Don't burn outside

PAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Resolution # 2011-06

Re: Payne County Burn Ban

WHERE AS, The Payne County Board of Commissioners pursuant to the authority granted to the Board by Section 16-26.B of title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes, do hereby proclaim that extreme fire danger exists in Payne County. The situation (as defined in Section 16-26.B.1.a-d, Title 2, O.S.) has been verified by a documented concurrence of the majority of the County's municipal and rural fire chiefs, or their designees,

WHERE AS, By virtue of this resolution, it is unlawful for any person to set fire to any forest, grass, range, crop or other wildlands, or to build a campfire or bonfire, or to burn trash or other material that may cause a forest, grass, range, crop, or other wildlands fire,

WHERE AS, Exceptions to this fire prohibition and the appropriate precautionary measures to be taken are as follows: indoor fireplaces, Commercial or Professional Covered Cookers, Welding with adequate protection, and gas grills, Prescribed Burn Plans, charcoal and campfires at Yale Civil War reenactments between February 18-20, 2011 with fire guard posted,

WHERE AS, Enforcement of this resolution may be carried out by any law enforcement officer of this State. Any person convicted of violating this resolution shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or to both such fine and imprisonment,

WHERE AS, This resolution shall be effective immediately for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of passage by the Board of County Commissioners. If extreme fire danger conditions persist, subsequent resolutions may be passed. This Burn Ban may be removed at any time during the seven day period by the same method by which it was approved.

NOW BE IT RESOLVED: at a meeting by the Board of Payne County Commissioners at 10:15 on Friday, February 18, 2011.

PAYNE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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Gloria Hesser, Chairman

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Bill Deering, Vice-Chairman

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Jim Arthur, Member

Attest:

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Linda Hatfield, County Clerk