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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 <br />of street, road, and highway right-of-way, and in accepted <br />agricultural land management practices. <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 />410.08 - BURNING BAN OR AIR QUALITY ALERT <br /> <br />No camp or recreational fire or open burn will be permitted when <br />the City or Department of Natural Resources has officially <br />declared a burning ban due to potential hazardous fire conditions <br />or when the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has declared an <br />Air Quality Alert. <br /> <br />410.10 - RUNNING FIRES <br /> <br />Running fires are not permitted in any area of the City of Elk <br />River except by special permit. (See "Exemptions," Section <br />410.06). <br /> <br />410.12 - PENALTIES <br /> <br />Any person violating the provisions 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 One Thousand and no/100 Dollars <br />($1,000.00) and/or imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety <br />(90) days. In all cases, the violator may be held accountable <br />for the costs of prosecution and the cost incurred from <br />suppression of the fire. <br /> <br />S:\PLANNING\Code Enforcement\Ordinance.doc 5 <br /> <br /> <br />