Council Approves New Wood Burning Ordinance in Concept
Staff Will Come Back with Final Ordinance – After considerable discussion, the Davis City Council unanimously asked staff to come back with an ordinance similar to the staff recommendation on wood burning. Brett Lee ultimately made the motion to include an exception for EPA-certified stoves, as the threshold in this ordinance would have been detrimental to a typical person.
Councilmember Lee also wanted it expanded to 365 days a year. “We’ll call this a first step, we’ll see what happens,” he said. “We’ll come back to this in six months’ time and then we’ll try to have something crafted based upon our experience in terms of typical person versus visible smoke. That gets us going so that we’re in place for this winter.”