HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1624ORDINANCE N0. 1624
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING REGULATIONS AND A PERMIT
PROCESS FOR OUTSIDE BURNING
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby added to the Municipal Code of
the City of Central Point Chapter 8.02, which is to read as
follows:
Chapter 8.02
OUTSIDE BURNING
8.02.010 Outside Burnin - Conditions.
A. No person shall start or maintain any fire outside of a
building (except for an outdoor cooking fire and agricultural
heating devices) for the purpose of burning any combustible
material, or cause or participate therein, nor shall any person
in control of any premises cause or knowingly allow any such fire
to be started or maintained on any part of said premises unless:
(1) A written permit has been issued by the City Fire
Chief or designee to maintain such fire at that location; and
(2) The fire is started and maintained in accordance
with the terms of the permit and the following requirements of
this chapter.
8.02.020 Restriction on Permits.
A. No permit shall be issued under any circumstances for
outside burning during December or January.
B. No permit shall be issued where burning would constitute
a violation of Oregon Administrative Rules governing open burning
in the Rogue Basin Open Burning Control Burning Area.
C. No permits shall be issued for burn barrels, trash
incinerators or other similar devices, and the use thereof is
prohibited within the City.
D. The Fire Chief or designee shall not approve outside
burning on any day in which it is determined that low humidity,
high winds, drought, or other weather or unusual conditions exist
which make outside burning generally, or at the particular time
and place proposed, unreasonably hazardous to the safety of
persons or property. In no event shall the Fire Chief or
designee approve outside burning on a day when one or more of the
following conditions exist, or in the Fire Chief or designee's
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determination are likely to exist:
(1) Temperatures above 90° fahrenheit,
(2) Winds above 20 miles per hour, or
(3) Humidity below 30 percent.
E. The Fire Chief or designee shall not approve outside
burning on any day when it is determined that the Ventilation
Index is less than 400 during that day. The Ventilation Index is
the National Weather Service's indicator of the relative degree
of air circulation for the Medford area.
Section 8.02.030 Issuance of Permit. A permit may be
issued only for the following purposes:
A. Controlling agricultural diseases such as blight that
must be quickly destroyed by fire to prevent the spread of the
disease;
B. Burning contaminated pesticide containers as prescribed
by DEQ and manufacturer specifications;
C. Burning beehives and beekeeping paraphernalia to
eradicate the spread of disease;
D. Burning a structure or the other use of fire for
training purposes by a fire department in coordination with DEQ;
E. Field burning in agricultural areas;
F. The burning of vegetative material by the public at
large from March 15th to April 30th and from October 1st to
November 15th of each year, subject to all terms and conditions
of said permit and the terms and conditions of this ordinance.
Each permit shall contain a written condition in bold-faced
type to the effect that permittee shall contact the Fire Chief's
office before each fire is started and ascertain that outside
burning is approved under the terms and restrictions of this
ordinance, by the Fire Chief or designee, for that day. No
permit shall be valid as to any day on which the Fire Chief has
ascertained that burning is not permitted under said subsections.
Additionally, the Fire Chief or designee may condition any permit
issued hereunder to exclude the burning of any particular
material upon a finding by the Fire Chief or designee that the
burning o£ such material would be unduly obnoxious in the
locality of the proposed burning site.
8.02.040 Time of Burnin Fires which are the subject of
this chapter shall be maintained during daylight hours only, and
by a competent adult person, and shall be extinguished prior to
darkness unless continued burning is specifically authorized in
writing by the Fire Chief or designee. Additionally, the Fire
Chief or designee, as a permit condition, may restrict fires to
limited daylight hours which shall be specified on the permit.
8.02.050 Nuisance. Burning without a permit as prescribed
by this chapter, or in violation of the terms of any permit, or
any other act in violation of this chapter, is hereby declared to
be a public nuisance and may be summarily abated by the Fire
Chief or designee or the Chief of Police.
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8.02.060 Penalty. Burning without a permit as prescribed
by this chapter, or in violation of the terms of any permit, or
any other act in violation of this chapter shall be a violation
of ordinance punishable under the general penalty ordinance of
the City.
Section 2. Chapter 15.16 of the Central Point Municipal
Code is hereby repealed.
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of
its passage this 20th day of
ATTEST:
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Designated C/i -y Officer
October 1989.
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Mayor
APPROVED by me this 20th day of October 1889.
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Mayor ~,i /
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