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SUMMER VILLAGE OF GHOST LAKE
BYLAW N0.235
WHEREAS Section 7 of the Municipal Government Act. R.S.A. 2000 c.M-26 and
amendments thereto provide that Council may pass bylaws for the safety, health and
welfare of people and protection of people and property generally within the Summer
Village; and
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Summer Village of Ghost Lake in the
Province of Alberta pursuant to the powers granted to it under the Municipal
Government Act wishes to provide for the prevention, regulation and control of the
lighting of fires within the Summer Village;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Summer Village of Ghost Lake, in the
Province of Alberta in Council duly assembled hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1
NAME OF BYLAW
1.1
This Bylaw may be cited as "The Fire Safety Bylaw".
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
2.1
In this Bylaw
a)
"Burnable Debris" for recreation fires includes seasoned wood,
charcoal, natural gas, propane or any other materials or
substances sold for the purpose of being burned for Recreational
Fires,
b)
"Chief Administrative Officer" shall have the same meaning as in
the Municipal Government Act RSA 200 c M-26, as amended,
c)
"Council" means the Council of the Summer Village of Ghost Lake.
d)
"Court" means the Provincial Court of Alberta;
e)
"Enforcement Officer" means a member of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police and a Bylaw Enforcement Officer appointed by
Council to enforce Bylaws of the Summer Village;
f)
"False Alarm" means any fire alarm that is set off needlessly,
through wilful or accidental, human or mechanical error and to
which the Fire Department responds.
g)
"Fire" means any flammable or combustible material in a state of
combustion;
h)
"Fire Ban" means an order, prohibition or restriction of Fires, issued
by the Province of Alberta or by the Fire Guardian in accordance
with this bylaw.