[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Glenwood
City 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-02 as §§ 5-2-2 to 5-2-9 of the 2003 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person shall impede the progress of a fire engine, fire truck
or other fire apparatus of the Glenwood City Volunteer Fire Department
along the streets or alleys of such City at the time of a fire or
when the City Volunteer Fire Department of the City is using such
streets or alleys in response to a fire alarm or for practice.
A.
Police authority at fires.
(1)
The Fire Chief and assistants or officers in command at any fire
are hereby vested with full and complete police authority at fires.
Any officer of the Department may cause the arrest of any person failing
to give the right-of-way to the City Volunteer Fire Department in
responding to a fire.
(2)
The Fire Chief may prescribe certain limits in the vicinity of any
fire within which no persons, excepting firefighters and police officers
and those admitted by order of any officer of the Department, shall
be permitted to come.[1]
(3)
The Chief shall have the power to cause the removal of any property
whenever it shall become necessary for the preservation of such property
from fire or to prevent the spreading of fire or to protect the adjoining
property, and during the progress of any fire he shall have the power
to cause the removal of all wires or other facilities and the turning
off of all electricity or other services where the same impedes the
work of the Department during the progress of a fire.
B.
Fire inspection duties.
(1)
The Fire Chief shall be the Fire Inspector of the City of Glenwood
City and shall have the power to appoint one or more Deputy Fire Inspectors
and shall perform all duties required of fire inspectors by the laws
of the state and rules of the Department of Safety and Professional
Services, particularly § 101.14, Wis. Stats.
(2)
While acting as Fire Inspector pursuant to § 101.14(2),
Wis. Stats., the Fire Chief, or any officer of the City Volunteer
Fire Department designated by the Fire Chief, shall have the right
and authority to enter any building or upon any premises in the City
of Glenwood City at all reasonable hours for the purpose of making
inspections or investigations which, under the provisions of this
Code of Ordinances, he may deem necessary. Should the Fire Inspector
find that any provisions of this Code relating to fire hazards and
prevention of fires are being violated, or that a fire hazard exists
which should be eliminated, it shall be his duty to give such directions
for the abatement of such conditions as he shall deem necessary.
(3)
The Chief of the City Volunteer Fire Department is required, by himself
or by officers or members of the City Volunteer Fire Department designated
by him as Fire Inspectors, to inspect all buildings, premises and
public thoroughfares, except the interiors of private dwellings, for
the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions
liable to cause fire, or any violations of any law or ordinance relating
to fire hazards or to the prevention of fires. Such inspections shall
be made at least once in six months in all of the territory served
by the City Volunteer Fire Department and oftener as the Chief of
the City Volunteer Fire Department orders. Each six-month period shall
begin on January 1 and July 1 of each year.
A.
Driving over fire hose. No person shall willfully injure in any manner
any hose, hydrant or fire apparatus belonging to the City, and no
vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the City Volunteer
Fire Department when laid down on any street, private driveway or
other place, to be used at any fire or alarm or fire, without the
consent of the City Volunteer Fire Department official in command.
B.
Parking vehicles near hydrants. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park any vehicle or leave any object within 10 feet of any fire
hydrant at any time.
C.
No parking near fire. It shall be unlawful for any person, in case
of fire, to drive or park any vehicle within one block from the place
of fire without the consent and authority of the Fire Chief or any
police officer.
A.
Entering adjacent property. It shall be lawful for any firefighter
while acting under the direction of the Fire Chief or any other officer
in command to enter upon the premises adjacent to or in the vicinity
of a building or other property then on fire for the purpose of extinguishing
such fire, and in case any person shall hinder, resist or obstruct
any firefighter in the discharge of his duty as is hereinbefore provided,
the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting firefighters
in the discharge of their duty.[1]
B.
Destruction of property to prevent the spread of fire. During the
progress of any fire, the Fire Chief or his assistant shall have the
power to order the removal or destruction of any property necessary
to prevent the further spread of fire, provided that it is inevitable
that, unless such property is removed, other property is in danger
of being destroyed by fire.
Every person who shall be present at a fire shall be subject
to the orders of the Fire Chief or officer in command and may be required
to render assistance in fighting the fire or in removing or guarding
property. Such officer shall have the power to cause the arrest of
any person or persons refusing to obey said orders.
Whenever there shall be a fire or fire alarm or the City Volunteer
Fire Department shall be out for practice, every person driving or
riding in a motorized or other vehicle shall move and remain to the
side of the street until the fire engine and fire truck and other
fire apparatus have passed.
No person shall occupy any portion of such streets or alleys
with a motorized or other vehicle between such fire engine or fire
truck or other fire apparatus and any hydrant to which a fire hose
may be, or may be about to be, attached.
A.
Prohibitions; definition. "Open burning" as used herein shall mean
burning done outside of a building.[1]
(1)
Open burning is prohibited in the City of Glenwood City without first
obtaining a permit, with the following exceptions:
(a)
Small outdoor fires used for cooking or used as part of a public
ceremony.
(b)
Small open fires for welding, acetylene torches, safety flares, heating
tar, or similar applications.
(c)
Charcoal or gas grills used for noncommercial outdoor cooking.
(d)
Woodburning portable outdoor fireplaces that are fully screened and
covered.
(e)
Special City, school or church events involving outdoor cooking devices
and bonfires as recommended by the Fire Chief and approved by the
Common Council.
(f)
In-ground fire pits no more than three feet in diameter (interior
measurement of the ring) which are surrounded with an enclosure of
rock, brick, cement block or a similar material. Such pits shall be
located no less than 15 feet from a property line. Any fire built
in such a pit will be completely within the enclosed area, and no
combustible material shall extend onto or outside of the enclosure.
(2)
No burning shall be allowed on or immediately adjacent to the surface
of any blacktop street.
(3)
All leaf, grass or weed burning is prohibited in any area within
the City.
(4)
At no time shall the smoke or heat created by such burning be an
annoyance or discomfort to the neighborhood or the traveling public.
B.
Substances which may be burned. The following open burning may be
conducted provided that a burning permit is first obtained:
(1)
Fires set for practice and instruction of firefighters or the testing
of fire-fighting equipment.
(2)
The burning of trees, wood, limbs, stumps or brush; provided, however,
that such materials may be burned only when approved by the Common
Council. Leaves are compost items only and shall not be burned.
C.
Open burning procedures.
(1)
Before setting or starting any fire, a permit authorizing the setting
or starting of such fire shall first be obtained from the City Clerk-Treasurer
or from such other person designated by the Common Council. All open
burning conducted pursuant to such duly issued permit shall be performed
in a safe, pollution-free manner, when wind and weather conditions
are such as to minimize adverse affects, and in conformance with local
and state fire protection regulations.[2]
(2)
The size of the pile of material to be burned shall not exceed four
feet in any direction measured horizontally or three feet measured
vertically.
(3)
The pile of material being burned shall be at least 100 feet away
from any structure, wood or lumber pile, wooden fence, trees, or bushes.
Provisions shall be made to prevent the fire from spreading to within
10 feet of such items or the fire shall otherwise be contained in
an approved incinerator or burner device which is located at least
15 feet from any structure, wood or lumber pile, wooden fence, trees,
or bush(es).
(4)
Any ashes created by burning such material as is lawful under this
section are to be disposed of in a manner authorized by law.
(5)
Open burning shall be constantly attended and supervised by a competent
person of at least 16 years of age until such fire is extinguished.
This person shall have readily available for use such fire-extinguishing
equipment as may be necessary for the total control of the fire while
burning and/or extinguishing such fire.
D.
Application for permit.
(1)
Procedure for issuance of burning permit. Before the setting or starting
of any open burning permitted under this section, a permit authorizing
the burn shall be first obtained by the owner, operator, or agent
from the City Clerk-Treasurer or from such other person as may be
authorized or designated by the Common Council to issue such permits.
Application for a burning permit shall be made in writing upon a form
furnished by the City Clerk-Treasurer. The permit may establish conditions
including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
(a)
Hours when burning is allowed.
(b)
Day(s) when burning is allowed.
(c)
Material which may or may not be burned.
(d)
Whether open burning is allowed or whether burning is only allowed
with an approved incinerator or burning device.
(e)
The length of time the permit is valid.
(f)
What constitutes an approved burning device or incinerator.
(g)
The size of the material pile burned by open burning.
(h)
The distance or distances to be maintained between the material
being burned and other flammable material.
(i)
Supervision required for burning, including minimum age of supervisors
and type of fire-extinguishing equipment which must be present at
the burn site.
(j)
The manner in which ashes created by burning under the permit
are to be disposed of.
(2)
Issuance of permit. If the City Clerk-Treasurer, or other person
authorized or designated by the Common Council to issue such permits,
finds that the proposed burning complies with all City ordinances
and the regulations of the Department of Natural Resources as set
forth in Wisconsin Administrative Code, he shall officially approve
the application, and a burning permit shall be subsequently issued
to the applicant. A copy of any burning permit, and the application
therefor, shall be kept on file with the City Clerk-Treasurer. No
burning permit issued shall be valid for more than 30 days from the
date when issued.
The following regulations set forth in the Wisconsin Administrative
Code are incorporated herein by reference and adopted as part of this
chapter. Any future amendments, revisions and modifications of said
regulations incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this
chapter.
A.
Chapter
ATCP 93, Flammable, Combustible and Hazardous Liquids.
B.
Chapter
SPS 307, Explosives and Fireworks.
C.
Chapter
SPS 314, Fire Prevention.
D.
Chapter
SPS 316, Electrical.
E.
Chapters
SPS 320 to SPS 325, Uniform Dwelling Code.
F.
Chapter
SPS 328, Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors.
G.
Chapter
SPS 330, Fire Department Safety and Health Standards.
H.
Chapter
SPS 340, Gas Systems.
I.
Chapter
SPS 341, Boilers and Pressure Vessels.
J.
Chapter
SPS 343, Anhydrous Ammonia.
K.
Chapters
SPS 361 to SPS 366, Commercial Building Code
L.
Chapters
SPS 375 to SPS 379, Buildings Constructed Prior to 1914.
