No person, firm or corporation or any other body owning, controlling
or possessing a building, structure or property in the Town of Champlain
shall permit, cause, suffer or allow the burning of any material outside
of a structure at any time, for any cause, without a permit, as required
herein.
It shall be prohibited to open-burn any materials in the Town
of Champlain unless a permit has been obtained from the Town Code
Enforcement Officer, and the Clinton County Emergency Services has
been notified of the time, location and nature of the burn.
A permit may be issued by the Code Enforcement Official to permit
the burning of only such trees, brush or other clean untreated wood
products and similar material as approved by the Code Enforcement
Official.
The following conditions are applicable to all permits:
A. No petroleum products or material other than wood products shall
be used to start or maintain any fire.
B. Tree stumps and roots shall not be burned.
C. All fires are to comply with all applicable codes, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation regulations, the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code and the national Fire Protection Association Codes.
D. All fires shall be attended at all time, with proper extinguishing
equipment.
E. The permit holder shall be liable for any damage caused by any fire-suppression
activities that may result from any burning action.
F. All fires shall be extinguished by order of the Fire Chief or Code
Enforcement Officer after complaint or existence of hazardous condition
or violation of any of the terms and conditions of the permit.
Violations of any provisions of this chapter shall be punishable
as follows:
C. Third offense: $1,500 and/or up to 30 days incarceration in County
Jail.