§ 14-15. Fire hazards prohibited.

(A)

It shall be unlawful for any proprietor, lessee, tenant, or other occupant of lands, property, or structures to have on his or her premises any brush heap, trash pile, accumulation of stacks or combustible or flammable material exposed to danger of fire or have the same in such location that the burning thereof may endanger the spread of fire to other property.

(B)

All brush resulting from the clearing of land, trash or other flammable or combustible material, when collected in piles, heaps or stacks, shall be protected from fire by the clearing of the land around such heaps or piles to prevent the spread of fire therefrom in case of fire, and that such heap, pile or stack shall be burned in accordance with the terms of a permit issued by the Miami-Dade County Fire Chief or otherwise disposed of in accordance with law and ordinance.

(Ord. No. 60-44, § 4, 11-29-60; Ord. No. 66-37, § 5, 9-7-66; Ord. No. 16-89, § 3, 9-7-16)

Note— Formerly Section 14-4 of the Code.

Cross reference

Evidence of accumulation of waste, § 15-3; accumulations of enumerated flammable rubbish prohibited, other designated flammable materials prohibited within 50 feet of specified explosive materials, § 33-28.