A public officer, as defined herein, gives permission in writing for a fire, and immediately transmits a copy of such written permission to the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and to the delegated authority; and, further provided that, the setting of any such fire shall be conducted in a manner and at such time as approved by the delegated authority, unless doing so would defeat the purpose of the exemption, the following fires are exempt from this subchapter:
(A) Any fire set or permitted by any public officer in the performance of official duty, if such fire is set or permission given for the purpose of weed abatement, the prevention of a fire hazard or instruction in the methods of fighting fires;
(B) Fires set by or permitted by the state entomologist, county agricultural agents or state/county health officials of the county for the purpose of disease and pest prevention; and
(C) Fires set by or permitted by the state or any of its agencies, departments or political subdivisions, for the purpose of watershed rehabilitation or control through vegetative manipulation.
(Prior Code, § 10-3-1) (Ord. 07-02, passed - -2007)