GUIDELINES & REGULATIONS: 

• Except for permitted commercial burning, all materials shall be burned in a commercially manufactured or constructed container such as a fire pit, fireplace, burn barrel, outdoor stove, etc. Residential open burning of approved materials is permitted so long as the size of the pile of materials does not exceed 36 square feet and no more than four feet in height.
• No person shall burn matter in a manner which causes a health hazard or generates noxious or toxic fumes.
• No person shall burn materials in such a manner which will deposit ash on adjoining property.
• The only materials permitted to be burned are natural vegetation and untreated wood products. No person shall burn plastics, shingles, tires, laminated or glued wood products, wiring, metal, or insulation. No person shall burn natural vegetation the is known to cause allergic reactions or other health issues, such as poison ivy, poison oak, etc.
• No person shall burn matter in the open (outside a container) within 50 feet of any structure.
• No person shall burn when wind conditions reach 10 miles per hour or more, nor when a burn ban has been issued by the fire marshal or his/her designee.
• An adult shall attend any fire from the time it is set until it is extinguished.
• No person shall burn matter in a manner which violates state or federal law.
• The limbs and brush must be indigenous to the site of the burn meaning it must have been grown there.
• Material to be burned cannot be shipped to the site of the burn and cannot include any building wood or other construction components.
• All fires must be extinguished before dark.
• Open burning that does not meet the above requirements will be deemed a violation and subject to a fine of $250.00 for malicious burning.
• Open commercial burning at construction sites must be approved and permitted by the Fire Marshal or his/her designee. See information at right in attached packet.