This chapter shall not apply to:
A. Fires set for traditional recreational purposes and traditional ceremonial occasions for which a fire is appropriate and provided that no materials which may emit dense smoke or noxious odors are burned.
B. The operation of any barbecue equipment.
C. Fires set or permitted by a public agency when such fire is set or permitted in the performance of its official duty for the purpose of weed abatement, prevention or elimination of a fire hazard, or a hazard to public health or safety or instruction of employees in the methods of fire fighting, which in the opinion of the agency is necessary.
D. Fires set pursuant to a permit for the purpose of instruction of employees of private industrial concerns in methods of fire fighting, or for civil defense instruction.
E. Agricultural open burning pursuant to ORS 468A.020.
F. Burning in or within three (3) miles of the city of Ontario (prohibited unless a burn permit is obtained from Ontario rural fire protection district).
G. Any area within a rural fire protection district that issues permits.
H. Fires set for the purpose of disposal of dry tumbleweed plants (typically Russian thistle and tumbleweed mustard plants) that have been broken off and rolled about by the wind.
I. Burning authorized by the Oregon department of agriculture. (Ord. 183, 10-7-2009)