A. 
A permit is required to kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or to authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained anywhere in the Town of Kent.
(1) 
Permits required under this section will be issued by the Town of Kent Fire Inspector and/or his or her duly authorized assistant.
[Amended 1-25-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
B. 
Location restricted. No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire, or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained, on any private land unless:
(1) 
The location is not less than 50 feet from any structure and adequate provision is made to prevent fire from spreading to within 50 feet of any structure; or
(2) 
The fire is contained in an approved waste burner located safely not less than 25 feet from any structure.
C. 
Prohibition by Building Inspector, Chief of Fire Inspector or inspector. The Building Inspector, Chief Fire Inspector or an inspector may prohibit any or all bonfires and outdoor rubbish fires when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such fire hazardous.
D. 
Supervision. All persons permitted to maintain a fire under this article shall remain at the location of the fire until all embers are extinguished.
E. 
No person shall kindle or maintain a fire under this section on Sundays, national holidays or between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
F. 
Prior to the commencement of burning under this section, the permit holder shall notify the Town of Kent Police Department of the start of burning. The permit holder shall also notify the Town of Kent Police Department when burning has been completed.
G. 
There shall be no permits issued to permit any person to kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or to authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained anywhere in Sanitation District No. 1 in the Town of Kent. It shall be unlawful for any person to kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or to authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained anywhere in Sanitation District No. 1 in the Town of Kent.
H. 
There shall be no permits issued to any person to kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or to authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained in the Town of Kent for the following activities:
[Added 1-25-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010[1]]
(1) 
No leaf burning (6 NYCRR Part 215);
(2) 
No treated wood, varnished, stained, sealed, glued or otherwise adulterated wood. No pressure-treated, plywood, particle board, fiberboard or oriented strand board (OSB);
(3) 
No downed limbs or branches (including branches with attached leaves or needles) larger than six inches in diameter and more than eight feet long;
(4) 
No open burning will be allowed nor any burn permits issued from March 15 to May 15.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided that its provisions, to the extent that they vary from the provisions of § 20, 24 and/or 24-a of this state's Town Law, are expressly authorized within §§ 10(1)(ii)(a)(1) and 23 of this state's Municipal Home Rule Law.
No person shall deposit hot ashes or cinders or smoldering coals or greasy or oily substances liable to spontaneous ignition into any wooden receptacle, or place the same within 10 feet of any combustible materials except in a metal or other noncombustible container. Such receptacles, unless resting on a noncombustible floor or on the ground outside the building, shall be placed on noncombustible stands, and in every case shall be kept at least two feet away from any combustible wall or partition or exterior window opening.
Accumulations of wastepaper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter or combustible or flammable waste or rubbish of any kind shall not be permitted to remain upon any roof or in any courtyard, vacant lot or open space. All weeds, grass, vines or other growth, when the same endangers property or is liable to catch fire, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the property.