No person shall throw any hot ashes into any yard, street, alley, or square, nor shall any person keep hot ashes in any wooden box or receptacle.

No person shall build any open fire in any street, alley, or square without having first obtained the consent of the chief of police therefor.

If any person builds open fires in his own yard, it shall be the duty of such person to carefully and continually watch and guard the same until it is completely extinguished, and such person shall be held strictly accountable for any damage which shall be caused by any fires set out by him or her. Each household building an open fire or having a fire in a barrel, shall first obtain a burn permit from city hall. All provisions of the fire permit shall be adhered to.

No person shall camp or build camp fires in any street, alley, court, square, park or public place, or in any unenclosed lot.

No person shall camp or build a camp fire upon the premises of another, without having obtained the permission of the owner or person having control of such premises, and such owner or person having charge of such premises shall be held liable for any damages caused by any fire allowed on his or her premises.

Any person who causes any damage to another by any fire set out by him or her, as provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any violation of the above provisions is a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 97-03 (part), 1997)