Burn Permits on Sale October 5
Posted October 2, 2020 at 5:40 am by Hayley Day
Residential and Commercial burn permits go on sale October 5.
Fall is here and the time has come for burn permits to go on sale. Please follow this link to purchase a burn permit through our online portal. Burn permits issued at this time will be valid until the end of May 2021.
A reminder that burn permits are only valid for the parcel they are purchased for and that residential burn permits are not valid for work done by contractors/excavation companies for any sort of land clearing or site development operations.
A few reminders:
- A charged hose and shovel must be on site when burning
- Only one pile may be burned at a time
- Fires may be no bigger than 10′ in diameter and 6′ high
- Burn piles must be monitored by a competent adult at all times that it is burning
- Fires are prohibited in winds over 10mph
- Fires must be “dead out” before leaving unattended: doused and mixed with a shovel
- No burning of garbage, construction supplies, plastic, petroleum products, cardboard or any other items that emit dense, dark, offensive smoke
- The permit holder accepts responsibility for the costs of suppression of illegal materials or escaped fires
- Please read all provisions of the permit and be safe out there this season
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As usual, with the procedures outlined for securing a burn permit, there is a new hickup. The Community Development Center is closed due to the furlough. I was under the impression that the city, county, etc., governments would stay open provided we helped by paying the full real estate tax bill in April 2020. Well fool me once…
I suppose the fire marshal will come visit me on Monday when I start burning and take my info and payment in person. How much advance notice do you need to know your written procedure is not going to fly?
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