2017-19 Amending City Code Chapter 48 Nuisances

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(i) Personnel conducting the prescribed burn must be in compliance with: (ii) NFPA 1051 - Standard for Wildland Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications (iii) NFPA 1143 —Standard for Wildland Fire Management (4) The following conditions must also be met at the time of the burn: (a) At least one certified prescribed burn manager must be present on site with a copy of the prescription while the burn is being conducted. (b) The Decatur Fire Department shall be notified prior to commencing the burn and at the conclusion of the burn. (c) A reasonable effort shall be made to notify all adjoining property owners and occupants of the date and time of the prescribed burn. (d) The burn must be conducted no earlier than 8:00 a.m. and must be completed by 5:00 p.m. on the same day. (e) Burning shall be conducted only when wind speed and direction and other meteorological conditions are such that smoke and other pollutants will not cause adverse effects to any public road, or off site structure. (f) Burning must be attended at all times. (g) A water source such as a garden hose and/or bucket shall be readily available. (h) Burning shall not be closer than 25 feet to any structure. (5) If any of these provisions are not met, the person responsible for the burn is subject to a$150.00 City of Decatur Fire Prevention Violation Citation. (6) The Decatur Fire Department reserves the right to extinguish any fire, including prescribed burns, if the fire is judged to be a nuisance. If the Native Plant Landscape Area is not maintained in accordance with the terms of this Section,the provisions set forth in Section 8 of Chapter 48 shall apply. D. PERMIT. An owner or occupant of a lot or parcel of land must apply for a permit to install Native Plant Landscape Areas or maintain already existing Native Plant Landscape Areas. Application for a permit shall be on a form as provided by the City and issued by the Forestry Division of the Public Works Department of the City. A landscape plan shall be required with the application and include the following information: (1) Name and address of owner and occupant and landscape architect/designer. (2) Date of plan preparation and date and description of all revisions. (3) Name of project or development. (4) One (1) scale drawing of the site based upon a survey of property lines with indication of scale and north point. This site map shall also include the name and alignment of proposed and existing adjacent on-site streets, the locations of all proposed utility easements and rights of way, locations of existing and proposed buildings, topographic contours at two-foot contour intervals, existing and proposed location of parking areas, location of water bodies, locations of proposed sidewalks and percent of the site not covered by impervious surface. (5) Two (2) scale drawings of the proposed project area to a minimum scale of one inch equals fifty (50) feet of proposed landscaping for the site based upon a survey of property lines with indication of scale and north point; existing and proposed topographic contours using mean