427 Open Burning

Question 1

REGULATIONS

Authority

Pertinent sections of Department of Environmental Regulations 17-256, as adopted in _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

Answer 1

City Ordinance Code Chapter 360

Question 2

REGULATIONS

Open Burning Permits

____ and ____ ____ Department, ____ and ____ ____ Division issue open burning permits each day. Each permit is for one location and cannot be transferred to another site.

Open burning permit are for ____ ____ ____. No land clearing fire shall be allowed without a permit.

Answer 2

Regulatory and Environmental Services Department, Air and Water Quality Divison

land clearing only

Question 3

REGULATIONS

Permitted Land Clearing

Burning is permitted from _____ until _____ hour prior to sunset.

Answer 3

0900 until 1 hour prior to sunset

Question 4

REGULATIONS

Permitted Land Clearing

Open burning must be at least ____ feet away from any public highway or road; and with wind carrying smoke away from traffic thoroughfare.

Answer 4

100 feet

Question 5

Land clearing debris can only be transported off-site when it is to be burned using an ____ ____ ____ and with a special permit from Regulatory and Environmental Services Department, Air and Water Quality Division.

Answer 5

Air Curtain Incinerator

Question 6

REGULATIONS

Permitted Land Clearing

For residential land clearing, any fire must be at least ____ feet away from any occupied building.

Answer 6

300 feet

Question 7

REGULATIONS

Permitted Land Clearing

For commercial land clearing, any fire must be at least ____ feet away from any occupied building if not using an ___ ___ ___ and at least ____ feet away if using one.

Answer 7

1000 feet
Air Curtain Incinerator
300 feet

Question 8

A recreational fire is defined as the noncommercial burning of materials other than rubbish for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, or similar purposes in which the fuel burned is not contained in an incinerator, a barbecue pit, and the total fuel area is not exceeding ___ feet in diameter and ___ feet in height.

Answer 8

3 feet in diameter and 2 feet in height

Question 9

RESPONSE GUIDELINES

The fire will be extinguished immediately if:

Answer 9

• There is no valid permit
• Conditions of 427.01.04 have been violated
• The size of the fire creates excessive amounts of smoke