Forest
Lake, Minnesota
Locally, Forest Lake is just one city which has prohibited
OWB’s
from high density residential areas and implemented guidelines for where they
are
allowed.
They have also banned their use during the Summer months, given the health and
nuisance factors for neighbors. Official minutes from Forest Lake City Council
meetings and their ordinance is available at their online web site. The ordinance
number is 153.260.
http://www.ci.forest-lake.mn.us/
Eyota, Minnesota
Here is Eyota, MN's wood boiler ordinance, with some similarities
to Forest Lake's. The ordinance number is ORD 117. http://eyota.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6CE83C20-8B6D-4FED-AEB8-A5C075C0905B}&DE={10C22753-9699-40D5-8F77-DEFA88EB71A5}
Example Ordinance from the Environmental Agency
This is the EPA's model ordinance for OWB's. http://www.epa.gov/woodheaters/pdfs/mi_model_ordinance.pdf
Example Ordinance
from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - New Prague, Minnesota
Here is the Minnesota Pollution Control Agencies example of an Amending
Ordinance for the City of New Prague, MN". This is the ordinance the
MPCA recommends as a guideline. Click here
to download the .doc file.
Battle Lake, Minnesota
http://www.ci.battle-lake.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BD70447F8-39DE-4DE3-AE68-D0CACA784A3A%7D
Small town municipalities across the country are enacting
ordinances because of the growing complaints.
Ross, Pennsylvania
http://www.rosstwp.com/Ordinances/RossOrdinance.pdf
Chestnuthill, Pennsylvania
http://www.chestnuthilltwp-pa.gov/ordinances/OUTDOOR_WOOD-FIRED_BURNERS_8-27-08_(3).pdf
Kirkwood, New York
http://beta.townofkirkwood.org/codebook/codebook-pdf/FURNACE%20-%20OUTDOOR%20WOOD%20(2451-2455).pdf
Vernon, Wisconsin
http://www.townofvernon.org/Uploads%20to%20Website/Ord%20Minutes/2005/032805.pdf
Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania
http://www.hollidaysburgpa.org/everettboro/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=502752#Chapter_7_Part_2
Penn, Pennsylvania
http://www.co.berks.pa.us/penn/lib/penn/solid_fuel_burning_ordinance-2008-02.pdf
Seymour, Connecticut
http://www.seymourct.org/pdf/Open%20Burning%20Ordinance%20proposal%202008.pdf
Middleton, Wisconsin
http://www.ci.middleton.wi.us/City/Departments/Clerk/ordinances/middch17.pdf
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