(A) Generally. It shall be unlawful for any person to set or cause to be set or allow to be set upon their premises any uncontained open fire.
(Prior Code, § 12.06.03)
(B) Uncontained fire defined; certain fires in fire pits authorized. An uncontained fire referred to in division (A) above is a fire that is intentionally burned or that is permitted to burn outdoors, and which is not in an approved fire pit as provided herein. An approved fire pit may be an earthen-style fire pit (buried in the ground) or an outdoor fireplace. An approved fire pit may not exceed three feet in diameter, and the fire contained in an approved fire pit may not have flames exceeding two feet in height above the fire pit walls. An approved fire pit must be located not less than ten feet from the property line of the property where it is located.
(Prior Code, § 12.06.03.01)
(C) Approved fire pit not to be unattended. No person in charge of a fire that is burning in an approved fire pit shall leave said fire unattended. However, momentary absence for a reasonably brief period of time, when the fire is properly contained at the time it is left, shall not constitute leaving the fire unattended.
(Prior Code, § 12.06.03.02)
(D) Excess smoke as a nuisance. No fire in an approved fire pit shall be permitted to continue to burn if the smoke therefrom causes discomfort or irritation to any person nearby, and such smoke shall be deemed a nuisance and may be extinguished by authorities, at the property owner’s expense, if the property owner fails to extinguish the fire after being informed that the smoke is a nuisance.
(Prior Code, § 12.06.03.03)
(E) Permissible materials to be burned. No person shall burn materials in an approved fire pit other than those materials provided for herein. Permissible materials shall be restricted to natural dry fire wood or commercial logs. Lumber, scrap lumber, rubbish, yard waste, leaves or garbage may not be burned in a fire pit.
(Prior Code, § 12.06.03.04)
(Ord. 236, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 842, passed 5-30-2014) Penalty, see § 150.999