Ord 0523-AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 380

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ORDINANCE NO. Z 2,;Z AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 380 OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE .ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE.AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR EXPLOSION, AND ESTABLISHING A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFOR AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF". THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Section 26.20 of Article 26 of Ordinance No.380 of the Town of Los Gatos entitled "An Ordinance adopting a fire prevention code prescribing regulations governing conditions 'hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, and estab- lishing a bureau of fire prevention and providing officers therefor and defining their powers and duties and providing penalties for the violation thereof", passed and adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on July 18, 1955 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 26.20. Burning Regulations. SECTION 26.20.1. Open Fires Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to ignite, kindle, light or maintain, or cause, suffer or allow to be ignited, kindled lighted or maintained, an open outdoor fire within the limits of the Town of Los Gatos, County of Santa Clara. SECTION 26.20.2. Definitions. An "Open Outdoor Fire" as herein stated shall mean any combustion of combustible materials of any kind, outdoors in the open, not in any enclosure where the products of combustion are not directed through a flue A "flue" as herein stated shall mean any duct or passage for air, gases or the like, such as a stack or chimney. "Household Rubbish" as herein stated shall mean waste materials and trash, including garden trash, trimmings and prunings normally accumulated by a family in a residence in the course of ordinary day-to-day living, but it shall not include rubber materials, wire insulation or any other materials creating excessive smoke or offensive odor when burned. "High Winds" as herein stated` shall mean any wind which the Fire Department considers hazardous to safe burning. practices at any given geographical location within the limits of the Town of Los Gatos,, County of Santa Clara. "Fire Department" as herein stated shall mean the Fire Chief, Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau and/or his duly authorized agents. "Normal Agricultural Operation" as herein stated shall mean that operation in which it is necessary to accumulate annual or semi-annual trimmings and/or prunings of trees or vines to -1-