Prince Edward County, Virginia

 
(a) This section is adopted pursuant to the authority granted in § 15.2-922.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended.

(b) No person shall at any time make a fire in the streets or in other public places.

(c) During a local declaration of drought, dry or parched conditions:

(1) The county administrator, in consultation with the chair (or vice chair, if the chair is unavailable) of the
board of supervisors, county emergency management, the Prince Edward Area Firefighters Association
and other appropriate agencies as he/she deems necessary, may declare that a drought condition exists or that forest lands, brush lands and fields have become so dry or parched or that other conditions exist so as to create an extraordinary fire hazard.
(2) The county administrator may then declare that open burning is prohibited in part or all of the county.
(3) Following such a declaration it shall be unlawful for any person to burn brush, grass, leaves, trash, debris or any other flammable material or to ignite or maintain any open fire within the county or within any part of the county subject to the prohibition.
(4) The declaration of the county administrator shall remain effective until the county administrator declares the condition and the prohibition to have terminated.
(5) When any such declaration is issued, amended or rescinded, the county administrator shall promptly post a copy of the declaration, amendment or rescission on the public notice board near the front of the courthouse and also post the same on the county's website. In addition, the county administrator may publish or circulate the declaration, amendment or rescission as is deemed appropriate by the county administrator.

(d) Any person violating or failing to comply with the provisions of this division shall be guilty of a class 4 misdemeanor. Each violation or failure shall constitute a separate offense and each day during which the same violation or failure is found to have existed shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. of 1-11-22)

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