CASTELLAMMARE DEL GOLFO – Mayor’s ordinance Giuseppe Fausto which anticipates and extends the measures for fire prevention: i owners And fund managers they have the obligation Of provide at the cleaning of the land by May 15, 2024.
The municipal administration has also planned a fine of 450 euros for them violations of the fire prevention ordinance which provides the cleaning of the land and of neighboring areas to wooded areas, homes And streets.
What the ordinance says
It’s necessary eliminate “sheaves of cereals, herbs, – we read in the ordinance – branches, stubble, brambles, dry plants and leaves or other flammable material up to twenty meters from the edge of public roads and private roads used for public use, consequently taking care of the bare land and the cutting of hedges, grasses and branches that extend onto the roads themselves, as well as the immediate removal of all residues resulting from cleaning, depositing them where it is not possible to destroy them inside the property at a safe distance of no less than twenty meters from the edge or embankment of the roads“.
This distance of twenty meters “it will have to be doubled (forty meters) along the railway lines, the motorway, the road axis and along the roads where asphalt laying works are underway“.
What must be done by May 15th
By May 15th also the owners of uncultivated agricultural areas, uncultivated urban green areas, the owners of villas and the administrators of buildings with attached green areas, the owners of buildings intended for agriculture, the managers of building and road sites, tourist facilities, artisanal and commercial with adjoining appurtenant areas “are required to cleaning of land invaded by vegetation at one’s own expense and at one’s own expenseby removing any element or condition that could represent a danger to public safety and hygiene“.
What will happen dfrom 15 May to 31 October 2024
From 15 May to 31 October 2024 it is prohibited throughout the municipal territory light fires of any kinduse open flame appliances or electrical That they produce sparks, open or clean up the firebreak avenues with the use of fire.
Whoever has to turn on the fire for the cleaning of the fundswithin the times and in the manner permitted, must “preliminarily establish suitable means of extinguishing, following the instructions given by the Departmental Inspectorate of Forests of Trapani and exercising the necessary surveillance until any risk is averted“.
The mayor’s words Giuseppe Fausto
“We have adapted the terms to the forest firefighting season by bringing forward the date by which to clean the land to 15 May and extending the ban on lighting fires to 31 October. We invite citizens to clean the land as soon as possible because land covered with spontaneous vegetation becomes easily flammable and therefore causes fires but also the ideal habitat for the proliferation of insects – says the mayor Giuseppe Fausto -. I also remember that we have provided for a fixed fine of 450 euros for those who do not comply with the ordinance, eliminating the minimum fee which started from 25 euros. An adjustment that also concerns other types of violation of ordinances and regulations with the same sanction, for those who, for example, dispose of and abandon special and dangerous waste“.
What are the sanctions
In case of fires there administrative sanction for each hectare or fraction thereof burned, varies from 51.65 to 258.23 euros.
In the event of a fire occurring during the period from 15 May to 15 October 2024one will be applied administrative sanction what’s going from 1,032 euros to 10,329 euros.
