Mariposa County Municipal Code § 8.16 Controlled Burns

• 8.16.020 Notice Of Intent To Conduct Controlled Burn

• 8.16.030 Unlawful To Hunt Warm-Blooded Animals In Controlled Burn Area

The following definitions are adopted for the purposes of this chapter:

1. "Controlled burn" means any lawful fire set by a property owner, or otherwise, for the purpose of land clearance, brush burning, fire control, or range improvement.

2. "Fire line" means any watercourse, road, bulldozer line, or fire break, or any other natural or artificial fire break, constructed or adopted by any property owner or owners for the purpose of confining the area of a controlled burn.

3. "Property owner" means any person, corporation, unincorporated association, or combination or group thereof, entitled to conduct a controlled burn under the laws of the state and the regulations of the State of California Division of Forestry, either wholly or partly upon land owned or possessed by himself in the county.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 362 Sec. 1 on 11/21/1972

Every property owner, before conducting a controlled burn in the county, shall publish or cause to be published, at least ten days prior to the date of the controlled burn, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a notice stating the date of the controlled burn and the general area to be burned thereby, or at

least five days prior to the date of the controlled burn shall post a similar notice in a conspicuous place, one mile distant from the fire line of the controlled burn, on every highway or road which enters an area one mile distant from the perimeter of a controlled burn, as defined by the fire line thereof.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 362 Sec. 2 on 11/21/1972

Whenever a notice has been published or posted, as provided in section 8.16.020, it is unlawful to hunt warmblooded animals, or birds, or to carry a loaded rifle, within one mile of a fire line on the day or days of a controlled burn.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 362 Sec. 3 on 11/21/1972 8.16.040 Violation--Penalty

Violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable under Chapter 1.20, the general penalty provisions, of this code.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 362 on 11/21/1972 Amended by Ord. 431 Sec. 2 on 9/14/1976 Amended by Ord. 469 Sec. B(8) on 11/15/1977 8.20 Safe And Sane Fireworks 8.20.010 Prohibition Of Fireworks 8.20.020 Definitions 8.20.030 Public Display Of Fireworks 8.20.040 Violation--Penalty