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(a) “Domestic Waste” means leaf and yard waste and/or box board waste and/or waste material resulting from construction activities, including without limitation, grass clippings, twigs, house and garden plants, saw dust, wood shavings, planking, siding, wood beams, cereal, shoe, tissue, detergent, and frozen food boxes or other similar items.
(b) “Fire Chief” means the Chief Director of the Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency Service, the Captain or Chief Officer of a fire department or fire company, Fire Prevention Officers or other person designated by the Chief in and for the fire protection district of the Municipality in which the fire is proposed to be ignited or has been ignited.
(c) “Fire Protection District” means that area of the Municipality which a fire department or a fire company serves and for which it is responsible.
(d) “Municipality” means the Halifax Regional Municipality.
(e) “Permit” means a permit for burning in the open air issued by the Fire Chief under authority of this By-Law.
(f) “Suitably Equipped” means being in possession of tools or equipment, including without limitation, brooms, rakes, back tanks, shovels, hoses and an adequate water supply, which shall be used to contain and/or prevent the spread of a fire ignited in the open air.
(g) “Grate” means a metal rack supported on a non-combustible enclosure.
(h) “No Burn Zone” means the area designated as such by Administrative Order Number 33.
(i) “Open Air” means not within a structure.
(j) “Person in Charge of a Fire” means the owner of the property upon which the burning is taking place, or the person who has the owner’s written consent to conduct the burning.
(k) “Outdoor Wood Burning Appliance” means an appliance used in the open air to burn wood. This does not include external wood furnaces.
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