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ORDINANCE NO.10-13
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 8.04.075 AND 8.04.080 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS REGULATION OF OPEN BURNING
BY THE ESTES VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WITHIN THE TOWN
WHEREAS,the Estes Valley Fire Protection District is responsible for regulating and
administering open burning within the Town pursuant to authority granted to the Fire District by
the Town;and
WHEREAS,Sections 8.04.075 and 8.04.080 need to be amended to update the
provisions relating to open burning.
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Section 8.04.075 of the Municipal Code shall be amended to read
as follows:
Section 8.04.075 Open burning prohibited.
(a)Except as provided in this Section,it is unlawful for any person to burn or
allow the burning of any garbage,trash,wastepaper,wood,leaves,waste or
any other flammable material on any open premises within the Town unless
an open burning permit is first obtained from the Estes Valley Fire Protection
District,or any agency authorized by said department to grant open burning
permits.
(b)The following sources of open burning are exempted from obtaining an open
burning permit:
(1)Open fires used for noncommercial cooking of food for human beings.An
open fire shall not be built in any area which constitutes a fire hazard such
as near trees,brush or any flammable structure.Such open fire shall be
attended at all times by a responsible person who is at least eighteen (18)
years of age.Said person shall have available at all times a fire
extinguishment method for use in connection with the fire.The means of
extinguishment shall be located at the site of the burn.The flame height
of any open burning shall not exceed two (2)feet at any time.Said fire
shall be contained in one (1)of the following:
a.Self-contained cooking grill,commonly known as a barbecue grill;
b.A built-in barbecue pit;or
c.A cooking fire contained in a fire ring of not more than three (3)feet in
diameter made of stone or other noncombustible material.
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(2)Flares to indicate some danger to the public.
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(c)The Fire Chief,or his or her authorized designee,may,by written notice to
the Town Clerk,ban open burning within the Town due to weather and
related conditions which in his or her sole discretion constitute a hazard if
open burning is allowed.Said written notice to the Town Clerk shall
contain the effective dates of the ban,and any conditions which the Fire
Chief deems appropriate.
Section 2.Section 8.04.080 of the Municipal Code shall be amended to read
as follows:
Section 8.04.080 Fire Chief Authority.When a fire is in progress,the Fire
Chief,or his or her designee,may order any building or buildings,fences or other
structures,that are in close proximity to such fire to be torn down,blown up or
otherwise disposed of,if he deems it necessary for the purpose of checking the
progress of any fire.
Section 3.This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30)days
after its adoption and publication.
INTRODUCED,READ,AND PASSED BY THE BOARD
TOWN OF ESTES PARK on this Q3 day of tULN’
ATTEST:
OF TRUSTEES
2013.
OF THE
Tov,th Clerk,DEPUT’t
I hereby certify that the above Ordinance was introduced and read at the meeting
of the Board of Trustees on the 3 day of
__________,2013,
and published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,on the .fliI
dayof 1jiL ,2013.
TWntbIerk
Mayor
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