[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Weedsport 6-2-1993 by L.L. No. 4-1993. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 173.
This chapter shall provide for the promotion or protection of the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Village of Weedsport by regulating the conduct of open fires within the Village of Weedsport.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE
Lumber, concrete, pipe, brick, masonry and other materials from buildings or other structures.
GARBAGE
The animal, vegetable or man-made waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of food.
NUISANCE
A thing, act, occupation or use of property, premises, equipment or structures, either private or public, which causes unreasonable inconvenience or annoyance or affects the health, welfare and safety of one or more people.
OPEN FIRE
Any outdoor fire or outdoor smoke-producing process from which air contaminants are emitted directly into the outdoor atmosphere.
PERSON
Includes any individual, society, group, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall include the plural number.
REFUSE
All waste material, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, plastic, incinerator residue, ashes, street sweepings, dead animals and offal.
[Amended 10-11-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
RUBBISH
Solid or liquid waste material, including but not limited to paper and paper products, rags, trees or leaves, grass, needles and branches therefrom, vines, lawn and garden debris, sludges, oils and other petroleum products, wood, sawdust, construction and demolition waste, tires, and automobiles and other vehicles and parts, for junk, salvage or disposal.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
No person shall burn or cause, suffer, allow or permit the burning in an open fire of garbage, refuse or rubbish within the boundaries of the Village of Weedsport.
The following open fires shall be permitted within the boundaries of the Village of Weedsport:
A. 
Barbecue/campfire. The open burning for cooking purposes over gas, charcoal, wood or similar substance.
B. 
Bonfire. The open burning of untreated wood or agricultural products by a nonprofit philanthropic organization for the purpose of a ceremonial fire, commonly referred to as a "bonfire." Such burning must be done only by a permit issued by the Fire Committee of the Village Board. Application must be made to the Village office. Any bonfire authorized and conducted pursuant to this section must be attended at all times until fully extinguished.
[Amended 10-11-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
C. 
The size, type and location of a barbecue/campfire or bonfire shall be such as not to cause a nuisance to neighbors or surrounding residents.
D. 
Personal outdoor fireplace. The burning of wood in a personal contained enclosed fireplace, portable fireplace or chimenea.
[Added 10-11-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
A. 
Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter shall be deemed a violation and shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, General Penalty, of the Code of the Village of Weedsport.
B. 
An action or proceeding in the name of the Village of Weedsport may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or restrain by injunction the violation of any provision of this chapter. Such remedy shall be in addition to penalties otherwise prescribed by law.