A. A person is guilty of reckless burning if he knowingly causes a fire or explosion, whether on his own property or that of another and thereby recklessly places a building or other structure or any vehicle, railway car, aircraft or watercraft or any hay, grain, crop or timber, whether cut or standing, in danger of destruction or damage.

B. In any prosecution for reckless burning, it shall be a defense if the defendant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that no person other than the defendant had a possessory or pecuniary interest in the damaged or endangered property, or if other persons had such an interest, all of them consented to the defendant’s conduct and that the defendant’s sole intent was to destroy or damage the property for a lawful purpose.

C. Reckless burning is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 499 §2 (part), 1978).