Outdoor Burning

Section F-403.0: Outdoor Burning

Outdoor burning of refuse IS PROHIBITED including the burning brush, leaves, waste, and grass clippings.

A wood-burning unit may be used in the City of Jackson only if it is used in accordance with all of the following provisions:

(1)

The wood-burning unit shall only be used to burn clean wood. The wood-burning unit shall not be used to burn refuse, waste, brush, leaves, grass clippings, or any material or substance other than clean wood.

(2)

The wood-burning unit shall be located in the rear yard only. For the purpose of this section only, on corner lots, the rear yard shall be considered the yard opposite the street on which the front door of the house faces.

(3)

The wood-burning unit shall be located no closer than twenty-five (25) feet from any structure. The wood-burning unit shall be located no closer than fifteen (15) feet from any neighboring property line.

(4)

The wood-burning unit or burning materials within the unit shall not cause a nuisance to neighbors. Reasonably objectionable smoke, odor, or smell shall be deemed a nuisance and is prohibited.

(5)

Operational hours for any wood-burning unit shall be limited to the time between 9:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m.

(6)

All fires shall be diligently supervised by at least one person who is 18 years of age or older.

(7)

There shall be a minimum of a garden hose connected to a reliable water supply, a bucket filled with no less than two (2) gallons of clean water, or a properly functioning portable fire extinguisher, rated 2-A; 10-B, C, in plain view and within fifteen (15) feet from any wood-burning unit.

(8)

The wood-burning unit shall be no wider than three (3) feet in diameter and no higher than three (3) feet above the base of the wood-burning unit, which makes direct contact with the bottom of the burning materials in the wood-burning unit. A chiminea shall be no higher than five (5) feet above the base, which makes direct contact with the bottom of the burning materials in the chiminea.

(9)

The wood-burning unit shall be enclosed on all sides and the bottom, and shall have a metallic screen or cover that completely covers the top of the wood-burning unit. The metallic screen or cover covering the top of the wood-burning unit shall be no larger than one-third-inch metallic meshing. Burning materials shall be completely contained within the wood-burning unit. The wood-burning unit shall only be constructed of metal, concrete, clay, or other similar non-combustible materials.

(10)

The materials being burned in the wood-burning unit shall not make direct contact with the ground. The base of the wood-burning unit, which makes direct contact with the bottom of the burning materials in the wood-burning unit, shall not make direct contact with the ground.

(11)

The wood-burning unit shall only be used with the express permission of the property owner or tenant.

(12)

The wood-burning unit shall only be used at a one-family or two-family dwelling.

(13)

Any user of a wood-burning unit shall comply with the directions, instructions, and warnings provided by the manufacturer of the wood-burning unit. If the directions, instructions, and warnings provided by the manufacturer conflict with any provision in this section, the provision in this section shall control.

(14)

There shall only be one (1) active wood-burning unit at a property at a time.

AN EXAMPLE OF AN ALLOWED WOOD BURNING UNIT WITHIN THE CITY IS BELOW.