<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-1. - Burning regulations.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Purpose.</span> It is the intent and purpose of this section to enact fire control provisions which
               shall protect the health and safety of the residents of the county during times of
               hazardous forest fire conditions or during air pollution episodes as declared by competent
               authority.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Restrictions.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite
               any material, to engage in brush pile burning, the burning of other debris and the
               starting of any fires within the county during periods of hazardous forest fire conditions
               or during air pollution episodes as declared by the secretary of the department of
               natural and economic resources for the county for any of the counties adjoining this
               county pursuant to G.S. 14-149 or any other applicable statute, rule or regulation.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Penalty for violation of section.</span> Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
               misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 nor imprisonment of not
               more than 30 days, in the discretion of the court, as provided by G.S. 14-4.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Area covered.</span> This section shall be effective within the corporate limits and extraterritorial
               jurisdiction of any municipality within the county which shall so agree by appropriate
               resolution.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 8-1)
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Open burning in non-high-hazard counties, G.S. 113-60.24 et seq.
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