[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Oxford 8-7-1990
as L.L. No. 3-1990. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A person is guilty of illegal burning when he intentionally or recklessly
starts or causes a fire or helps a fire to continue to burn or fails to extinguish
or attempt to extinguish an open fire, as directed by the Police or Fire Department,
within the Village of Oxford, without having first obtained a permit to conduct
said fire, issued by the Fire Chief or Assistant Fire Chief and co-signed
by the Chief of Police or his designee. This section shall not be construed
to include grills, spits or other forms of outdoor cooking.
A fee of ten dollars ($10.) shall be paid for each application to burn;
and if the permit is granted, and as a result of the burning, the Fire Department
is required to respond to said burn, the applicant shall be assessed an additional
fee of one hundred dollars ($100.).
