Resolution No.18-2023 SUSPENSION OF BAN ON OPEN FIRES AND USE OF FIREWORKS

RESOLUTION NO. 18-2023

SUSPENSION OF BAN ON OPEN FIRES AND USE OF FIREWORKS

WHEREAS, Montezuma County Ordinance No. 2-2015 prohibits open fires and the use
of fireworks in unincorporated areas of Montezuma County, except the Montezuma County Board
of County Commissioners, based upon competent evidence may by resolution suspend said ban
from time to time to the degree and manner consistent with existing wildfire dangers; and

WHEREAS, competent evidence has been presented of sufficient moisture throughout
Montezuma County temporarily reducing existing wildfire dangers to more normal conditions;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Montezuma County Board of County
Commissioners that the ban on open fires and the use of fireworks is hereby suspended beginning
at 6:00 a.m. on September 6,2023. The suspension shall continue in effect until cancelled pursuant
to Montezuma County Ordinance No. 2-2015