§ 46-70. Declaration of intent.

(a)

F.S. ch. 125, authorizes the board of county commissioners of Pasco County to promulgate and adopt an open burning code in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Pasco County.

(b)

It is hereby determined that uniform regulation and control of air pollution emitted by open burning throughout the entire area of Pasco County is required in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Pasco County. This regulation is hereby enacted pursuant to authority granted to the board under F.S. ch. 125.

(c)

The board recognizes that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry (DOF), have certain concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to F.S. chs. 403 and 590, and that such jurisdiction is implemented through chs. 62-256 and 5I-2, Florida Administrative Code [F.A.C.]. Further, it is recognized that the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners desires to protect the public from the hazards associated with uncontrolled burning, and to deter the theft of copper wire through prohibition of burning of the insulation surrounding the wire by unauthorized persons. It is the intent of the board to require, in Pasco County, compliance with rules of the FDEP, the DOF, and certain stricter local standards, so as to further the policy of protecting air quality existing at the time the board adopted its standards, and of upgrading or enhancing air quality, and to cooperate and coordinate with the DOF and the FDEP to achieve the mutual goals of the board, the DOF and the FDEP.

(d)

It is the board's intent in adopting this regulation that it be supplemental and cumulative to any state or federal regulation governing this subject matter and there is no intent to weaken any existing regulation.

(Ord. No. 08-41, § 1, 9-23-08)