30.53A.298 Open burning.
A burn permit is required for the kindling or maintaining of an open fire or a fire on any public street, alley, road, or other public or private ground.
The following prohibitions and requirements apply to all outdoor burning:
(1) Size of permitted burn pile for natural unprocessed vegetation. The size of a permitted burn pile comprised of dry yard and garden waste shall not exceed four x four x three feet.
(2) Prohibited materials. The following materials may not be burned in any outdoor fire:
Garbage, dead animals, asphalt, petroleum products, paints, rubber products, plastics, paper (other than what is necessary to start a fire), cardboard, treated wood, construction/demolition debris, metal, or any substance (other than natural vegetation) that normally releases toxic emissions, dense smoke, or obnoxious odors when burned.
(3) Hauled material. No outdoor fire may contain material (other than firewood) that has been hauled from an area where outdoor burning of the material is prohibited under WAC 173-425-040. Any outdoor burning of material hauled from areas where outdoor burning of the material is allowed requires an appropriate permit under WAC 173-425-060(2).
(4) Open fires at county landfill sites are prohibited.
(5) Urban growth areas. Residential burning and land clearing burning may not be allowed in any urban growth areas.
(6) Curtailments. No outdoor fire may be ignited in a geographical area where:
(a) Ecology has declared an air pollution episode;
(b) Ecology or a local air authority has declared impaired air quality; or
(c) A burn ban is in effect.
(7) Unlawful outdoor burning. It is unlawful for any person to cause or allow outdoor burning that causes an emission of smoke or any other air contaminant that is detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any person, that causes damage to property or business, or that causes a nuisance.
(8) Recreational fires. When allowed recreational fires as defined in the IFC do not require a burn permit. (Added by Ord. 07-087, Sept. 5, 2007, Eff date Sept. 21, 2007; Amended by Amended Ord. 14-059, Aug. 27, 2014, Eff date Sept. 13, 2014; Amended by Amended Ord. 21-031, July 14, 2021, Eff date July 25, 2021).