As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BONFIRE
Any outside fire considered by the Fire Marshal to be beyond
the reasonableness of a campfire; any outside fire involving actual
construction and/or assemblage of a fuel source or requiring employment
of guy wires or other means of support prior to ignition.
CAMPFIRE
Limited to any outside fire not greater than 48 inches in
diameter and developing flames not greater than 36 inches in height
in an area cleared of combustible material to a distance of six feet
in radius and burning charcoal, LP-gas in an approved appliance or
unprocessed wood.
ENCLOSED COOKING FIRE
Includes only charcoal, LP-gas or unprocessed wood fires
in containers carrying recognized testing laboratory listing, acceptance
or approval and constructed for the obvious and express purpose of
cooking.
FIRE MARSHAL
Includes the Fire Marshal and any Deputy Fire Marshal and
Fire Inspector.
NONPERMITTED FIRE
Includes any type of outside fire requiring approval or authorization as provided in §
74-9 but not having such approval or authorization; includes any outside fire kindled in violations of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT-DEEP) open burning regulations or this article; including without limitation any outside fire deemed a hazard or nuisance as provided for in §
74-9. Any nonpermitted fire shall constitute one or more violation(s) of this article.
OPEN BURNING
Includes outside fires for the control or destruction of
bona fide disease and pests, agricultural burning or vegetation management
on farms; outside fires by any resident to dispose of brush on the
property where he resides; outside fires for Fire Department training;
outside fires authorized by the Fire Marshal at the Town landfill
or transfer station; clearing of vegetative debris following a natural
disaster; fire breaks; and habitat or ecological sustainability on
municipal property or on privately owned property permanently dedicated
as open space and shall include no other fires.
OPEN BURNING OFFICIAL
The official appointed by the Board of Selectman to administer
this article and open burning regulations of the Connecticut Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection.
OPEN COOKING FIRE
Includes all campfires used for cooking and shall not deviate
from or exceed the limitations of campfires kindled outside on any
property.
OUTSIDE FIRE
A general term referencing all of the types of open outside
fires including but not limited to campfires, bonfires, enclosed or
open cooking fires, permitted and nonpermitted fires and open burning,
and shall not be construed to include any type of fire normally kindled
within a structure.
PERMITTED FIRE
Includes any outside fire that has been properly authorized by the Open Burning Official and/or the Fire Marshal and shall also include any other type of outside fire authorized by §
74-9.
PERMITTEE
Includes any person to whom an open burning permit has been
issued, any person authorized by the Fire Marshal to kindle an outside
fire, and any agent thereof.
PROCESSED WOOD
Any wood that has undergone any process whatsoever, including
all types of milled, painted, stained or otherwise treated wood and
includes all construction and demolition lumber and scraps.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
Includes the permittee and those persons designated or allowed
by the permittee to kindle or maintain any outside fire under the
provisions of this article and all of whom shall be considered agents
of the permittee; also includes the person or persons in charge of
or otherwise responsible for any lawful or unlawful outside fire.
This article shall be enforceable by the Fire Marshal and the
policing agency having jurisdiction.