Bonfire Pits

[Kimmifunn]

So I was watching the show Laguna Beach... I know, I know...

The kids were out on the beach where there was a big concrete "bowl" looking thing that they were having a bonfire in. It was probably 3' high and 8' wide. I thought it was such a cool idea..but what would the guidelines be for something like that? Could Sowal ever have anything like that? I guess in Laguna the beaches are a little longer...but it just seemed like a great concept as opposed to digging a ditch, getting a permit (maybe they had to have one) and dragging all the old trees down. :scratch:

Thoughts? Sure this will get shot down fast...but wanted to see how it could work down there.

 

[Smiling JOe]

From the County Ordinances:

Sec. 22-54. Regulation of use and conduct on the beach and water bodies. (b) Fires.
(b) Fires.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to ignite or maintain, or participate in the maintenance of, a bonfire or campfire on the beach of the Gulf of Mexico, without a permit as provided herein. No fires will be allowed within 100 feet of a marked turtle nest or within 50 feet of vegetation line or within 100 feet of any habitable structure.

(2) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for a person to fail to clean up after the fire has been extinguished.

(3) All fires must be in county issued containers and only combustible material free of nails, glass, and other potentially dangerous items may be used in any fire.

(4) All persons desiring to obtain a 24-hour permit for a fire on public or private land within the area described herein above shall apply for a fire permit from the beach activity coordinator. All applications for fire permits shall set forth in detail the following:

a. Full name and address of the applicant;

b. The date and time the fire is to be set;

c. The kind or type of fire to be set;

d. The materials to be burned;

e. The specific location of the fire;

f. Written consent of private property owners;

g. The safeguards to be taken to protect the public and other property from injury; and

h. Such other information as may be prescribed by the beach activity coordinator.

(5) The fee for the issuance of the fire permit shall be $50.00.

(6) Permits shall not be issued when the beach activity coordinator has good reason to believe that the proposed fire will endanger the public health, safety, welfare, or other people or property, or when the division of forestry issues a No Burn Order.

(7) Issuance of a permit by the county shall not excuse or relieve the applicant from any liability or responsibility for damages which may result from carelessness or neglect in setting, starting, looking after, or guarding a fire.

(8) Owners of property adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico are exempt from the requirement to have all fires in a county issued container and from the fee. Property owners shall be provided a single permit and shall be required to notify the beach activity coordinator or his designee when a fire will be burned.

(9) Fireworks shall be used in accordance with F.S. ch. 791.