HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. O10-03 ORDINANCE NO. 010-03
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TWO SECTIONS OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL
CODE TITLED "BONFIRE PROHIBITED" AND "SMOKING IN HOTEL BEDS
PROHIBITED" LOCATED AT CHAPTER 8 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to keep the Laurel Municipal Code current and
enforceable by eliminating sections and subsections no longer in use; and
Chapter 8.20
MISCELLANEOUS FIRE
PROTECTION REGULATIONS
Sections:
8.20.010 Bonfires prohibited.
8.20.020 Careless conduct in smoking.
8.20.010 Bonfires prohibited.
A. Except as provided hereinbelow, no person shall build, kindle, ignite, maintain or
allow any bonfire, rubbish fire, or any other open fire on any property within the city limits of
the city.
B. The city fire chief may allow a special permit to a public agency to ignite and
maintain a recreational -type bonfire only, within city limits. The agency shall first apply to the • fire chief for such permit pursuant to • - - - - - - - - • • - - - - ... •, • • • - • •
_ _ • , •. - ... _ .. _ _ _ _ . Section 105.6.30 of the International Fire Code
which is adopted by the city. As a condition of granting the permit, the fire chief shall may
require that the city fire department shall stand by, at and during the recreational bonfire for
which the permit is granted. The permit holder shall abide by all provisions and stipulations on
the permit and obtain a Yellowstone County Open Burning Permit.
C. The city fire chief may allow an open burningpermit for agricultural purposes to
any person(s) requesting such. The permit holder shall abide by all provisions and stipulations
on the permit and have obtained a Yellowstone County Open Burning Permit.
D. Approved or purchased outdoor fireplaces may be used per manufacturers'
specifications and in accordance with Section 307 of the International Fire Code as adopted by
the city. No pit fires shall be allowed. Under the provision of MCA 50 -63 -103, you are liable
for any and all fire suppression costs and damages resulting from an escaped or uncontrollable
fire. Items prohibited to burn can be found attached to ordinance.
C-E. The city council may from time to time by resolution, establish or change a fee to
be paid to the city by the applicant, at the time of application for a special bonfire permit. (Ord.
926, 1987: prior code § 9.08.010)
8.20.020 Smoking Smoking-in-hotel-beds-pfehibited. Careless conduct in smoking.
Ordinance No. 010 -03 Miscellaneous Fire Protection Regulations
A. Any person who, by reason of careless, willful or wanton conduct in smoking, or
in the use of lighters or matches for smoking, sets fire to any bedding., carpet curtains, drapes,
furniture, household equipment or other goods or chattels or to any building, shall be fined in
accordance with the penalties provided in section 1.36 of the Laurel Municipal Code, or
prosecuted under any other appropriate law.
B. "Careless conduct in smoking" includes, as used herein, any of the following acts,
commissions, or omissions: permitting a spark from a lighted cigar, cigarette or pipe to fall upon
or into anything flammable; placing any lighted smoking material on or about or in close
proximity to any flammable article; falling asleep with lighted smoking material of any kind at
hand; throwing lighted smoking material out of a window or into an elevator pit or elsewhere
other than in a proper receptacle therefor; dropping a lighted cigarette or cigar or part thereof into
a mail chute in any building; failure to extinguish the fire of a match or anv kind of lighter device
after use of the same; failure to destroy the lighted part of a cigar or cigarette when disposing of
it; failure to destroy the burning smidgen or smidgens of tobacco from a pipe when cleaning or
unloading a pipe.
C. A plainly printed notice of the provisions of this section shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in every sleeping room of every hotel, rooming house, tourist home, tourist
court or other place renting rooms for the accommodation of the public. Such notice shall be
posted by the owner, proprietor, or managing agent of such establishment.
This Ordinance becomes effective thirty (30) days after final passage by the City Council
and approval by the Mayor.
Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on August
17, 2010, by Council Member Rodgers .
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second reading this 21st day
of September , 2010, upon motion of Council Member Mace
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 21st day of September , 2010.
CITY OF LAUREL /
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r enneth E. Olson, J Mayor
ATTEST:
Cathy Ga 'an, Deputy Clerk
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am S. Painter, Legal Counsel
Elk River Law Office, P.L.L.P.
Ordinance No. 010 -03 Miscellaneous Fire Protection Regulations