(A) It shall be unlawful to start or build or cause to start or build or to maintain any fire on public or private property; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the following:
(1) For recreational purposes or for outdoor cooking of food for human consumption on other than commercial premises if no nuisance or hazard is created;
(2) For essential agricultural operations in the growing of crops if no nuisance or traffic hazard is created;
(3) Fires set in the operation of smokeless flare stacks for the combustion of waste gases; provided, that emissions therefrom:
(a) Are not of a shade or density equal to or darker than that designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart or its equivalent; and
(b) Are not of such opacity as to obscure an observer’s view to a degree equal to or greater than that designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart or equivalent.
(4) When a burn permit has been obtained from the City Clerk for:
(a) Destroying organic materials when the materials to be burned originate only from the site stated in the permit; or
(b) Training public or industrial firefighting personnel.
(B) No application for a burn permit to be issued by the city shall be accepted unless it is accompanied by a current and valid site-specific burn permit from City Suburban Fire District No. 5.
(C) An application for a burn permit from the city shall be made in the following manner.
(1) Application shall be made and filed on such form as shall be prescribed by the City Clerk.
(2) An application fee shall be paid to the City Clerk with the application. None of the application fee will be refunded. Said fee shall be as set by resolution by the City Council and kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.
(3) Burn permits shall be of two types, residential and commercial. A residential burn permit shall be issued when the site stated in the permit is a residential lot; all other burn permits shall be commercial burn permits.
(D) Any burn permit issued by the city shall be deemed to incorporate and include any conditions or restrictions imposed by the burn permit issued by City Suburban Fire District No. 5.
(Prior Code, § 7-108) (Ord. 787, passed 4-11-2023) Penalty, see § 93.99