§ 16-21. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Campfire means an open outdoor fire which is used only for the cooking of food or for providing personal warmth for human beings or for recreational purposes.

Consumer firework, display firework, and fireworks , for purposes of interpretation of this article, will have the same meaning as set forth in A.R.S. § 36-1601.

Emergency management officer means the county emergency management coordinator or designee.

Fire-ban zone means a delineated portion of the unincorporated area of the county, having a designation and boundary as set forth and defined in attachment 1 to the ordinance from which this article is derived, which is on file in the county offices, which may be the subject of a fire emergency determination pursuant to this article.

Open fire means a fire where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or a chimney. This includes burning in a burn barrel.

Outdoor fire and permissible consumer fireworks prohibition means a prohibition on open fires, campfires, and permissible consumer fireworks enacted by the board pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-251(63).

Permissible consumer fireworks , for purposes of interpretation of this article, is specifically limited to the definition set forth in A.R.S. § 36-1601(5)(a), and:

(1)

Includes the following types of consumer fireworks as defined by the APA 87-1:

a.

Ground and handheld sparkling devices;

b.

Cylindrical fountains;

c.

Cone fountains;

d.

Illuminating torches;

e.

Wheels;

f.

Ground spinners;

g.

Flitter sparklers;

h.

Toy smoke devices;

i.

Wire sparklers or dipped sticks; and

j.

Multiple tube ground and handheld sparkling devices, cylindrical fountains, cone fountains and illuminating torches manufactured in accordance with section 3.5 of the APA 87-1.

(2)

Does not include anything that is designed or intended to rise into the air and explode or to detonate in the air or to fly above the ground, including firework items defined by the APA 87-1 and known as firecrackers, bottle rockets, sky rockets, missile-type rockets, helicopters, aerial spinners, torpedoes, Roman candles, mine devices, shell devices and aerial shell kits or reloadable tubes.

Unincorporated area means the unincorporated area of the county, exclusive of areas under the jurisdiction of the United States, the state or a federally-recognized Indian tribe.

( Ord. No. 2013-04 , § I, 5-6-2013)

State law reference

Similar provisions, A.R.S. § 36-1601.