Garbage – City of Vinton, Louisiana https://cityofvinton.com Gateway to Cajun Country Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:02:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://cityofvinton.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-vintonseal-e1513277714241-32x32.jpg Garbage – City of Vinton, Louisiana https://cityofvinton.com 32 32 Burn Permits & Trash Pick-Up https://cityofvinton.com/burn-permits-trash-pick-up/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:47:00 +0000 http://cityofvinton.com/?p=2446 The City of Vinton will temporarily suspend issuing burn permits. However, you can still burn materials if you follow all the rules. Failure to do so may result in a call-out by the Vinton Fire Department and possible fines.

Garbage pick-up by Waste Management will continue at the regular time.

For reference, Section 10-3 of the Vinton, LA Code of Ordinances allows for the opening burning of certain materials under the following guidelines:

  • Allowed are leaves, limbs under six inches in diameter, and other plant material.
  • Fire confined in an area not larger than ten (10) feet in diameter with a height of not more than four (4) feet.
  • Limited to daylight hours.
  • Recreational fires limited to an area three (3) feet in diameter and two (2) feet in height.
  • Burning area should be fifty (50) feet or more from any structure or combustible material.
  • The burning of rubbish, plastics, rubber, or similar products is prohibited.
  • Monitor the fire in progress and have on hand a fire extinguisher or other approved on-site fire extinguishing equipment such as dirt, sand, water barrel, garden hose, or water truck. All fires should be extinguished by sunset.
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