For purposes of this chapter the following terms are defined
as specified:
CAMPFIRE
A small fire with burning material emitting flames no higher
than three feet above the burning material and not exceeding four
feet in width or diameter, utilized for recreational and/or social/family
gatherings.
PIT
An area either on the surface of the ground or below the
surface of the ground to be utilized for small bonfires or campfires
prepared and constructed so as to prevent the spread of a fire from
within the pit area to areas and matter outside the pit area.
Outdoor open burning in the Village of Penn Yan is prohibited
except for the following permitted exceptions:
A. Cooking of food in or on a fireplace on a lot which fireplace has
been approved by the Code Enforcement Office of the Village of Penn
Yan;
B. Cooking food in or on a commercially marketed and properly utilized
device which has been designed for such purpose;
C. Fires utilized for ceremonial, celebratory or religious purposes
which are contained so as not to produce flames in excess of three
feet in height nor four feet in width, which fire shall have been
extinguished upon completion of the event for which it had been utilized;
D. Fires produced by a municipal firefighting entity for training or
investigative purposes;
E. Recreational campfires or small bonfires ignited in a fire pit that
is constructed so as to prevent the spread of a fire from within the
pit area, use of materials for the fire which will not violate NYS
Department of Environmental Conservation regulations, limiting the
quantity at all times of combustible material that will at no time
permit the fire to produce flames in excess of three feet above the
material being burned nor four feet in width or diameter;
F. A properly utilized LP-gas cooking device;
G. Commercially manufactured outdoor fire pits.