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45 green, leaves or needles, rotten, wet, oil soaked or treated with pain, glue or preservatives. Clean pallets may be used for recreation fires when cut into three foot smaller lengths. (e) "Recreational Fire" means a fire set for cooking, warming or ceremonial purposes which is not more than three feet in diameter by three feet high and has had the ground five feet from the base of the fire cleared of all combustible materials. (f) "Burning Permit" is a permit issued by the Fire Chief or his designee authorizing fires exempted from the general provisions hereof and setting the conditions therefore. (g) `Burner" means a firebox, barrel or similar container used for an outdoor fire, but not including grills or barbecues used principally for the cooking of food. (h)"Campfire" has the same meaning as "Recreational Fire." Subd. 2. Exemptions. The following types of open burning shall be exempted from the prohibition of Subd. 1. (a) Recreational fires or camp fires subject to the provisions of 1325.16 Subd. 11. (b) Fires purposely set under the supervision of the Fire Department for instruction and training. (c) Fires for which a burning permit has been obtained. Subd. 3. Burning Permit. Except for permits issued by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for fire training, the Fire Chief or designee may issue a burning permit for any of the following reasons: (a) Fire set for the elimination of fire hazard which cannot be abated by any other practical means. (b) Fires purposely set for forest and game management purposes when not other alternative methods are practical. (c) Ground thawing for utility repair and construction. Subd. 4. Prohibited Materials. (a) No permit may be issued for the open burning of oils, petro fuels, rubber, plastics, chemically treated materials, or other materials which produce excessive or noxious smoke such as tires, railroad ties, treated, painted or glued wood, composite shingles, tar paper, insulation, composition board, sheetrock, wiring paint or paint fillers or similar materials. (b) No permit shall be issued for the open burning of hazardous waste or salvage operations, solid waste generated from an industrial or manufacturing process or from a service or commercial establishment, or building material generated from demolition of commercial or industrial structures, or discarded material resulting from the handling, processing, storage, preparation, serving or consumption of food.