09/26/2000 Ordinances 8624
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ORDINANCE NO. 8624
An ordinance to amend Chapter 16 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 16-11 pertaining to open burning permits as now existing, and any ordinance or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the effective date of this
ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 16-11 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
16-11. Open Fires; When Allowed; Permit; Fire Locations; Hours of Burning
(1) For purposes of this section, Open Fire shall mean burning under such conditions that the products of
combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air and are not conducted thereto through a stack, chimney, duct, or
pIpe.
(2) No person shall cause or permit any open fire within the limits of the City.
(3) Exceptions:
(a) Fires set solely for the outdoor cooking offood for human consumption on other than commercial
premises where no nuisance or hazard is created;
(b) Fires set with the written permission of the Fire Chief of the City of Grand Island or designated
representative:
(i) for the purpose of training public or industrial fire fighting personnel.
(ii) for essential agricultural operation in the growing of crops where no nuisance or hazard is
created.
(iii) for the purpose of destroying dangerous materials or diseased trees.
(iv) for the purpose of clearing land for roads or other construction activity.
(v) for recreational purposes.
(vi) for the purpose of burning leaves and brush where no nuisance or hazard is created.
(c) Fires set in operation of smokeless flare stacks for the combustion of waste gases, provided they
meet the requirements of the Nebraska Department of Environmental Control.
(d) For open burning ofleaves and brush where no nuisance or hazard is created during the following periods:
(1) A fourteen (14) day period beginning the third Sunday in April, and,
(2) A fourteen (14) day period beginning the second Sunday in October or as the Fire Chief may designate
due to inclimate weather during the foregoing specified periods.
Approved as to Form T arr:-
October 2, 2000 ... City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 8624 (Cont.)
(4) Open fIres shall be constantly attended by a competent person until the fIre is extinguished. The person so
attending shall have a water supply or other fIre extinguishing equipment readily available for use, and no such fire
shall be abandoned until it has been completely extinguished.
(5) Permits to burn leaves and brush shall only be issued to the owner or occupant of private residential property
fire locations. Permits may be issued during each open burning period and the week prior thereto. A separate permit
shall be required for each open burning period and shall be maintained in the possession of a person tending the fire
at all times.
(6) Fire locations for leaf and brush piles greater than three (3.0) feet in diameter or two (2.0) feet in height must be
at least fifty (50.0) feet away from any structure or other combustible material. Fire locations for leaf and brush piles
less than three (3.0) feet in diameter and two (2.0) feet in height must be at least twenty-five (25.0) feet from any
structure or other combustible material unless the fire is contained within an approved burning appliance or barrel
with one-half (112") inch wire mesh screen covering the entire opening and such container or barrel is located not
less than fifteen (15.0) feet from any structure or other combustible material.
(7) Leaf and brush fires may only be burned between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. of the open burning
periods.
(8) The Fire Chief of the Fire Department may prohibit any and all burning when atmospheric conditions or local
circumstances make such fires hazardous.
SECTION 2. Section 16-11 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: September 26,2000.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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Approved as to Form T CrJI;:'
October 2. 2000 .... City Attorney