SUBJECT
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SET HEARING to consider adoption of an amendment to the Burn Ban Ordinance by providing for an amendment to Sections 4 and 7 procedure requirements for the Fire Chief or Fire Chief’s Designee to Declare a “Burn Ban.” (Suggested hearing date is June 4, at 9:30 am)
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DESCRIPTION
Polk County Ordinance 08-015 authorizes the Fire Chief or the Fire Chief’s Designee to declare a Fire Department Burn Ban during periods in which the atmospheric conditions increase risk in brush fires and uncontrolled fires. Currently, the Fire Chief or the Fire Chief’s designee is required to publish the Burn Ban in a newspaper of general circulation in Polk County once during each week for two consecutive weeks and it creates a delay in the effective date of the Burn Ban.
The proposed Ordinance will reduce the delay in the effective date of the Burn Ban within unincorporated Polk County.
RECOMMENDATION
Set a public hearing for June 4, 2024, for purposes of considering adoption of an amendment providing for an amendment to Sections 4 and 7 procedure requirements for the Fire Chief or Fire Chief’s Designee to Declare and Repeal a “Burn Ban” within unincorporated Polk County.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Breezi K. Hicks
Assistant County Attorney
863-534-6436