§ 90.050 OPEN BURNING REGULATED.
   (A)   Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      OPEN BURNING. The burning of yard waste in such a manner that the products of combustion resulting from the burning are omitted directly into the atmosphere without passing through a chimney or a permitted air pollution control device.
      YARD WASTE. Any grass, weeds, leaves, tree trimmings, plants, shrubbery pruning, and such other similar materials which are generated in the maintenance of yards and gardens.
   (B)   Open burning of yard waste prohibited. In coordination with the North Carolina Administrative Code § .1900, all open burning of yard waste, including leaves, tree branches, or yard trimmings is prohibited where a public pickup of yard debris service is provided.
   (C)   Burning trash, refuse, and the like is prohibited. No person shall burn or cause to burn any trash, refuse, shavings, paper leaves, litter, or other material of any kind outside any house, business, on or in any street, sidewalk, alley, lot, or yard within the town limits.
   (D)   Permissible open burning.
      (1)   Open burning for land clearing or right-of-way maintenance if in accordance with all conditions listed in NCAC § 02D.1903(b)(2).
      (2)   Camp fires and fires used solely for outdoor cooking and other recreational purposes, or for ceremonial occasions, or for human warmth and comfort and which do not create a nuisance and do not use synthetic materials, refuse, or salvageable materials for fuel.
(Ord. 2019-01, passed 6-11-2019) Penalty, see § 90.999