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March 30, 1994 !�
MAR 3 01994
CITY CLERK
The Honorable Larry R. Curtis, Mayor Cfry OF AMES, IQHA
And Members of the City Council
Of The City of Ames, Iowa
Re: Leaf Burning
Dear Mayor Curtis and Council Members:
You will recall that last fall you received some correspondence from per-
sons wishing to have an ordinance to prohibit the open burning of leaves.
The current open burning regulations, found at Sec. 8. 113 of the Municipal
Code, allow open burning of leaves but requires the fire to be put out if
anyone complains about it. Council referred the matter to me for an ordi-
nance revision, but without any specific indication of what form the revi-
sion was to take. Subsequently, the Council directed that they could wait
until after the budget process was complete.
This week Council Member Wirth has asked that I prepare, for your consider-
ation, an ordinance that would revise the open burning regulations to ban
the burning of leaves. It is her information that the properties of burn-
ing leaves are uniquely troublesome for some people, causing health prob-
lems not associated with burning wood or grass.
With this is an ordinance prepared as requested to revise the open burning
regulations to ban leaf burning. The matter will be placed on the agenda
of a meeting when directed by the Council .
Yours truly,
John R. Klaus
City Attorney
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