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COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT 75 South Frontage Road West,Vail, CO 81657
February 8, 2010
HB Development Company
Attn: TJ Brink
80 South 8th Street, Suite 1275
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Re: Wood Burning Fireplaces
Dear TJ,
The question was asked if a wood burning fireplace could be installed at the Four Seasons pool area. This
issue is specifically regulated by Chapters 5-3, Air Pollution Controls, and 5-8, Open Burning, Vail Town Code.
Pursuant to Section 5-3-3, Fireplaces and Fuel Burning Devices Restricted, Vail Town Code:
"There shall be no wood burning fireplace and no solid fuel burning device, other than a certified solid
fuel burning device, constructed or installed within any dwelling unit, accommodation unit, employee
housing unit or common area within the town."
Pursuant to Section 5-3-4, Permitted Devices, Vail Town Code:
"Certified solid fuel burning devices, gas appliances, and gas log fireplaces shall be permitted to be
installed or constructed in dwelling units, accommodation units, restricted dwelling units or common
areas subject to the following provisions: ...
D. Common Area:Any common area shall contain not more than one certified solid fuel burning device,
or one gas log fireplace."
Since the pool area is defined by the Town Code as a common area of the Four Seasons, there shall be no
wood burning fireplace and no solid fuel burning device constructed or installed at the pool area. However, one
(1) certified solid fuel burning devices, gas appliances, and gas log fireplaces may be allowed as an alternative
to the proposed wood burning fireplace.
Pursuant to Section 5-8-1, Restrictions; Exceptions, Vail Town Code:
"No person shall burn, nor permit to be burned, any trash, paper, rubbish, wastepaper, wood, weeds,
brush, plants or other flammable or combustible material, nor kindle or maintain any bonfire on any
open premises owned or controlled by such person or in any public street, alley, park property or other
land adjacent to such premises except under the following conditions:
A. The burning is for the noncommercial cooking of food for human beings.
8. When the burning is a smokeless flare or a safety flare used to indicate some danger to the public.
C. Training conducted by the Vail Fire Department."
Since the proposed pool area fireplace does not meet the exemptions prescribed by the Town Code, no person
shall be permitted to burn wood or maintain a bonfire on the Four Seasons premises.
Please feel free to contact me directly at (970)479-2148 if you have any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Warren Campbell, AICP
Chief of Planning