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Revised Code <br /> <br />SECTION 410 - OPEN BURNING. <br /> <br />410.00 - DEFINITIONS <br /> <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 /> <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 or <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />RECREATIONAL FIRE: A campfire which meets the following <br />requirements set forth in Section 410.02. <br /> <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 /> <br />410.01 - ESTABLISHMENT OF NO OPEN BURNING ZONE <br /> <br />The City Council, from time to time, via adoption of an official <br />map, shall establish a "No-Burn Zone", within which open burning <br />is prohibited. <br /> <br />410.02 - RECREATIONAL FIRES PERMITTED. <br /> <br />Recreational fires are permitted within the city limits of the <br />City of Elk River, including the "No Burn Zone". Recreational <br />fires may take place 24 hours per day and do not require an open <br />burning permit. Recreational fires must meet the following <br />requirements: <br /> <br />4.12 <br /> <br /> <br />