THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

BY-LAW NO. 1615

A By-law to amend. the "City of Port Coquitlam Fire Prevention
» By-law, 1968, No. 902".
The Municipal Council of The Corporation of the City of Port

_ Coquitlam, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:

l. Section 4 of the "City of Port Coquitlam Fire Prevention By-law,

1968, No. 902" is repealed and the following substituted:

"4, (a) Except as provided in clause (b) of this Section it shall be
unlawful for any person at any time to light, ignite, start, or
knowingly permit, allow or cause to be lighted, ignited, or
started, any outdoor fire of any kind whatsoever.

(b) During the period of time commencing on October 15th in one year °
and extending until April 14th in the year next following an Officer
may issue a special written permit for open air burning of brush,
stumps, slash and light materials resulting from the clearing of
land. No person to whom a special written permit has been issued
shall on or in any fire use rubber tires, oil, tar, asphalt shingles,
battery boxes, plastic materials, or any similar material which may
produce heavy black smoke and any. person to whom a special written
permit has been issued shall place a competent person in charge of
such fire at all times while the same is burning or smoldering and
,shall provide such person with efficient appliances and equipment to
effectively prevent the same from getting beyond control or causing
damage or becoming dangerous and such person shall be kept in charge
of such fire at all times until same is completely extinguished
and the granting of a special written permit shall not absolve the
holder thereof from liability for any damage which may result from
any such fire.

(a) An Officer shall not issue the special written permit referred to
in clause (b) of this Section unless and until the provisions of
the "City of Port Coquitlam Tree Cutting Regulation and Permit
By-law, 1973, No. 1293" have been fulfilled.

This By-law may be cited for all purposes as the "City of Port

Coquitlam Fire Prevention By-law, No. 1968, No. 902, Amendment

By-law, 1978, No. 1615".