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OUTSIDE
BURNING
(Excerpt from Bylaw #1566 - Amendment to the City of
Grand Forks Fire and Life Safety Bylaw #1320)
Burning Permits Required:
(1) No person
shall light, ignite or start, or allow, or cause to
be lighted, ignited, or started, a fire or any kind
whatsoever in the open air without first obtaining a
written Special Permit to do so from the Fire Chief
or his appointee.
(2) A person
to whom a permit has been so issued under sub- section
(1) shall place and keep a competent adult person at
all times in charge of the fire while it is burning
or smoldering and shall provide that person with sufficient
appliances and equipment in order to prevent the fire
from burning out of control or causing damage or becoming
dangerous.
(3) A Service
Charge of $175.00 per hour for equipment and men will
be levied if violations result in the attendance of
the Fire Department apparatus to control or extinguish
a fire which has become out of control or dangerous.
(4) A Service
Charge of $175.00 per hour for equipment and men will
be levied for extinguishing any fire that is deemed
to be in contravention of any part of this bylaw.
(5) The operation
of a permanent outdoor barbecue or campfire in an enclosure,
approved by the Fire Chief, in the form identified as
Schedule "A" and attached to this bylaw, and
which is intended for personal warmth or used solely
for, the preparation of food, is permitted. This permit
is to be renewed annually.
(6) The operation
of a portable outdoor barbecue intended for, and used
solely for, the preparation of food is permitted.
(7) Outside incinerators
shall be prohibited within the City of Grand Forks.
Barbecues fueled by other than gas, briquettes or wood
are deemed to be incinerators.
(8) Necessary
burning by the Municipality, which shall include open
air burning for fire training exercise, and other public
purposes, is permitted.
(9) The Fire
Chief or his appointee may, by Special Permit, allow
a property owner outdoor burning for the purpose of
removing diseased foliage that cannot be removed from
the property, or any other purpose deemed appropriate
by the Fire Chief or his appointee.
(10) The Fire
Chief or his appointee may, by Special Permit, allow
a responsible adult person an outdoor fire for a public
display, provided letters of approval are submitted
from the property owner on which the burning will take
place.
8.2 Restrictions:
(1) It is expressly
prohibited to burn garden waste, including but not limited
to, grass, hedge clippings, leaves, prunings, pine needles,
etc., within the City boundaries.
(2) It is expressly
prohibited to burn rubber tires, or oil, tar, asphalt
shingles, battery boxes, plastic compositions, insulated
wire or any like substance which produces heavy black
smoke on or in the boundaries of the Municipality.
(3) The Fire
Chief may refuse to issue or may cancel a Special Permit
if the use of which, in his opinion, would likely be
hazardous or create a nuisance.
(4) The Municipality
may recover from the owner or occupier, the costs and
expenses of, and incidental to, the taking of any measures,
if the Fire Chief is satisfied on reasonable and probable
grounds that the provisions of this Bylaw have not been
complied with in the same manner as that contained in
Part 6, Section 5 of Bylaw No. 1320."
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