For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION. Whenever these words are used they shall be held to mean the Fire Marshal.
MUNICIPALITY. Whenever the word is used in the State Uniform Fire Code it is held to mean the City of Osseo, Minnesota.
RECREATIONAL FIRE. The burning of materials other than rubbish where clean fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, with a total fuel area of three feet or less in diameter, completely surrounded by non-combustible and non-smoke or -odor producing material, either of natural rock, cement, brick, tile, or block, in a pit one foot in the ground or more, on the ground, or on a raised bed, including permanent outdoor wood-burning fireplaces. RECREATIONAL FIRES shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from buildings, combustible materials, power lines, and property lines. RECREATIONAL FIRES may be used for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, or similar purposes. Mobile cooking devices such as manufactured hibachis, charcoal grills, wood smokers, and propane or natural gas grills are not defined as RECREATIONAL FIRES.
(1997 Code, § 37.03)