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All outdoor fires requiring a burning permit pursuant to this chapter are subject to the following rules:

(1) No outdoor burning shall be done when a burn ban is in effect.

(2) No outdoor burning shall be done during the declared period of impaired air quality. Burning conditions shall be obtained each day before starting to burn.

(3) Burning must be done with the following clearances from structures, property lines, and other combustible materials:

(a) Not less than 15 feet when using an approved burning appliance;

(b) Not less than 25 feet for pile sizes four feet by four feet or less;

(c) Not less than 50 feet for pile sizes greater than four feet by four feet but less than 10 feet by 10 feet.

(4) A person capable of extinguishing the fire shall attend it at all times and the fire must be totally extinguished before leaving it. A sufficient water supply and shovel must be at the burning site and ready to use.

(5) Burning shall be conducted only during daylight hours and only one pile may be burned at a time and it must be extinguished before starting another.

(6) No fires are permitted in or within 500 feet of a forest slash and without a slash burning permit.

(7) If a fire creates a nuisance, it must be extinguished upon direction from the Cathlamet Fire Department, the local air pollution control authority, or the town of Cathlamet public works director or his designee. (Ord. 368 § 6, 1995)