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ORDINANCE 95- <br />• <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA, <br />REPEALING SECTION 206.38, OPEN BURNING, AND ENACTING A <br />NEW SECTION 410 IN LIEU THEREOF RELATING TO THE SAME <br />SUBJECT ENTITLED -OPEN BURNING <br />The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: <br />Section 1: That Section 206.38 of the Elk River City Code, defined as <br />"Open Burning" is repealed and new Section 410 -Open Burning is adopted <br />in lieu thereof and shall read as follows: <br />SECTION 410 - OPEN BURNING. <br />• <br />• <br />410.00 - DEFINITI <br />CAMP FIRE: A fire set for cooking, warming, or ceremonial <br />purposes, which is not more than three (3) feet in diameter by <br />three (3) feet high, and has had the ground five (5) feet from <br />the base of the fire cleared of all combustible material. <br />OPEN FIRE: "Open Fire" or "Open Burning" shall mean a fire <br />burning in matter, whether concentrated or dispersed, which is <br />not contained within a fully enclosed fire box, structure of <br />vehicle, and from which the products of combustion are emitted <br />directly to the open atmosphere without passing through a stack, <br />duct, or chimney. <br />RUNNING FIRE: An attended fire that is allowed to spread <br />through surface vegetative materials under controlled conditions. <br />Its purpose is that of vegetative management, forest management, <br />game habitat management or agricultural improvement. <br />STARTER FUELS: Dry, untreated, unpainted wood or charcoal fire <br />starter. Paraffin candles and alcohols are permitted as starter <br />fuels and as aids to ignition only. Propane gas torches or other <br />clean gas burning devices causing minimal pollution must be used <br />to start on open fire. <br />RECREATIONAL FIRE: A camp fire which meets the following <br />requirements: <br />1. <br />