(a)  "Section 28.1.  Open Fires, Bonfires and Outdoor Rubbish Fires.

(a)  "Section 28.1.  Open Fires, Bonfires and Outdoor Rubbish Fires.

No open fire of any type shall be permitted at anytime in the City of Woonsocket.  This includes domestic yard trash fires and leaf burning.  Open fire is defined as any fire within which the products of combustion are emitted into the open air and are not directed through a stack or chimney.  Barbecue pits shall be used only for the cooking of food and not as an incinerator.  Charcoals, or similar type cooking fuel, shall be the only fuel permitted in barbecue pits."

Exception:

Burning in containers that have screens and/or chimneys that serve as spark arrestors, with a diameter of no less than thirty-six (36”) inches.  Only clean, dry, cord-type firewood or charcoal is an accepted fuel (no yard waste or construction debris).  The fire must by attended at all times by a person who has an available water supply or extinguisher and who is capable of controlling and/or extinguishing the fire, if necessary.

Any Fire Officer may extinguish a fire if, in his opinion:

(1) It is not in the proper container or if the container is being used inappropriately.

(2) It is too close to combustibles (closer than fifteen (15’) feet.

(3) Improper material is being burnt.

Penalty for violation.  Any person found in violation of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense.  The penalty for the second offense within one calendar year shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00), and the penalty for a third and/or each subsequent offense within one calendar year shall be a fine up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent offense.

The police have powers to issue citations for violations of this ordinance.

The Chief of the Fire Department or the on-duty Deputy Fire Chief can order any fire to be extinguished at his discretion.