Except as otherwise specified herein, it shall be unlawful within the City of West Liberty, Iowa, to burn any materials including, but not limited to, leaves, twigs, branches, vegetation, construction debris or other organic wastes generated from any business or residential yards or other properties and any household or business refuse or waste after March 1, 2004.
Specified exceptions to this restriction are:
A. Open burning used solely for cooking out or barbecuing of food. These fires must be no larger than two feet (2') in diameter.
B. Training fires as may be conducted by volunteer fire departments in the course of training members in fire fighting techniques.
C. Open burning authorized for the duration of an officially declared community disaster period. The Mayor or City Manager shall make such declaration.
D. Camp fires, burning clean wood material, when in association with camping out or similar related recreational activities provided that these fires comply with all other sections of this chapter and are no larger than three feet (3') in diameter. (Ord. 2008-01, 3-4-2008)