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Of ver Ordinance 22-07 Strikethretighs to be removed Underlines to be added An Ordinance Amending Chapter 22, Article IV, Open Burning to the City of Elk River, Minnesota, City Code The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That Chapter 22, Article IV, Open Burning, to the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE IV. OPEN BURNING' DI VISION 1. GENERALLY Sec. 22-101. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a y different meaning: l � Campfire means a fire set for cooking, warming, or ceremonial purposes, which is not more than three feet in diameter by three feet high, and has had the ground five feet from the base of the fire cleared of all combustible material. Open fire or open burning shall mean a fire burning in matter, whether concentrated or dispersed, which is not contained within a fully enclosed fire box, structure or vehicle, and from which the products of combustion are emitted directly to the open atmosphere without passing through a stack, duct, or chimney. Recreational fire means a campfire which meets the following requirements set forth in section 22-104. Running fire means an attended fire that is allowed to spread through surface vegetative materials under controlled conditions. Its purpose is that of vegetative management, forest management, game habitat management or agricultural improvement. 'Editors note(s)—Ord. No. 02-12, § 1, adopted Sept. 16, 2002, repealed the former Art. IV, �� 22-101-22-134, and enacted a new Art. Was set out herein. The former Art. IV pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Code 1982, §� 410.00- 410.02, 410.04, 410.06, 410.08, 410.10, 410.12, 410.16, 410.18, 410.20. State law reference(s)—Wildfire Act, Minn. Stats. § 88.02 et seq. F01EIE1 11 NATURE