Caledon By-law 2016-092, s. 1 — In this by-law

In this by-law:

• “Approved ” shall mean permission being granted the Town’s Fire Chief or his Town Designate; “Agricultural Burn ” shall mean a temporary Burn Permit for agricultural properties as defined; “Agricultural Property ” shall mean a property used for agricultural purposes, specifically the cultivation of the soil and the associated production of field crops, vegetables, fruit, horticultural crops and nursery stock and the limited accessory processing, storage, promotion and selling of such products primarily produced on the farm; the breeding, caring and/or keeping of livestock including horses and bees and the selling of such stock or the product of such stock and the management of woodlands and the sale of related products including fuel wood, Christmas trees and maple products and includes a farm dwelling and accessory buildings and uses; “Burn Ban ” shall mean a prohibition on all Open Air and Recreational fires due to an unacceptable fire or health risk to the community resulting from a lack of precipitation, poor air quality or for any other such reason, as declared by the Fire Chief or his Town Designate; “Burn Permit ” shall mean permission granted by the Fire Chief or his Town Designate, in writing, in the appropriate form, and for a specified time period, to set a fire in the Open Air or in an outdoor fireplace, and is referenced in this By- law as “Permit”, “ Open Air Burn Permit ”, “Recreational Permit”, or “Agricultural Permit”; “Council ” shall mean the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Caledon; “Nuisance ” shall mean excessive smoke, smell, airborne sparks or embers that are likely to disturb others; “Open Air ” shall mean any open place, yard or field which is not enclosed by a building, structure, as defined by the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c.23, as amended, or an approved appliance; “Open Air Burning ” shall mean a fire set in the Open Air, on lots exceeding half (1/2) an acre; “Outdoor fireplace ” shall mean a manufactured or other approved non-combustible enclosed container with a spark arrestor designed to hold a small fire for decorative purposes, the size of which is no larger than 1 meter in any direction, and may include, but is not limited to, chimineas; “Owner ” means the Person holding registered title to the land, and/or a lessee, tenant, occupant, mortgagee in possession, or any Person occupying or having care and control of the land; “Permit Holder ” means the Person named on the permit, and includes the Owner; “Person ” shall mean an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, trust organization, trustee or agent and the heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of a Person to whom the context can apply according to law; “Public property ” includes the property owned or occupied by the Town, or any other corporation of a metropolitan, regional or district municipality, a county, city, town, village, township or improvement district including a local board thereof, a commission, a conservation authority, the Province of Ontario, the Dominion of Canada, including any agency thereof; “Recreational Burn ” shall mean a fire contained to an outdoor fireplace; “Refuse ” shall mean any article, thing, matter or any effluent belonging to or associated with a house or household, any industry, trade or business, and without limiting the foregoing, may include: