7-5-4: ALLOWABLE BURNING:
   (A)   Fires used for the preparation of food, campfires and fires for recreational purposes, under control of a responsible person.
   (B)   Fires used for control or alleviation of fire hazard or for weed control when no alternate control method exists.
   (C)   Fires used in the training of organized firefighting personnel. (Ord. 96, 1-11-1971)
   (D)   Burn barrels with attached spark arrester. The spark arrester shall be constructed of iron, heavy wire mesh or other noncombustible material with openings not larger than one-half inch (1/2"). Burn barrels shall not be located less than twenty feet (20') from any structure or other combustible material. (Ord. 212, 10-18-1993)
   (E)   Readily combustible rubbish produced by operation of a domestic household may be burned on the property from which the rubbish was generated, if no collection and disposal service is available and such is approved by the mayor and council. This shall include tree leaves and gardening waste. "Rubbish" is defined as nonputrescible solid waste except abandoned vehicles and car bodies or car body parts, industrial solid waste and agricultural solid waste. (Ord. 96, 1-11-1971)
   (F)   Open burning of junked motor vehicles or parts or motor oil shall not be allowed within the city limits.
      1.   No burning of tires or rubber products which include roofing materials or plastic will be allowed within the city limits. (Ord. 212, 10-18-1993)
      2.   Burning hours shall be between ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. to four o'clock (4:00) P.M. 1
      3.   Number of units to be burned at any one location at one burn shall be limited to one hundred (100) 2 unless otherwise approved by the city council.
      4.   Tires and floor mats shall be removed prior to burning.
      5.   Every reasonable effort shall be made on the part of the salvage operator to prepare the units in such a manner that rapid and efficient combustion will occur.
Any burning of motor vehicles deemed necessary by the council shall be conducted at one or several centralized locations. Such locations shall be approved by the Idaho air pollution control section and the Idaho solid waste control section of the state department of health.
   (G)   Burning of plant life grown on the premises in the course of agricultural, forestry or land clearing operation. (Ord. 96, 1-11-1971; amd. Ord. 195, 4-2-1990)

 

Notes

1
1. Optional with mayor and council.
2
2. Optional with mayor and council.