Lake County Municipal Code Art. II Regulations

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73)

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73)

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73; Ord. No. 1693, § 4, 10-20-87)

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73; Ord. No. 1693, § 6, 10-20-87)

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73)

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73; Ord. No. 1693, § 7, 10-20-87)

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73; Ord. No. 1693, § 8, 10-20-87)

3.1 It shall be unlawful for any person to burn or cause to be burned any brush, stumps, logs, fallen timber, fallows, slash or grass, brush or forest covered lands, or any other flammable material within the County of Lake, either on his own property or property of another, between the first of May and the date the Director or the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection declares, by proclamation, that the hazardous conditions have abated for that year, or during such other times of the year when unusual fire conditions exist as shall be declared by proclamation of the Director of Forestry or the Board of Supervisors of the County of Lake, unless such burning shall be done in accordance with a burning permit issued by a fire chief or other competent person or a fire protection district or a fire department as designated by the chief of that district or department having jurisdiction of the area in which the burning is to be done. All nonagricultural burning of wastes by open fire or dooryard incinerator shall be prohibited between June 1 and the date the Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection declares, by proclamation, that the hazardous conditions have abated for each year. Notwithstanding the foregoing method of termination of the burn ban by proclamation of the Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, both with respect to agricultural and nonagricultural burning, in the event that fire and meteorological conditions in Lake County differ from such conditions prevailing elsewhere within California Department of Forestry, region 1, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Lake may, after receiving the recommendation of representatives of the Lake County Fire Chief's Association and the California Department of Forestry, proclaim a termination of each year's burn ban. This prohibition shall not apply to recreational fires or fires for the sole purpose of cooking food for human beings. This authority applies to all lands of Lake County excepting those federal lands administered and protected by the United States Forest Service.

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73; Ord. No. 1525, § 1, 11-19-85; Ord. No. 1693, § 2, 10-20-87; Ord. No. 1741, § 1, 5-24-88)

A. The prevention of a fire hazard which cannot be abated by any other means on designated permissive burn days.

B. The instruction of public employees in the methods of fighting fires.

C. The instruction of employees in the methods of fighting fire when such fire is set pursuant to permit.

D. The setting of backfires necessary to save life or valuable property pursuant to Section 4426 of the Public Resources Code.

E. The abatement of fire hazards pursuant to Section 13055, Health and Safety Code.

F. Disease or pest prevention where there is an immediate need for and no reasonable alternative to burning.

G. Disposal of agricultural pesticide containers in a manner required by law at the time and place of use when no reasonable alternative to burning exists.

(Ord. No. 1693, § 3, 10-20-87)

and 12:00 noon during that time of year as specified in part 3.1. During all other times of the year the hours of ignition of fires shall be 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., unless such day is designated as an extended burn day by the Lake County Air Quality Management District. Exceptions to these burning hours may be allowed when special circumstances or multi-day burns are necessitated by issuance of special written permit by persons designated in Section 3.1. Conditions shall be incorporated in any permit issued pursuant to this section to minimize fire danger and the impact of smoke from such fires into residential areas.

(Ord. No. 747, § 1, 6-5-73; Ord. No. 824, § 1, 1-14-75; Ord. No. 1693, § 5, 10-20-87)