(A) If an anticipation of actual necessity exists, the Fire Chief shall present the City Manager with a plan to burn certain wild land areas in order to alleviate severe fire problems in the designated areas. The City Manager shall cause to be published in a conspicuous manner in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in the area of the burn not less than ten (10) days prior to the burn, a notice of intent to control burn, describing particularly the area to be burned and the tentative date or dates of the burning.
(B) In addition, the city shall acquire each year from the Brevard County Tax Collector a list of those persons registered on the tax rolls as owners of record of those wild lands designated to be within a high fire hazard area, as designated by the division of forestry pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 590.025. The city shall send a notice to each person listed on the tax rolls, at least ten (10) days prior to the control burn containing a detailed description of the property to be burned, the tentative date(s) of the burning, the reasons for the burning and the benefits expected to be derived therefrom.
(C) If no objection to the control burn is forthcoming from the affected property owners, the Fire Chief may enter and burn that property he deems necessary to alleviate the existing severe fire hazard, as reflected in the plan submitted to the City Manager.
(D) The Fire Chief shall place the Department on a fire danger alert.
(E) This phase alert is normally characterized by fires of very rapid build-up, very rapid growth, and accompanied by long distance spotting.
('74 Code, § 10-84) (Ord. 81-7, passed 2-19-81)