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Council Member introduced the following ordinance and moved • for its adoption. • • City of Lino Lakes County of Anoka State of Minnesota Ordinance No. 11 -00 An ordinance amending the Lino Lake City Code by repealing chapter 505 Open Burning and replacing it with the following: 505 Open Burning 505.01 Purpose The purpose of this section is to establish permitted categories of Open burning events within the City of Lino Lakes and provide for a permitting process for open burning, except when such open burning is defined as a Recreational Fire as defined in this section. 505.02 Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the terms in this section are defined as follows: Subd. 1 Open Burning. "Open Burning" means the burning of any matter if the resultant combustion products are emitted directly to the atmosphere without passing through a stack, duct or chimney, except a Recreational fire as defined herein. Subd. 2 Recreational Fire. "Recreational Fire" means a fire set with approved starter fluid no more than three (3) feet in height, contained within the border of a "Recreational Fire Site" using dry, clean wood; producing little detectable smoke, odor or soot beyond the property line; conducted with an adult tending the fire at all times; for recreational, ceremonial, food preparation or social purposes; extinguished completely before quitting the occasion; and respecting weather conditions, neighbors, burning bans, and air quality so that nuisance, health or safety hazards will not be created. Mobile cooking devices such as manufactured hibachis, charcoal grills, wood smokers and propane gas devices are not defined as recreational fires. Recreational fires can only burn between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. and no more than one recreational fire is allowed on any property at one time.