HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD14324 BILL NO. 2007-159
• SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN KLINDT
CO-SPONSORED BY Councilman Crane
ORDINANCE NO. j 43
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING CHAPTER
13, SECTION 13-43 BY EXTENDING THE PERMITTED OPEN BURNING TO APRIL
14, 2008, WITH A SUNSET CLAUSE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Code, Section 13-43(6)is hereby amended by adding the following:
6. Insert the following in Section 307.
307.6 Allowable burning: Open burning shall be allowed without prior notification to the code official for:
recreational fires,fires used for the preparation of food,highway safety flares,smudge pots and similar
occupational needs,and fires used for training fire enforcement personnel.(Ord.No. 11691,§ 1, 1-13-92)
• 307.6.1 Yard Waste: Open burning of leaves,grass clippings,tree limbs,and vegetation grown on a
property is permitted from November 15 of each year through March 15 of the following year,during
daylight hours unless restricted or prohibited under section 307.2.2 by the code official. In the event of an
emergency declared by the Mayor,or person acting as such,the City Administrator may authorize the open
burning of yard waste,branches,trees,and other materials he deems appropriate and under such conditions
as he may proscribe.
307.6.1.1 Extension of Oven Burning,Sunset provision. The provisions of Section 307.6.1
notwithstanding,the open burnine of leaves,grass clippings,tree limbs,and vegetation grown on a
Property is permitted from November 15 of each year through April 14 of the following year,during
daylight hours unless restricted or prohibited under section 307.2.2 by the code official. The
provisions of this section 307.6.1.1 shall expire and shall be considered to have been revealed after
April 15,2008,unless enacted again by the City Council.
307.6.2 The person conducting a bum under subsection 307.6.1 shall be the owner of the property unless
the owner has expressly directed some other person to conduct such bum on the property.
307.6.3 Adiustment to permissible burning: The burning period as specified in 307.6.1 and 307.6.2 above
may be adjusted by the Fire Chief for safety reasons provided the total number of days of the burning
periods shall not be increased. In the event that subsequent to the determination of the periods during which
burning is permitted,the Fire Chief invokes a temporary ban during the period,the Fire Chief may extend
the period by the number of days in which the ban is imposed.
307.6.4 Ceremonial Fires. Bonfires and other fires which do not occur within a designated device such as a
barbeque grill,fireplace,outdoor stove,or outdoor heater,may be conducted only by permission of the Fire
Chief,or his designee,and under such conditions as he may impose for the safety of persons and property.
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307.6.5 Permit required: Open burning shall be allowed after obtaining a permit or other proper
. authorization from the code official for recognized silvicultural or range or wildlife management practices,
prevention or control of disease or pests,heating for warmth of outworkers,bonfires,vegetation from land
clearance by contractors,and commercial incinerators.
307.6.6 Notification and permission: Open burning shall be allowed with prior notification to the code
official and upon receipt of written permission from Missouri Department of Natural Resources(DNR),
provided that any conditions specified in the percussion are followed for:
(A) Disposal of hazardous or toxic material where the DNR determines that there is no practical
alternative method of disposal.
(B) Instruction in methods of fire fighting.
(C) Research in control of fires.
(D) Emergency or other extraordinary circumstances for any purpose determined to be necessary by
the DNR.
(E) Disposal of landscape waste other than residential and agricultural waste.
(F) Recognized agricultural or horticultural management purposes to maintain or increase the quantity
or quality of agricultural or horticultural production.
(G) When jurisdictional DNR written permission is not applicable,the code official shall give written
permission only after it has been determined that approved fire safety requirements and emission
• standards are to be met.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval.
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