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Section 6. Burning Permits Required 1. Open Burning Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to kindle or maintain any bonfire nor shall any person normally furnish any such material for any such fire nor shall any person authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained or in any street, alley, road, land, public grounds or upon any private property without first obtaining a permit from the City of White Bear Lake Fire Department. 2. Open / Prescribed Burning The Fire Chief or any person designated by the Chief is authorized to issue permits under this division and may establish reasonable permit conditions for open burning, consistent with the rules adopted herein. No person shall start or maintain any open fire within the City without a permit, except for supervised recreational or cooking fires contained within approved fire rings, pits or barbecue grills. Where an open burning permit is approved, the City of White Bear Lake fee schedule shall be applied. 1) A permit shall be submitted by the one controlling the fire. It shall be complete and describe the type of burn that is intended. The permits shall remain on site at all times. 2) Prior to burning, the one controlling the fire must notify the White Bear Lake Fire Department and Ramsey County Dispatch Center. Also, they must check with the DNR for any burning bans that may be in effect. 3) Open burning of lumber, pallets, wooden shingles, scrap wood, yard waste, cardboard, paper, garbage, treated or painted wood, plastic, rubber and other similar items, is not permitted. 4) Location of burn shall not be less than 50' from any structure and provisions must be made to prevent the fire from spreading to within 50' of structures. 5) Open burning that is offensive or objectionable due to smoke or odor emissions when atmospheric conditions or current local circumstances make such fire hazardous may be revoked by a fire official. 6) The use of fuel oil, gasoline or similar flammable/combustible liquids is prohibited to ignite a fire. The fire should be ignited using an open flame, paper, and/or kindling. 7) Every fire shall be constantly attended by a competent person age 18 or older and the fire shall be completely extinguished before leaving the fire unattended. 8) A water source is needed for all open burning permits. The only exception is if the permit applicant has heavy equipment to extinguish the fire. 9) Winds must be less than 10 miles per hour to conduct an open burn. The White Bear Lake Fire Department shall have the power and duty to enforce these regulations and are required to extinguish any burn that is not in compliance with the regulations of the permit. 3. Outdoor Burning Allowed Recreational or cooking fires supervised by an adult and which are fully contained within approved fire rings, pits or appliances not greater than three (3'0") feet in diameter shall be exempt from the permit requirement, providing no fire bans have been issued by the Fire Marshal or the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Firewood defined as untreated or uncoated natural wood, which is greater than 2 inches and less than 8 inches in diameter and less than 20 inches in length may be burned subject to the following conditions: 1) Firewood may only be burned within a non-combustible containment less than 3-feet in diameter and not less than 8 inches in depth or height. The fire shall be limited in fuel such that at no time does the flame height exceed 36 inches. Ordinance No. 77 Fire Code