ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance introduced an ordinance that could expand criminal charges for a larger range of negligent burning within the municipality.
Anchorage municipal code already prohibits “criminally negligent burning” that damages the property of another, making it a class A misdemeanor.
The new ordinance adds to that code, specifically prohibiting a person from lighting or building fires on another person’s property without consent, on sidewalks, or in violation of a burn ban…