or circumstances make such burning hazardous.
(C) No open burning shall be conducted during unfavorable meteorological conditions, such as temperature inversions, high winds, air stagnation, dry periods or declared droughts, and the like, or when prohibited by an order issued by the state or federal government, including when a pollution alert or ozone action day alert has been issued.
(D) Open burning fires which create an air pollution problem, a nuisance, or a fire hazard shall be extinguished immediately.
(E) Open burning fires shall only be conducted during daylight hours, except that open burning fires permitted in § 92.45(A), (B), (E), and (F) maybe conducted after sunset.
(F) All permitted open burning fires shall be attended at all times by a competent adult until completely extinguished. It shall be the responsibility of this person to conduct the burning in a safe manner in conformance with all applicable requirements, to provide adequate fire suppression equipment as defined in § 92.44, and to completely extinguish the fire at the end of the scheduled burning period.
(Ord. 2011-8, passed 4-5-11; Am. Ord. 2017-7, passed 7-5-17) Penalty, see § 92.99