(A) No muck shall be burned on any premises in Woodford County and, if any muck is burned on any premises in Woodford, and the identity of the perpetrator is not otherwise apparent, then it shall be a rebuttable presumption that the owner of the premises is the perpetrator of the burning and subject to the penalties of this section. In addition to the owner, any other person shown to have burned muck on any premises in the county shall also be in violation of this section.
(B) Where the Woodford County Fire Department finds muck to be burning on any premises in Woodford County, it shall have the right without permission from any court or person to go immediately upon the premises at any time and to forthwith extinguish the burning muck by whatever means that is appropriately necessary, and the cost to extinguish the burning shall be borne by the property owner, for which the Woodford County Fire Department shall have a lien against the property to secure the payment of the cost. The assessment of the cost shall be in the discretion of the Chief of the Woodford County Fire Department and is intended primarily for those situations where extraordinary measures are needed to extinguish the fire. If the Chief of the Woodford County Fire Department intends to assert the lien, he or she shall so notify the property owner against whom the lien is to be asserted in writing of that intention within 30 days after the burning has been extinguished; else, the liability of the property owner and the lien shall be forever lost.
(Ord. 1-89, passed 5-9-1989) Penalty, see § 92.99