Gilpin Township is considering changes to its decades-old burning ordinance.
The updated ordinance, to be voted on next month, would allow residents more leeway when burning on their property.
Supervisor Charles Stull said at a meeting this week that the township’s original ordinance was passed in 1997, and contains several contradictory phrases and confusing language. The supervisors began revising the ordinance last month.
“A lot of it was focused on preventing weird things,” Stull said of the original ordinance. “One thing was that people weren’t allowed to burn on Mondays … because Monday was considered ‘laundry day’ back in the day. That’s when people would hang out their laundry to dry.”