Edmonton : Règlement no 14600, art. 18.1(2) — Community Standards Bylaw

Subsection (1) does not apply if the owner, on a balance of probabilities, satisfies the court that, at the time the motor vehicle was involved in the contravention, the owner was not present in the motor vehicle and no other person was operating the motor vehicle with the owner’s express or implied consent. EXCEPTIONS 24 Nothing in this Part prohibits:

• (a) the City, its agents or employees, from managing the accumulation of snow and ice on highways and on City property; or
• (b) situations where the City Manager has issued a permit allowing the production of certain sounds on whatever conditions the City Manager deems appropriate. PART IV - OUTDOOR FIRES DEFINITIONS 25 In this Part:
• (a) “ fire ” includes any combustion whether or not flame is present or visible;
• (b) “ fire ban ” means a period of time designated by the City Manager when, due to extremely dry or other unsafe environmental conditions, outdoor fires are prohibited;
• (c) “ fire pit ” means a structure used for recreational fires that complies with section 27; and
• (d) “ fire place ” means a structure used for recreational fires Bylaw 14600 Page 16 of 29 that complies with section 28. PROHIBITED FIRES 26 (1) A person shall not cause or permit an outdoor fire on land they own or occupy. EXCEPTIONS (2) This section does not apply to:
• (a) cooking food using an appliance designed and intended for that purpose and fuelled only by:
• (i) liquid petroleum gas;
• (ii) natural gas;
• (iii) dry, preservative free wood or wood products; or
• (iv) charcoal;
• (b) smudge fires for the purpose of repelling insects or preventing frost in an orchard or garden provided that
• (i) the fire is contained within a non-combustible receptacle; and
• (ii) the land on which the fire is located is at least 0.5 hectares in area;
• (c) recreational fires fuelled only by dry, preservative free wood or wood products and fully contained within a fire pit or fire place; or
• (d) an outdoor fire for which a permit has been issued by the City Manager. FIRE PIT 27 A fire pit must: REQUIREMENTS
• (a) be located at least three metres from any building, property line, or combustible material;
• (b) be fully enclosed on all sides and constructed entirely from brick, concrete block, heavy gauge metal, or other non- combustible material; and
• (c) have an opening that is:
• (i) no more than one metre across;
• (ii) no more than 60 centimetres above the surrounding Bylaw 14600 Page 17 of 29 surface grade; and
• (iii) covered with a non-combustible mesh screen with openings no greater than 1.25 centimetres across. FIRE PLACE 28 A fire place must: STANDARDS
• (a) be located at least one metre from any building, property line, or combustible material;
• (b) be constructed entirely from brick, concrete block, heavy gauge metal, or other non-combustible material;
• (c) have a base fire burning area that is at least 30 centimetres above the surrounding surface grade;
• (d) have a fire burning area that is no more than 1.25 metres wide and between 40 centimetres and 60 centimetres deep;
• (e) have a chimney that
• (i) extends at least 2.5 metres above the base fire burning area; and
• (ii) is covered with a non-combustible mesh screen with openings no greater than 1.25 centimetres across. FIRE BAN 29 Notwithstanding anything in this Part,

a person shall not cause or permit an outdoor fire on land they own or occupy while a fire ban is in effect. NUISANCE FIRE 29.1 (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Part,

a person shall not cause or permit an outdoor fire on land they own or occupy that is reasonably likely to disturb the peace of any other individual.