[Amended 10-22-1997 by Ord. No. 97-25]
No person shall make or kindle any fire in any of the streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, public squares, or grounds of the Village.
[Amended 11-26-1990]
No leaves, grass clippings, trees or other plant growth materials shall be deposited or piled on any streets, public easements or rights-of-way of any streets so as to cause the accumulation of such matter that may lead to the blockage of any public storm drain or outlets.
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Editor's Note: Former § 92-42, Burning of garbage prohibited, was repealed 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16.
[Amended 4-22-1996 by Ord. No. 96-12; 7-8-1996 by Ord. No. 96-25; 6-13-2005 by Ord. No. 05-24; 10-12-2015 by Ord. No. 15-34]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided for lots within the zoning classifications specified in Subsection B, the burning of leaves, grass and brush ("landscape waste") is prohibited within the Village limits between April 1 and November 30 of each year. All burning of landscape waste must be in strict conformance with the provisions of this § 92-43 and its subsections.
[Amended 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 19-06]
B. 
Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Subsection A for the rest of the Village, the burning of landscape waste within Village limits for lots zoned RS-1 Low-Density Single-Family Residential, I-1 Industrial, I-2 Light Industrial, A Agricultural, and A-R Agricultural-Residential, is only prohibited between the Friday immediately preceding the last Monday in May and the Friday immediately following the first Monday in September. All burning of landscape waste must be in strict conformance with the provisions of this § 92-43 and its subsections.
[Amended 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 19-06]
C. 
No fires shall be lighted or kindled for the purpose of burning landscape waste between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
D. 
The burning of landscape waste is prohibited when the wind is in excess of 10 miles per hour.
E. 
Burning landscape waste is prohibited within 25 feet of any building, structure or property line.
F. 
All open burning must be supervised by a person of not less than 18 years of age until the fire is extinguished.
G. 
A fire extinguisher or garden hose or other water source shall be available at the burning site at all times until the fire is extinguished.
H. 
Fires shall be completely extinguished and not allowed to smolder after substantial completion of the combustion.
I. 
The burning of any rubbish, leaves, hay, grass, brush, or other materials outside the Village limits is prohibited so long as the smoke from such fire emanates into the Village limits.
J. 
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the Village, its agents or employees from burning any leaves, hay, grass, brush, or other materials in order to clean, repair or maintain drainage ditches in the Village, or to dispose of organic materials.
K. 
Landscape waste shall be burned only on the lot, as that term is defined in § 156-3 of the Village Code, on which such landscape waste is generated.
[Added 2-27-2019 by Ord. No. 19-06]
The Fire Chief of the Coal City Fire Protection District shall have sole control of the police, as well as all persons present, when at fires and may appoint persons to assist in protecting property in such manner as he or she may deem necessary. The Village Board shall pay persons a reasonable compensation for services so rendered when recommended by the Fire Chief.
For the purpose of the better enforcement of §§ 92-40 through 92-45, the Fire Chief or Assistant Fire Chief is empowered to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who shall be found violating any of the provisions of §§ 92-40 through 92-45 and for that purpose the Fire Chief or Assistant Fire Chief is clothed with all the common law and statutory powers of constables.
No person shall knowingly start or spread any false alarms in the Village.