[Adopted 9-1-1972 as Ch. 7, Sec. 7-2, and Ch. 11, Sec. 11-4, of the 1972 Code; amended in its entirety 11-14-2023 by Ord. No. 9338]
The following are hereby designated and shall be known as the fire limits of the City, all according to the recorded plat of the City of El Reno:
A. 
All lots situated in Blocks 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 95, 96, 97, 102, 103, 104, 117, 118.
B. 
Lots 12 to 22, inclusive, in Block 72.
C. 
Lots 1 to 16, inclusive, in Block 79.
D. 
Lots 12 to 22, inclusive, in Block 83.
E. 
Lots 1 to 3, inclusive, and 12 to 22, inclusive, in Block 94.
F. 
Lots 1 to 11, inclusive, in Block 98.
G. 
Lots 11 to 19, inclusive, in Block 105.
H. 
Lots 6 to 14, inclusive, in Block 116.
I. 
Lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and 16 to 20, inclusive, in Block 119.
[Amended 5-17-1978 by Ord. No. 2318; 2-17-1987 by Ord. No. 2546; 2-16-1988 by Ord. No. 2577; 12-2-1997 by Ord. No. 2855]
A. 
When necessary to protect property within the corporate city limits of the City as determined by the Fire Chief, or his designated assistant, or in performance of any properly executed interlocal agreement, the Fire Department is empowered to answer fire calls outside the corporate limits of the City. The Fire Chief or his designated assistant shall use discretion in answering such calls, making such calls subject to prior calls within the City limits. This section shall not be construed to impose any liability or duty to answer fire calls outside the corporate limits of the City, as any response shall be discretionary on the part of the Fire Department. Property owners accepting fire protection waive any rights or claims against the City resulting from any fire call.
B. 
The Fire Chief shall assess against any property owner whose property is subject to a fire call according to a fee schedule. The Fire Chief shall promulgate a fee schedule and shall cause a copy of same to be maintained on file in the office of the City Clerk. Such fee schedule shall set forth the hourly rate to be charged to property owners whose property receives fire calls. The Fire Chief shall review the fee schedule annually and shall make changes as are appropriate. The City Council may also request a review of the fee schedule and make such changes as are appropriate.
The City Council, by resolution, shall establish fees associated with the issuance or performance of permits, licenses, registrations, inspections, reports, and other activities covered and/or required by this chapter.
[Added 2-18-2025 by Ord. No. 9369]
A. 
No person shall cause, kindle, maintain, authorize, allow for, or knowingly furnish the materials for open or prescribed burning, recreational fires, or bonfires on or in any street, alley, road, land or public grounds, or upon any private lot unless a permit to do so has first been secured from the Fire Department. There shall be no charge for this permit.
B. 
Attendance. The owner of the land for which a permit for open burning, recreational fires, or bonfires has been obtained, or his designee, shall constantly attend the fire until it is extinguished. A minimum of one portable fire extinguisher complying with Section 906 of the International Fire Code with a minimum 4-A rating or other approved on-site fire-extinguishing equipment, such as dirt, sand, water barrel, garden hose or water truck, shall be available for immediate utilization. The amount and type of extinguishing agent required will be determined upon site inspection.
C. 
Location. The location for burning permitted under this subsection shall not be less than 100 feet from any structure overhanging wires or trees. This may be reduced to 50 feet from the property owner's structures where the burning permit will be issued.
D. 
Hazardous or objectionable situations. Burning that will be offensive or objectionable because of smoke or odor emissions when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such fires hazardous shall be prohibited. The Fire Chief is authorized to order the extinguishment by the permit holder or the Fire Department of burning that creates or adds to a hazardous or objectionable situation. When a permit is required from other state or federal agencies, said permit must be submitted with the local permit application. Applicants must demonstrate compliance with all applicable state and federal regulations.
E. 
Weather conditions and burn ban restrictions. Upon issuance of a permit, the permit holder must still obtain clearance from the Fire Department on the day the permitted burning is to occur prior to ignition to confirm proper weather conditions. No permits shall be issued or held valid when, at the time of burning, a state or county mandated burn ban is in effect. It shall be the permit holder's responsibility to know if a burn ban is in effect.
F. 
Applicability. This section shall not apply to outdoor fireplaces, portable fire pits, chimineas, fire rings, barbeque grills that use propane or charcoal as a fuel and used primarily for outdoor cooking, or other outdoor burning otherwise explicitly permitted by law.
G. 
Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BONFIRE
An outdoor fire utilized for ceremonial purposes.
OPEN BURNING
The burning of materials wherein products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney from an enclosed chamber. Open burning does not include road flares, smudge-pots and similar devices associated with safety or occupational uses typically considered open flames, recreational fires or use of portable outdoor fireplaces. For the purpose of this definition, a chamber shall be regarded as enclosed when, during the time combustion occurs, only apertures, ducts, stacks, flues or chimneys necessary to provide combustion air and permit the escape of exhaust gas are open.
PRESCRIBED BURNING
As defined by 2 O.S. § 16-28.2.
RECREATIONAL FIRES
An outdoor fire burning materials other than rubbish where the fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, fire ring, portable outdoor fireplace, barbeque grill or barbeque pit and has a total fuel area of three feet or less in diameter and two feet or less in height for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth or similar purposes.
H. 
Refuse. It is the policy of the City of El Reno that the burning of trash/refuse is prohibited.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter, including the codes adopted by this chapter, or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the building official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided for by § 1-10 of this Code. Each and every day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Violations are also considered to be a public nuisance and may be abated in accordance with Chapter 246 and/or all applicable state statutes.