[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Lake City 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 400-11.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 35,
Fires; Outdoor Burning, adopted 5-15-1972 by Ord. No. 205-72, as amended.
No person or persons, partnership, firm, business associations
and corporations or other legal entity shall set, maintain or permit
any out-of-door fires on any private or public property in the Borough
of Lake City.
Recreational out-of-door fires shall be an exception and permitted
on private property within the Borough under the following restrictions
and shall be strictly adhered to:
A.
All such fires shall be closely attended outside at all times by
a responsible adult until such time as the flame and smoke are completely
extinguished.
B.
All such fires shall be a minimum of 15 feet from any building, structure,
property line or public sidewalk area.
C.
All such fires shall burn only clean, dry, and nontreated wood.
D.
All such fires shall burn in an area two feet or less in height and
four feet in diameter.
E.
All such fires shall burn in a fire ring, a commercially manufactured
fireplace or a fire pit.
F.
No fires shall generate objectionable smoke.
Portable outdoor grills, fired by propane or charcoal, and designed
for food preparation, are excluded from the provisions of this chapter.
Any person or persons, partnership, firm, business associations,
or corporation who shall violate or fail to conform to any the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon summary conviction thereof before a District
Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine or penalty of not less than $100
and not more than $500 for the use of the Borough of Lake City, and
costs of suit, for each violation, and, in default thereof, such person
or persons, partnership, firm, business associations or corporations
shall be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding 10
days with the right of appeal as in other cases of summary convictions.
All fines levied, assessed and paid under the terms of this
chapter shall be payable by the District Justice to the Treasurer
of the Borough of Lake City for the general use of the Borough.
