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<br />410.20 - EXEMPTIONS. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />1. Open burning of the types, and subject to the conditions as <br />hereinafter stated shall be exempt from the prohibitions of <br />Section 410 of this Ordinance. <br /> <br />Fires under managed supervision for which a burning permit has <br />been obtained from the Fire Chief or designee of the Fire Chief, <br />but limited to the following: <br /> <br />A. Fires purposely set for the instruction and training <br />of public and industrial fire fighting personnel. <br /> <br />B. Fires set for the elimination of a fire hazard which <br />cannot be abated by any other practicable means. <br /> <br />C. Fires purposely set for forest and game management <br />purposes. <br /> <br />D. The burning of trees, brush, grass, and other <br />vegetable matter in the clearing of land, the maintenance of <br />street, road, and highway right-of-way, and in accepted <br />agricultural land management practices. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />2. Permits to conduct fires under this section do not excuse a <br />person from the consequences, damages, or injuries which may <br />result therefrom, nor exempt any person from regulations <br />promulgated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency or any <br />other governmental unit exercising jurisdiction in matters of <br />pollution or fire hazard regulations. <br /> <br />410.22 - PENALTIES <br /> <br />Any person violating the prov~s~ons of this open burning section <br />shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be <br />punished by a fine of up to seven hundred dollars ($700.00) <br />and/or imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days. <br />In all cases, the violator may be held accountable for the costs <br />of prosecution and the cost incurred from suppression of the <br />fire. <br /> <br />Section 2. The City Clerk shall publish this ordinance in <br />the official newspaper with notice that a printed copy of the <br />ordinance is available for inspection by any person during <br />regular office hours at the office of the City Hall. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Section 3. This Ordinance becomes effective upon its passage <br />and the publication of its title and summary. <br /> <br />6. <br />