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RE: BAN OF OPEN FIRES WITHIN UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF WELD COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 30-15-401(1)(n.5), C.R.S., as amended, the Board has
the authority to ban open fires to a degree, and in any manner it deems necessary, to reduce
the danger of wildfires within those portions of the unincorporated areas of the County where
the danger of forest or grass fires is found to be high, based upon competent evidence, and
WHEREAS, because of the warm temperatures and well below normal rainfall, creating
a 15% or less moisture level in thousand hour fuels, there exists an extremely high fire danger
for all of the unincorporated areas of Weld County, and
WHEREAS, Ed Jordan, Weld County Sheriff, recommends that the Board adopt this
Resolution, for the purpose of banning open fires in the unincorporated areas of Weld County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Weld County, Colorado, that:
1. Competent evidence exists to believe that there exists an extremely high fire
danger for all of the unincorporated areas of Weld County.
2. As a result of the extremely high fire danger, pursuant to
Section 30-15-401(1)(n.5), C.R.S., as amended, the Board hereby bans open
fires in the unincorporated areas of Weld County.
3. The following activities are hereby deemed to be "open fires" for the purposes of
this Resolution and are subject to the ban:
a. Building, maintaining, attending or using any fire to burn trash, debris,
fence rows, or vegetation, any campfire, warming fire, or charcoal grill,
except in designated campgrounds, picnic areas, or developed recreation
sites.
b. Lighting fireworks of any kind.
4. The following persons and acts shall be exempt from the provisions of this
Resolution:
a. Persons with a valid written permit from the organized fire district within
which an open fire is contemplated, or the Weld County Sheriff if the area
for the proposed open fire lies outside of any organized fire district.
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b. Any federal, state, or local officer or member of an organized rescue or
firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.
c. Any fires contained within a liquid fuel or gas fuel stove, fireplaces within
buildings, or charcoal grill fires at private residences.
d. Burning of irrigation ditches located within and completely surrounded by
irrigated farmlands, where such burning is necessary for crop survival,
and a specific written permit has been granted by the fire district
encompassing the area of the burn, or by the Weld County Sheriff, if the
area lies outside of an organized fire district.
e. Campfires or bonfires required in religious ceremonies, and for which a
valid written permit has been granted in advance.
f. A federal agency or the Weld County Sheriff.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the open fire ban stated herein shall
remain in effect to and until August 3, 1998.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 6th day of July, A.D., 1998, nunc pro tunc, the 2nd day of July,
A.D., 1998.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Deputy Clerk to the Board
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;ar•ara J. Kirkmeyer
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