Kelowna By-law 10760, s. 22.4.1 — Fire and Life Safety Bylaw

Every person who, willfully or recklessly and without reasonable cause, causes a nuisance or disturbance by:

• a) setting a fire to which the Fire Department must respond;
• b) making or causing to be made a false alarm;
• c) causing a fire or loss that can be directly attributed to the use of fireworks contrary to the requirements and restrictions of this Bylaw, as amended, or;
• d) carrying out open air burning of combustible materials without a permit; shall, in addition to any penalty imposed under this Bylaw or otherwise by law, shall be liable to pay the actual costs and expenses incurred by the Fire Department in abating that nuisance by responding to and investigating the fire, loss or false alarm, calculated in accordance with the rates set out in Schedule “B” of this Bylaw.