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RESOLUTION OPPOSING BAN ON BURNING YARD WASTE IN
THE BREMERTON BURN BAN AREA.
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton, the primary jurisdiction within the
burn ban area, in order to protect the health of its citizens,
requires yard waste to be removed, along with other refuge, only
by an authorized garbage collector unless burned under a special
permit issued by the Fire Marshall, and
WHEREAS, other urban areas such as King County, have developed
viable alternatives such as central composting which are not
available to residents in the Bremerton Area, thus creating high
costs for curbside pickup and consumption of scarce land fill
resources not justified by any threat to public health when burning
is limited to periods of favorable weather; and
WHEREAS, air pollution contributed by the infrequent burning of
yard debris pales in comparison to the air pollution contributed
by slash burning on timber tracks and land clearing in developing
areas surrounding the Bremerton Burn Ban Area; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL
That the City of Bremerton is opposed to expanding the scope of
regulations in the Bremerton Burn Ban Area to restrict burning of
residential leaves, limbs, and other yard debris under favorable
weather conditions.
PASSED by City Council of the City of Br~ herton this /~
day of November, 1989.
SPENCER HORNING, President
Bremerton City Council
APPROVED this 13th day of November, 1989.
LON OVERSON (as Pro Tem)
GENE LOBE, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY
City Clerk