[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough
of Lititz 3-27-1973 by Ord. No. C-140, approved 3-30-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following regulations shall apply to all
bonfires or rubbish fires within the Borough of Lititz:
A.
No person shall ignite or feed an open fire to burn
any paper, refuse or matter of any kind or make a bonfire in any public
or private place outside of any building.
B.
No person shall burn any paper, refuse or matter of
any kind except in an incinerator which is a refuse device specifically
designed for the destruction of refuse by burning and is equipped
with a stack and with an auxiliary source of fuel such as gas, oil
or electricity. The subject incinerator may be the small domestic
type which does not require a permit from the commonwealth, provided
that its stack gas emission does not exceed standards established
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. Commercial-type
incinerators are permitted, provided that they have a current operating
permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources,
Bureau of Air Quality and Noise Control.
Outdoor grill-type fires maintained solely for
the cooking of food are permitted.
Any person violating any of the provisions of § 38-1 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 and costs of prosecution for the first violation nor more than $200 and costs of prosecution for the second and subsequent violations or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the Lancaster County Prison for not more than 30 days.
