If you are caught open burning, you could be facing a very stiff penalty.
The ordinance, which passed unanimously, makes open burning during burn bans a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $10,000 fine.cause open burning on the property of another person at a time when open burning is suspended or prohibited permit any open burning on public land to continue in that person’s presence without calling emergency services, when open burning is suspended or prohibitedA separate ordinance was introduced at the meeting to make this codified in Anchorage Municipal Code.
That will be considered at a public hearing on June 7.
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