Chapter 8.16
FIRE PREVENTION*

Sections:

8.16.010    Weeds or other ignitable material—Within fire limits deemed nuisance.

8.16.020    Weeds or other ignitable material—When fire menace deemed nuisance.

8.16.030    Weeds or other ignitable material—Within fire limits—Abatement by city when.

8.16.040    Weeds or other ignitable material—When fire menace—Abatement by city when.

8.16.050    Violation of Sections 8.16.010 through 8.16.040—Penalty.

8.16.060    Outdoor burning—Permit required.

*    For statutory authority for towns to declare nuisances and to prevent and abate them by all the remedies given by law, see RCW 35.27.410; for provision that code cities shall have all the powers of a city of any class, see RCW 35A. 21.160.

8.16.010 Weeds or other ignitable material—Within fire limits deemed nuisance.

Any owner, lessee or agent of any lot or premises within the fire limits of the city who permits any rubbish or any ripened weeds or other ignitable material to accumulate or remain upon any lot or premises within said fire limits shall be deemed guilty of a nuisance. (Ord. 169 § 1, 1911).

8.16.020 Weeds or other ignitable material—When fire menace deemed nuisance.

Any owner, lessee or agent of any lot or premises within the city who permits any rubbish or any ripened weeds or ignitable material to accumulate or remain upon said lot or premises so that the same shall become a menace to property from fire, shall be deemed guilty of a nuisance. (Ord. 169 § 2, 1911).

8.16.030 Weeds or other ignitable material—Within fire limits—Abatement by city when.

Upon failure of any owner, lessee or agent of any lot or premises within the city to remove any rubbish, ripened weeds or other ignitable material from such lot or premises, within twenty-four hours from the time of receiving notice from the fire code official, the fire code official shall cause the same to be removed from said lot or premises, and the expense thereof shall be collected from such owner, lessee or agent in a civil action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction. (Ord. 3032 § 1, 2017: Ord. 169 § 3, 1911).

8.16.040 Weeds or other ignitable material—When fire menace—Abatement by city when.

Upon failure of any owner, lessee or agent of any lot or premises within the city to remove any rubbish, ripened weeds or other ignitable material from said lot or premises when such rubbish, ripened weeds or other ignitable material is a menace to property from fire, within twenty-four hours after notice from the fire code official, the fire code official shall cause the same to be removed from such lot or premises and the expenses thereof shall be collected from the owner, lessee or agent, in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. (Ord. 3032 § 2, 2017: Ord. 169 § 4, 1911).

8.16.050 Violation of Sections 8.16.010 through 8.16.040—Penalty.

Any violation of any of the provisions of Sections 8.16.010 through 8.16.040 of this chapter shall subject the offender to the punishment provisions of Section 8.28.010 of this code. (Ord. 169 § 5, 1911).

8.16.060 Outdoor burning—Permit required.

No person shall burn any materials outside of buildings or in any vacant lot, alley or street, in the city, whether in a receptacle or not, without having first obtained a permit from the jurisdiction having authority to issue outdoor burn permits. (Ord. 3032 § 3, 2017: Ord. 501 § 1, 1949).