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1. Recreation Fire Site Requirements An area of no more than <br />• a three (3) foot diameter circle (measured from the inside of the <br />fire ring or border) completely surrounded by non-combustible and <br />non-smoke or odor producing material either of natural rock, <br />cement, brick, tile, or block of ferrous metal only and which <br />area is depressed below ground, on the ground, or on a raised <br />bed. Included are permanent outdoor wood burning fire places. <br />Recreation fire sites shall not be located closer than fifty (50) <br />feet of any structure. Burners are not recreational fire sites <br />as defined herein. <br />2. Recreational Fire Burn Requirements. When a camp fire is <br />used for recreational purposes, it must be ignited with an <br />approved starter fluid using dry, clean wood; producing little <br />detectable smoke, odor, or soot beyond the property line; <br />conducted with an adult tending the fire at all times; <br />extinguished completely before quitting the occasion; and <br />respecting weather conditions, neighbors, burning bans, and air <br />quality so that nuisance health or safety hazards will not be <br />created. Mobile cooking devices such as manufactured hibachis, <br />charcoal grills, wood smokers, and propane or natural gas devices <br />are not defined as camp or recreational fires, and are not <br />covered by this ordinance. <br />• WOOD: Dry, clean fuel only such as twigs, branches, limbs, <br />"presto logs", charcoal, cordwood or untreated dimensional <br />lumber. Wood does not include wood that is green, with leaves or <br />needles, rotten, wet, oil soaked, or treated with paint, glue, or <br />preservatives. Clean pallets may be used for recreational fires <br />when cut into three (3) foot lengths. <br />41.0.02 - OPEN BURNING PERMITS <br />1. No person shall start or allow any open burning on any <br />property in the City of Elk River without first having obtained <br />an Open Burn Permit, except that a permit is not required for any <br />fire which is a Recreation Fire as defined herein. <br />2. Open burning permits shall be issued through the City of Elk <br />River, by the Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, or State Fire <br />Warden. <br />3. Hours of Open Burning. Open burning is only permitted <br />between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., except that when <br />there is three (3) or more inches of snow cover, open burning <br />otherwise permitted by this ordinance can take place 24 hour per <br />• day. <br />2. <br />