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TOWN OF LEROY
BYLAW NO. 6/06
A BYLAW RESPECTING FIRE PREVENTION
The Council of the Town of LeRoy, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as
follows:
1) This Bylaw may be cited as the Fire Prevention Bylaw for the Town of LeRoy.
2) ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL FIRE CODE OF CANADA
The document known as the National Fire Code of Canada together with its
revisions, as they are published from time to time, issued by the associate
Committee on the National Fire Code, National Research Council of Canada,
Ottawa, is hereby adopted and the same shall be deemed to apply within the
Town of LeRoy in the same manner and to the same extent as if set forth in
detail in the Bylaw.
3) DEFINITIONS
In this Bylaw:
(1) "Approval" or "Approved" means the written approval by the authority
having jurisdiction.
(2) "Authority having jurisdiction" shall mean the Town of LeRoy Council or
Mayor
(3) "Fire Chief" means the Chief of the Town of LeRoy Fire Department
appointed by resolution of the Council of the Town of LeRoy and in his
absence the Deputy Fire Chief appointed by the Fire Chief.
(4) "Fire Inspector" means the person(s) having jurisdiction appointed by the
Town of LeRoy.
4) ADMINISTRATION OF THE BYLAW
The provision of this Bylaw shall be administered and enforced by the Fire
Chief and Fire Inspector, and shall have all the powers and duties conferred
on him by The Fire Prevention Act, 1992.
5) AUTHORITY TO INSPECT BUILDINGS AND PREMISES
The fire chief or fire inspector may, upon complaint of a person interested or
without complaint or when the Fire Inspector deems it necessary, inspect all
buildings and premises within his jurisdiction, and for that purpose may at all
reasonable hours enter into, upon those buildings or premises.
6) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION
The owner, occupier or lessee of a building or property or any other person
having knowledge of the building shall, upon request, give to the Fire Chief or
Fire Inspector, who is carrying out an inspection of the building or property,
such assistance or information as he may require in carrying out the
inspection.
7) OPEN OUTDOOR FIRES - (PERMITS)
(1) Subject to Subsection (3) no person shall light, ignite, or start or allow or
cause to be lighted, ignited or started a fire of any kind whatsoever in the
open air without first having obtained a written permit to do so from the
Fire Chief or Fire Inspector, in the Form 1 shown in Schedule "A" to this
bylaw.
(2) A person to whom a permit has been issued under Subsection (1) shall
place at all times, a competent person in charge of the fire while it is
burning or smoldering and shall provide that person with efficient
equipment in order to prevent the fire from getting beyond control or
causing damage or becoming dangerous. The equipment to be used
should consist of a garden hose connected to the water supply or a
portable fire extinguisher.
(a) The Fire Chief or Fire Inspector shall have all the authority to
prohibit any or all open fires when atmospheric conditions or
local circumstances make such fires hazardous.
(3) No permit shall be required to light, ignite, or start or allow or cause to
be lighted, ignited or started a charcoal or gas operated barbecue, grill or
similar device used to cook food.
(4) Open-air fires for the purpose of cooking food shall only be permitted in
receptacles approved by the Fire Chief or Fire Inspector. Other types of
receptacles are prohibited and their use would be considered a
contravention under the provision of the bylaw, and the offender would
be subject to the penalty as laid out in the penalty section of this bylaw.
(5) Permitted open air fire pits
(a) No person shall use an open-air fire pit for enjoyment or to cook food
without first having obtained a written permit to do so from the Fire Chief
or Fire Inspector, in Form 2 shown in Schedule "A" to this bylaw.
(b) Open-air fires used for enjoyment or to cook food must be contained
in a manufactured non-combustible receptacle constructed of concrete,
brick, stones or sheet metal with a minimum 18 gauge thickness and
with a maximum diameter of seventy five (75) centimeters (29.52").
Permitted fire pits shall not consist of just a pit or hole dug in the ground.
(c) The receptacle must be located on private property, a distance of at
least three (3) meters (9.8') from any property line, building, or
combustible structures or from trees or combustible vegetation that
might be situated on the property.
(d) The receptacle must be covered with a heavy gauge metal screen
with opening not exceeding thirteen (13) millimeters (.5").
(e) The receptacle shall be separated from grass and any other
vegetation by a distance of at least forty (40) centimeters (15.7") by
means of clean earth, sand, gravel or other non-combustible medium.
(f) The fuel for open-air fires used for cooking may consist only of
charcoal briquettes or cut seasoned wood. The burning of the following
or any other materials is prohibited:
Rubbish
Garden refuse or leaves
Manure
Livestock or animal carcasses
Any material classified as a dangerous good and any material
which when burned will generate black smoke or an offensive odor
including insulation from electrical coring or equipment, asphalt
roofing materials, hydrocarbons plastics, rubber materials, creosote
wood or any similar material.
(6) Open-air fires must be reasonably supervised so as to prevent their spread.
(7) Open-air fires are not to be set in windy conditions conducive to creating a
running fire or a nuisance to another person.
(8) If smoke from an open-air fire causes an unreasonable interference with the
use and enjoyment of another person's property the fire must be extinguished
immediately. Continued offenses of this nature could call for the immediate
removal and/or suspension of its use for a period of one calendar year, and the
revoking of the permit, at the discretion of the Fire Chief or Fire Inspector.
8) INCINERATORS
(1) Except for approved auxiliary-fuelled incinerators, no incinerator shall
be constructed or installed within the corporate limits of the Town of
LeRoy.
Burning barrels or any other similar device used for the burning of any
household or yard refuse are prohibited.
(2) Exterior solid fuel burning Hydronic heating systems shall not be
allowed in any residential, commercial or industrial areas within the limits
of the Town of LeRoy.
9) BLOCKED ENTRANCES AND EXITS
Whenever the Fire Inspector finds a church, school, rink, hotel, motel,
restaurant, bingo hall or other building used by the public as a resort or place
of public assembly that any entrance doors or any emergency exit doors are
blocked, barred, bolted, or locked in any manner other than with standard
panic hardware or a form of quick acting hardware during the time when the
building is being publicly used, he may order the owner, tenant or occupant
responsible to immediately remove all such blockages, bars, bolts, padlocks,
chains, or other devices so that the door can be readily opened from the
interior.
10) PERSONS PRESENT AT A FIRE
It shall be the duty of all persons at the fire to assist in suppression if
called upon to do so by the Fire Chief and all persons present or assisting
in the suppression of a fire shall obey the commands of the Fire Chief.
11) FIREWORKS
No person shall discharge fireworks from any location within the
boundaries of the Town of LeRoy without first having obtained a written
permit to do so from the Fire Chief or Fire Inspector, in the Form 3
shown in Schedule "A" to this bylaw.
12) CONTRAVENTION OF THIS BYLAW
Any person found guilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of this
bylaw shall be liable to the penalties in the general penalty bylaw of the
Town of LeRoy.
If in any case the LeRoy and District Fire Department is called to
extinguish a fire caused as a result of an open-air fire, the cost shall be a
minimum of $500.00 per call.
Introduced and read a first time this ____ day of November, 2006
Read a second and third time and adopted this ____ day of November, 2006
____________________________________
Mayor: Morris Hartman
(SEAL)
____________________________________
Administrator: Ann Block
SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 6/06
FORM 1
PERMIT TO BURN
DATE: ____________________
Permit is hereby issued to __________________________________________________
residing at _______________________________________________________________
for ________________________ days from the date hereof, to burn the following:
________________________________________________________________________
at the following location ______________________________________________ in the
Town of LeRoy while competent and constant attendants are left in charge of such fire to
keep it under control.
It is the express condition of this permit that the applicant, whose signature appears
hereunder, shall be responsible for any injury or damage to person or property arising
from the use of this permit.
_________________________________
Signature of Applicant
_________________________________
Signature of Fire Chief
SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 6/06
FORM 2
PERMIT TO INSTALL AN OPEN-AIR RECEPTACLE
DATE: ____________________
Permit is hereby issued to __________________________________________________
residing at _______________________________________________________________
to be allowed to build or install an open-air receptacle according to the requirements of
this Bylaw. Also, that a competent person will be in charge of the fire at all times.
It is the express condition of this permit that the applicant, whose signature appears
hereunder, shall be responsible for any injury or damage to person or property arising
from the use of this permit.
_________________________________
Signature of Applicant
_________________________________
Signature of Fire Chief
SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 6/06
FORM 3
PERMIT - FIREWORKS
DATE: ____________________
Permit is hereby issued to __________________________________________________
of _____________________________________________________________________
to conduct a fireworks display at _____________________________________________
on the _______ day of _________________, 20 ____, between the hours of __________
and ___________ while competent and constant attendants are in charge.
It is the express condition of this permit that the applicant, whose signature appears
hereunder, shall be responsible for any injury or damage to person or property arising
from the use of this permit.
_________________________________
Signature of Applicant
_________________________________
Signature of Fire Chief