(A) Following a natural disaster, the Fire Marshal and/or Fire Chief may authorize open burning of class A wood materials, brush and yard debris in an effort to mitigate materials in order to speed up recovery efforts.
(B) Property owners that own more than five acres of land that is zoned other than residential, may conduct property maintenance burns twice annually by permit; between October 1 and May 30 and during daylight hours of sunrise to sunset. Property owners will adhere to the following items.
(C) The property owner will acknowledge in the burn permit application that the property owner assumes full responsibility and liability for any damages incurred by their open burning.
(D) Brush pile is a minimum of 500 feet from a residential neighborhood, unless approval is granted by the Fire Marshal or Fire Chief for a reduced distance.
(E) The brush pile is a minimum of 200 feet from any forest, tree line, or combustible structure.
(F) The brush pile contains only brush, limbs, or wood items that were collected on the identified property and not trucked in or transferred from another location.
(G) There will be no property maintenance burns when winds exceed ten miles per hour.
(H) Property owners will abide by any and all published State of Tennessee, county-wide or city declared burn bans.
(I) Property owners (or designated person) must remain on site with adequate fire extinguishing equipment until the fire is extinguished and no longer smoldering.
(J) Property owners may request Fire Department stand-by assistance during a property maintenance burns at the designated rate as listed in the City of Spring Hill Fee Schedule.
(Ord. 23-02, passed 3-6-2023; Ord. 23-18, passed 11-20-2023)