Ordinance 3843• ORDINANCE • THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, REVISING REGULATIONS CONCERNING
OUTDOOR BURNING FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES
AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE. I
WHEREAS, The Washington Clean • • Legislation and Chapter 173-421
•' (Outdoor Burming) • restriction f• •r- burning in Urban • Areas
outdoor burning and recreational fires, and is the regulatory • • same for the Puget
Sound UGA and maintains an active enforcement commission to impose fines on indoor and
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not be harmed by, and will allow for greater enjoyment of out of doors and private properties
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Edmonds City Code 5.22.030 is amended to read as follows:
A. Outdoor burning means the combustion of material of any type in an open fire or in an
outdoor container.
B. Notwithstanding any other code provision to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any
person to engage in outdoor burning within the city limits of Edmonds, except as provided herein
in this chapter.
C. Except under active air quality bum bans when desianated by Snohomish County, this
section shall not apply to �. (1) fires which are burned for fire -fighting training; or (2) small
cooking fires (consisting solely of charcoal, natural gas, propane or seasoned natural wood); (3)
campfires at designated state, county and city campgrounds; (4) road flares, marine flares, and
similar devices associated with signal and illumination for public safety purposes; and (5)
recreational and ceremonial fires defined and regulated by Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. All
fires creating nuisance or air quality impairment must immediately be extinguished. No fire
permit will be required upon these activities and within these conditions.
D. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, be punished as provided in ECC 5.50.020. This penalty provision shall be in
effect until December 31, 20ft thereafter, the penalties for violation of this section shall be the
same as specified in RCW 70.94.430 and 70.94.431 as they now exist or may hereafter be
amended. [Ord. 2886 § I � 1992].
Section 2. Effective D. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power
specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take
effect five (5) days after passage and publication Of an approved summary thereof consisting of
6TY CLERK, SAND RA S. CHASE
MAYOR MIKE CQ(OPER
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APPROVED AS TOFORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
Jff,TARADAY
FILED WITfI TfIE CITY CLERK: 06y - [II 1
PASSED BY TI-IE CITE' COUNCIL: 06-28-2011
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7- - 011
ORDINANCE NO. 3843
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The ftill text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 29"' day of June, 2011
STATE OF I, O ,
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Affidavit of Publication
S.S.
The undersigned, duly sworn on oath deposes and says that she is Principal Clerk of
THE HERALD, a da- r a printed and published in the City of
w said newspaper is a newspaper
wn in said Countysaid newspaper has been w -w as a legal
newspaperw that the notice
Surrcrnary of Ordinance3843
City of Edmonds
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said newspaper proper and not
in supplement form, in the regular and entire edition of said paper on the following days and
times, namely:
July 03, 2011
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
princlpa ,. lerk,
4th:
igloos residing at Everett, Snohomish
Account Name: City of Edmonds Account Number: 101416 Order Number. 0001742760