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Depew adopts local law to address excessive backyard fires; enforcement complaint-driven
Summary
Village trustees adopted Local Law No. 3 of 2025 to restore enforcement authority over open fires and incinerators after a prior repeal; the law allows police and fire departments to act on neighbor complaints but does not ban recreational fires when compliant with rules.
The Village of Depew Board of Trustees adopted Local Law No. 3 of 2025 at its Sept. 22 meeting, restoring local enforcement authority over open fires and incinerators that trustees said had been removed from the village code about a decade earlier.
Trustees said the law is intended to give police and the fire department an enforcement mechanism when neighbors report persistent or hazardous fires, such as a fire burning for multiple hours and…
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