[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Summit Hill 5-6-1991 by Ord. No. 1-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The burning of allowable material in the Borough of Summit Hill can be done only on the following days and between the following hours: Wednesday through Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; and in no event shall burning once begun exceed 45 minutes in duration.
A. 
Included in allowable material shall be paper, cardboard, wood, limbs or branches from trees and brush, grass clippings and leaves accumulated only in the Borough of Summit Hill. No material shall be brought into the Borough of Summit Hill for the purpose of burning or disposal.
B. 
Material not allowed to be burned shall include clothes, rags, furniture, tires, leather, rubber of any kind, plastic and plastic-coated materials, flammable materials or any other industrial or household waste, material from building construction, demolition or renovation.
No material shall be burned for profit or for any other commercial purpose.
The Council of the Borough of Summit Hill authorizes and it shall be the duty of the line officers of Diligence Fire Company No. 1 of the Borough of Summit Hill to examine all places within the Borough limits where a controlled burning is requested. In the discharge of such duty, he or she may enter upon or into any private lane, alley, vacant lot, backyard, or any other portion of the private property of any person within the Borough of Summit Hill. No property owner shall be allowed more than three controlled burns in one twelve-month period.
Anyone within the Borough of Summit Hill who burns and any property owner in the Borough of Summit Hill who allows burning on his or her property shall be jointly and severally liable for any and all damages incurred as a result of any burning.
Anyone who burns within the Borough of Summit Hill and any property owner in the Borough of Summit Hill shall clean up and remove any and all residues from the burning within 10 working days of the date of the burning.
In the event anyone is engaged in illegal burning under the provisions of this chapter, any line officer of the Fire Company or member of the Borough of Summit Hill Police Department shall notify said person that he or she is in violation of said chapter, and said person shall immediately extinguish the fire. Upon failure to extinguish the fire, the line officer or policeman shall summon the Fire Department to extinguish the fire at the expense of the property owner.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County.