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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-27ORDINANCE N0. 91-27 • AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF TO PLACE A BAN ON OPEN BURNING Adopted: October 25, 1991 Effective: October 25, 1991 • • 62 ORDINANCE N0. 91-27 Authorizing the Fire Chief to Place a Ban on Open Burning WHEREAS, southwest Virginia and Pulaski County have experienced a severe shortage of rainfall since August, 1991; and, WHEREAS, the lands within the Town of Pulaski have, in the opinion of the Town Fire Chief, become so dry as to create a serious fire hazard that could endanger lives and property. NOW, THEREFORE, be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, sitting in special session on October 25, 1991, that: Section 1. The Chief of the Pulaski Fire Department be, and the same hereby is, authorized to place a ban or conditions on open burning within the Town. Said ban shall continue until the Fire Chief has determined that the dry conditions endangering lives and property within the Town no longer exists. Any such ban or conditions will be effective after a notice of the same is published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Pulaski. Section 2. Any person violating an order of the Fire Chief, issued • in accordance with this ordinance, shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. This ordinance is effective upon adoption and is adopted this 25th day of October, 1991, by recorded vote of the Town Council as follows: Charles D. Crispin - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Ave J. R. Schrader, Jr. - Aye W. H. Schrader, Jr. - Absent Mary Lou Copenhaver - Aye Alma H. Holston - Absent James M. Neblett - Aye Robert N. Glenn - Ave TOWN OF ULASKI, VIRGINIA BY : C/` ~C~ Gary C Hancock, Mayor Attest: Re kah Corso Acting Clerk of Council 63 I, Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk of the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 91-27 Authorizing the Fire Chief to Place a Ban on Open Burning is a true and correct copy as adopted by the Pulaski Town Council at their special meeting on October 25, 1991. ~. Rut A. Harrell, Clerk of Council