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CASS COUNTY COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL 38.-- SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #2005-_ (TEMPORARY OPEN BURNING BAN) ADOPTED DATE: Page 1 of 4 CASS COUNTY TEMPORARY OPEN BURNING BAN ORDINANCE #2005- Section 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 1.1 The purpose of this Ordinance is to promote and enhance the public health, safety, comfort, and the general welfare of Cass County, North Dakota; and to provide for a countywide ban of open fires when local fire officials in Cass County determine conditions to be unsafe for open fires. 1.2 In the interpretation and application of this Ordinance, all provisions shall be liberally construed in favor of the governing body and deemed neither to limit, supersede, or contravene any other North Dakota state statute or regulation regarding open burning, including, but not limited to, Chapter 23-29 (Solid Waste Management and Land Protection Act) and 37-17.1 (North Dakota Disaster Act) of the North Dakota Century Code and Chapter 33-15-04 (Open Burning Restrictions) of the North Dakota Administrative Code. Section 2 DEFINITIONS 2.1 Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this Ordinance shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this Ordinance its most reasonable application. 2.2 An "open burninQ ban" means no person shall initiate, cause, conduct, or permit open fires. 2.3 An "open fire" means those types of permissible burning specifically authorized under Subsection 1 of Section 33-15-04-02 of the North Dakota Administrative Code; except for (1) fires in open containers not less than 15 feet from a structure and (2) ceremonial fires with a total fuel area of 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less in height. 2.4 "Temporary" means for a period of time no longer than thirty (30) days.