ORD20121364-Chapter9-Open Fires
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
ORDINANCE #1364
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 9,
SECTION 9.14 (4),
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
(Open Fires Restricted)
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 9, Section 9.14 (4), of the Municipal Code of the City of Muskego is
hereby amended to read as follows:
9.14 OPEN FIRES RESTRICTED
(4) EMERGENCIES. Whenever, because of extreme dryness or drought, the Mayor upon
recommendation of the Fire Chief, shall deem it necessary to prohibit the setting of fires upon
any land within the City, he shall by proclamation, declare an emergency and cause to be
published in the official newspaper a notice forbidding the setting of fires with the City or any
part thereof and/or have broadcast on radio or T.V. such notice, and after publishing or
broadcasting of such notice, no person shall set any fire upon lands in such area except for
warming the person or cooking food until the expiration of such emergency. Due to extreme
dryness or drought, the Mayor upon recommendation of the Fire Chief, shall also deem it
necessary to place a temporary ban on fireworks (Ordinance 9.03).
SECTION 2: The several sections of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. If any
section or portion thereof shall be declared by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, such decision shall apply only to the specific section or
portion thereof directly specified in the decision, and not affect the validity of all other provisions,
sections, or portion thereof of the Ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect. Any
other Ordinance whose terms are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance is hereby
repealed as to those terms that conflict.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication.
rd
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 23 DAY OF OCTOBER , 2012.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
_______________________________
Kathy Chiaverotti, Mayor
ATTEST: First reading: October 9, 2012
_________________________
Clerk-Treasurer
10/12jmb
Notice of Newly Enacted Ordinance Published: November 1, 2012