Chapter 14 - FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION

Footnotes:

--- (1) --- Cross reference— Buildings and building regulations, ch. 6.

State Law reference— State fire safety code, G.L. 1956, § 23-28.1-1 et seq.

Sec. 14-1. - Open fires.#

(a)

No person shall set, maintain or authorize any fire at any time in the open air in the town, except as follows:

(1)

Cooking of food on barbeque pits, fireplaces or grills.

(2)

Fire authorized by the fire department for the purpose of training firefighters and retarding the spread of fires.

(3)

Fires authorized by written permission of the chief of the fire district in which the fire is to be maintained, or his or her designee. Authorization shall be on forms prepared under rules and regulations approved by the fire district, except that:

a.

The fire chief or his or her designee shall not authorize any open air fires when atmospheric conditions or other local conditions make such fires hazardous to the public health or safety.

b.

The chief or his or her designee may, at his/her discretion, deny issuance of permission for other verifiable health/safety concerns.

(b)

Open fire is defined as any fire from which the products of combustion are emitted into the open air and not directed through a stack or chimney.

(c)

Each and every fire set, maintained or authorized in violation of the above provisions shall constitute a separate violation, and violation of the above provision shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed the statutory maximum set forth in section 1-6.

(Code 1972, § 3-15; Ord. of 2-22-2012(2))