City of Rehoboth Beach, DE
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2024-02-16
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 116 Burning, Open-Air
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 10 Checks, Returned
- Ch 15 Commissioners
- Ch 22 Emergency Planning and Operations
- Ch 27 Ethical Standards
- Ch 41 Pensions
- Ch 46 Personnel
- Ch 51 Planning Commission
- Ch 55 Public Records
- Ch 64 Unclaimed Property, Sale of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 74 Advertising
- Ch 79 Aircraft
- Ch 83 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 88 Animals
- Ch 92 Automobiles, Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 95 Beaches
- Ch 98 Boardwalk
- Ch 102 Building Construction
- Ch 105 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 112 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 116 Burning, Open-Air
- § 116-1 Open-air burning prohibited; exceptions.
- § 116-2 Burning off lots by Fire Department.
- § 116-3 Outside fireplaces.
- § 116-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 120 Businesses
- Ch 123 Camping and Trailers
- Ch 126 Civil Offenses
- Ch 129 Condominiums
- Ch 134 Dance Halls or Dance Clubs
- Ch 138 (Reserved)
- Ch 143 Entertainment
- Ch 148 Farmers Market
- Ch 152 (Reserved)
- Ch 155 Fishing and Boating
- Ch 159 Flood Damage Reduction
- Ch 162 Food and Food Establishments
- Ch 171 Housing Standards
- Ch 183 Massage Businesses
- Ch 189 Noise
- Ch 194 Parking
- Ch 195 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 198 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 202 (Reserved)
- Ch 206 Pools
- Ch 208 Property Maintenance
- Ch 210 Residential Rentals
- Ch 215 Restaurants
- Ch 220 Sewers and Water
- Ch 224 Smoking, Outdoor
- Ch 227 Solid Waste
- Ch 230 Special Events and Expressive Activity
- Ch 232 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 236 Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Review
- Ch 241 Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishments
- Ch 245 Taxation
- Ch 250 Transportation, Public
- Ch 253 Trees
- Ch 258 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 270 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Commissioners of the City of Rehoboth Beach 11-8-1974
as Sec. 11-84 of the 1974 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall burn or set fire to any lot or land; vegetation, growing
or dead; trash; refuse; waste or other matter or thing unless done in an enclosed
container, incinerator, stove or fireplace used in a dwelling or building,
connected to a chimney or other device so constructed or equipped as to prevent
the escaping of flames or sparks therefrom.
The Rehoboth Volunteer Fire Department may burn off any lot within the
city at the request of the owner of the property.
Outside fireplaces shall be allowed for cooking purposes, but not for
burning of trash.
[Added 3-13-1992 by Ord. No. 392-1]
A.Â
Whenever in this chapter any act or failure to do a required
act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a
misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation
of any such provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $50 nor more than $150, such fine to be in the discretion of the court,
and such violator shall pay the costs of prosecution.
B.Â
Whenever in this chapter there is no provision for a
greater penalty for a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this
chapter, any person who has previously been convicted of the same violation
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $75 nor more than $200 for each
succeeding offense and shall pay the costs of prosecution.
