604.1 Open fires shall be prohibited, except as otherwise provided by § 604.2.

604.2 Open fires may be permitted for one (1) or more of the following reasons or purposes:

1. (a) The performance of an official duty by any public health or public safety officer, after notification to the Mayor;
2. (b) Prevention of a fire hazard which cannot be abated by other means;
3. (c) Instruction of public fire fighters under the supervision of a designated fire marshal;
4. (d) Recreational purposes, including the cooking of food for human consumption on other than commercial premises; or
5. (e) Providing warmth for construction or other workers by use of Salamander heaters or other heating devices approved by the Mayor.

SOURCE: Section 3 of the District of Columbia Air Pollution Control Act of 1984, D.C. Law 5-165, § 604, 32 DCR 565, 609 (February 1, 1985).