8.25.010 Fire restrictions.
(a) The mayor or the town manager or their designee shall have the authority to implement, modify, and rescind restrictions on open fires within the town limits of Granby. The mayor or town manager shall consider the recommendations issued by officials from other affected governmental agencies prior to implementing, modifying, or rescinding a restriction on open fires.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, “open fires” shall be defined as any outdoor fire, including, but not limited to, campfires, slash or trash burning, warming fires, charcoal or wood-burning grills, fused explosives, fireworks of any kind, sparklers, any thing or instrumentality that emits a flame or flammable sparks, any incendiary device, and disposing of ignited cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or other tobacco burning instrumentalities other than by placing them in a fireproof receptacle.
(c) The specific terms and conditions of the fire restrictions, as well as their applicability to various types of operations, including commercial operations, shall be determined by the mayor or town manager at the time the fire restrictions are implemented or modified.
(d) Any action taken by the mayor or town manager shall be subject to review by the board of trustees at its next regular or special meeting. At the meeting, the board of trustees shall modify, ratify or rescind the action. [Ord. 910 § 1 (Exh. A), 2019; Ord. 785 § 1, 2012].
8.25.015 Additional fire restrictions.
It is unlawful to:
(a) Use a burn barrel or other incendiary device to burn wood, trash or any combustible material (Section 25-7-123, C.R.S.).
(b) Leave a permitted or nonpermitted open fire unattended or abandoned at any time.
(c) Attend, build, maintain or use an open fire without removing flammable material from around an open fire for a distance of at least five feet from the outer edge of the fire.
(d) Build, attend, maintain or use an open fire outside a fire ring unless a fire permit has been issued by the fire district and a copy thereof provided to the town.
(e) To carelessly or negligently place or throw ignited substance or material outside a fire ring that may cause a fire.
(f) Build, attend, maintain or use an open fire anywhere in town of Granby parks or trails except as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
(g) Cause any fire to burn out of control. [Ord. 910 § 1 (Exh. A), 2019].
8.25.020 Penalties.
(a) Any person violating this chapter shall be subject to a penalty assessment in the amount of $100.00 for first offense, $200.00 for second offense, and $300.00 for third or subsequent offenses. Such penalty assessments shall be subject to all applicable surcharges imposed by the town or the Granby municipal court. The penalty assessment procedure provided in Section 16-2-201, C.R.S., shall be followed when enforcing the provisions of this chapter except the Granby municipal court rather than the county court shall be utilized. This chapter and any orders made pursuant to this chapter shall be enforced by the town of Granby police department, town manager or code enforcement officer.
(b) Any person violating this chapter may be required to pay restitution and damages in addition to any penalty assessment.
(c) In the event of any violation of this chapter during a Stage 1, 2, or 3 fire restriction, an additional $100.00, $200.00 or $500.00 fine, respectively, may be added to the penalty assessment. [Ord. 910 § 1 (Exh. A), 2019].