Rohnert Park Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 Incinerators and Barbecue Pits

A. Permit to Install, Incinerator. No incinerator shall be constructed, located, installed, equipped, maintained, or used unless by virtue of a permit secured from the fire chief approving the type and location of such incinerator.

B. Approval of Locations. The location and type of every incinerator shall be approved in writing by the fire chief. If the location thus approved should thereafter create a public or private nuisance or fire hazard, the fire chief may revoke his previous approval and the person owning the incinerator shall immediately move the incinerator to a location approved by the fire chief in writing, or cease burning therein.

The location and type of every barbecue pit which is an independent structure shall be approved by the fire chief.

C. Restriction on Use of Barbecue Pits—Not Applicable to Portable Barbecues. No barbecue pits shall be used for the disposal of combustible waste material.

This chapter shall not be applicable to portable barbecue devices when burning charcoal for cooking purposes.

D. Spark Arrestors. Every incinerator and barbecue pit shall be equipped and maintained with a spark arrestor approved by the fire chief.

E. Maintenance. Every incinerator and every barbecue pit and equipment thereof shall be maintained in good condition, working order, and repair at all times.

(Ord. 57 § 2, 1965)

A. No person shall ignite, set fire to or burn any rubbish, papers, shavings, boxes, grass, brush or other combustible materials except as follows:

1. In an approved incinerator, except for those fires authorized and allowed in Section 8.20.030;

2. All burning regulated under this section shall be done between the hours of five a.m. and ten a.m. except when such burning is done pursuant to a permit from the fire chief or is done in an incinerator so constructed or located as to be a part of or opening into any building.

B. Burning on Public Property. No person shall burn any combustible waste material on any publicly-owned or controlled lot or parcel of land which has not been set aside by property authority therefore.

No person shall burn combustible waste material, except uncut vegetation, on any public bridge, street, sidewalk, or parkway or other similar public place.

C. Not to Create Fire Hazards. No person shall so construct, erect, install, equip, maintain or use any incinerator or barbecue pit or so burn any combustible material as to constitute or occasion a fire hazard by the use or burning thereof, or so as to endanger the life or property of any person thereby.

(Ord. 276 § 1, 1975; Ord. 146 § 5, 1971; Ord. 57 § 3(A)—(C), 1965)

Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless by ordinance the violation is made an infraction. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the ordinances of the city shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Every violation determined to be an infraction is punishable by:

A. A fine not exceeding fifty dollars for a first violation;

B. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year;

C. A fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, and he shall be punished accordingly.

(Ord. 293 §§ l (part), 2 (part), 1975: Ord. 255 § l (part), 1975: Ord. 57 § 4, 1965)