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Committee moves to refer proposed ordinance to give BurnSafe TN authority over urban burn permits
Summary
A draft ordinance would rescind local open-burning restrictions in the urban services district and default issuance and enforcement of burn permits and burn bans to the state forestry program (BurnSafe TN); a motion was made to send the ordinance to codes and zoning with a favorable recommendation and a revised effective date, but no recorded roll-call vote appears in the transcript.
The committee considered a draft ordinance to rescind local open-burning restrictions in the urban services district and allow the state forestry service (via the BurnSafe TN web system) to handle burn-permit issuance and burn bans.
An agency official presented the proposal and said rescinding local restrictions would place the urban services…
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