HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 - Beach Fire Rings: Repeal of 2013’s Amendments to Rule 444 (Open Burning) - LetterMoya
Diane Brooks Dixon
Mayor Pro Tem
Kevin Muldoon
March 9, 2016
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Keith D. Curry
Dr. William A. Burke, Chairman
Marshan'Duffy" Duffield
South Coast AQMD Governing Board
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Tony Pezras
21865 Copley Drive
Edward D. serich
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
949 64x-3004 1949 644-3039 FAX
newportbeachca.gov
Dear Chairman Burke and Members of the Governing Board:
This letter is to formally state the City of Newport Beach's respectful request to
you and your colleagues on the Governing Board to reconsider the July 2013
amendments to Rule 444 (Open Burning) that limited beach burning, specifically
wood -burning beach fire rings within 700' of residences.
We are aware of the Board's and staffs efforts on this issue in 2013, and certainly
realize the difficult work that went Into adopting the amendments to the Rule.
At this point in 2016, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach believes that
the Rule should be revisited, and the 2013 provisions repealed. Doing so would
allow us greater flexibility in implementing local solutions in concert with local
and visitor desires as well as with the California Coastal Commission.
Additionally, amending the Rule may also allow us to end a challenging struggle to
appropriately enforce the Rule's provisions as we have implemented them.
Regular enforcement of the varying fuels allowed to be burned in our fire rings,
which are open to the public from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, has been costly and
only marginally successful.
The City would prefer that the Rule's provisions return to the language that was
used prior to the July 2013 amendments relating to beach burning. If you have
any questions about this request, please do not hesitate to ask.
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Mayor, Newport Beac
cc: Members of the Newport Beach City Council
Dr. Barry Wallerstein, South Coast AQMD Executive Officer
The Honorable Dwight Robinson, City Council Member of Lake Forest
Office of the Mayor