[Amended 5-24-1958]
No person shall set fire to or cause to be burned
waste, fallows, stumps, logs, brush, dry grass, fallen timber or anything
that may cause a forest fire without first obtaining written permission
from an official of the Kingwood Township Volunteer Fire Department
designated by said Fire Department for that purpose. No such permission
shall be granted by an official of the Kingwood Township Volunteer
Fire Department if in his opinion any forest or woodland will be endangered
thereby; nor shall any such permission, if granted, relieve or exonerate
any person from any penalties provided by this chapter if by reason
of such fire any forest, brushland or salt marsh be burned.
All persons burning charcoal pits or setting
fire to or burning any brush, grass or other material whereby any
property may be endangered or destroyed shall keep and maintain a
careful and competent watchman in charge of such pit, brush or other
material while such pit or fire is burning.
No person shall burn any waste, paper or other
refuse except in an incinerator or other protective container.
[Amended 3-16-1979 by Ord. No. 4-7-79; 11-4-2021 by Ord. No. 21-20-2021]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provisions in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalties, of the Township Code.