This week’s question involves the burning of trash.

The burning of trash - legal and illegal -  has been brought up several times at Town Council meetings and also mentioned in complaints called in to the Churubusco Police Dept.

As the ordinance reads, residents can burn natural products in a residential area, but not in a business area.

It has always been the practice of the Churubusco Police Dept. to allow burning in town as long as it is being watched and we do not receive any complaints from the neighbors. If we receive complaints, we then ask the the people to put the fire out. If it is unattended we will call the Smith Twp. Fire Dept. to come out and  extinguish the fire.

The best advise for burning in town is to keep the fire small and use common sense, especially when it comes to the smoke blowing towards a neighbor’s house. Below is the Town Ordinance in full.

Thanks,

Chad Fulkerson

Marshal, Churubusco Police Dept.

91.06 BURNING TRASH IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to cause any
paper, trash, or other debris to be burned in the business or industrial areas
of the town, except where an approved, attended incinerator is used.

(B) The incinerator to be used shall be approved in writing by the Fire
Chief, and shall be attended at all times when in use.
(Ord. 366, passed 5-17-72) Penalty, see § 91.99

§ 91.99 PENALTY.

(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is
otherwise provided shall be fined not more than $100 for each offense. A
separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs
or continues.

(B) Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate or fail to comply
with the provisions of § 91.06 shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$50. (Ord. 366, passed 5-17-72)

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