(A) Commercial land clearing permit. Open burning activities, which include one-time land-clearing operations that involve non-compacted vegetative materials.
(1) Land-clearing burns may be authorized by written permission from the delegated authority if the burning will not adversely affect public health or safety, and will not cause or contribute to a nuisance, traffic hazard or to a violation of any air quality standard.
(2) Authorization for the land-clearing burn may be revoked by the control officer if the burning causes nuisance conditions, is not conducted in accordance with the specified conditions, violates any provision of an applicable permit or causes a violation of any air quality standard.
(B) Disposal of buildings, building materials. Fires set for the disposal of abandoned buildings or building materials for training purposes by town’s Fire District; provided that, no such permit shall be issued until after an on-site inspection by the district. Building demolition burns may be authorized by written permission from the delegated authority if there is no practical alternative, and if the burning will not adversely affect public health or safety, and will not cause or contribute to a nuisance, traffic hazard or to a violation of any air quality standard.
(C) Permitted fires for the destruction of dangerous materials. Fires set for the destruction of dangerous or hazardous materials are allowed when the materials are too dangerous to store and transport; provided that, no such permit shall be issued until after an on-site inspection by the district. Fires set for the destruction of dangerous materials shall only be allowed where there is no safe alternative method of disposal, and when the burning of such materials does not result in the emission of hazardous or toxic substances either directly or as a product of combustion in amounts that will endanger health or safety.
(D) Bonfire permits. No prohibited materials or household wastes, as defined in § 93.05 of this chapter, are burned. A city, town, county statutory districts or other political subdivision established by statute may obtain a no-cost bonfire permit for a community or civic event:
(1) A written request from the public entity is required; and
(2) The quantity of material that may be burned during the permit term shall not exceed 20 cubic yards of non-compacted material.
(Prior Code, § 10-3-1) (Ord. 07-02, passed - -2007)