Fire Regulations in Aurora, IL (2026)
5 verified fire regulations for Aurora, Illinois, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Aurora requires a fire code operational permit for every open fire, including small backyard recreational fires: the city's Fire Code amendments strip out the standard exception that lets other jurisdictions' residents burn a small fire without one.
Aurora, IL Recreational Fire Permits
Significant RestrictionsAurora Code of Ordinances § 12-17.8 (amending IFC § 105.5.36)
The following sections of the 2024 International Fire Code adopted in section 12-16 are hereby revised as follows: ... 105.5.36 Open Burning shall be changed to delete the exception.
Fireworks
Aurora bans selling, possessing or using display fireworks, flame effects and consumer fireworks citywide, with fines from $250 to $1,000 and property owners liable if a violation occurs on their land.
Aurora IL Fireworks Ban
Heavy RestrictionsAurora Code of Ordinances § 29-30
No person shall sell, offer for sale, give, store, possess, explode, fire, ignite, discharge, or otherwise use display fireworks, flame effects, consumer fireworks or any other pyrotechnic prohibited by law or this code except as authorized by this code. Premises Liability. No person shall allow a violation of paragraph (a) to occur on real property which such person owns or otherwise controls...
Outdoor Burning
Aurora bans burning combustible material, leaves, brush, debris, trash, in open fires citywide, regardless of which of the four counties (Kane, DuPage, Will, Kendall) the address sits in; the fire marshal issues permits and can refuse or condition them.
Aurora, IL Open Burning Rules
Significant RestrictionsAurora Code of Ordinances § 4-7
It shall be unlawful to burn in open fires any combustible material, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, automotive or locomotive equipment or parts, other machinery, industrial wastes, paints, oils, wood and fibers, plastics, papers, garbage, debris, leaves, brush or refuse, to cause, suffer or allow the emission of smoke from any such source into the atmosphere in exce...
Smoke Detectors
Aurora's Electrical Code confirms smoke alarms are required in new dwelling units and requires their branch circuit to also carry habitable-space lighting outlets, not stand alone on its own circuit.
Aurora IL Smoke Alarm Wiring Rule
Some RestrictionsAurora Code of Ordinances § 12-31 (Annex H Electrical Code § 111.5)
111.5 Smoke alarm circuits. Single- and multiple-station smoke alarms required by this code and installed within new dwelling units shall not be connected as the only load on a branch circuit. Such alarms shall be supplied by branch circuits having lighting loads consisting of lighting outlets in habitable spaces.
Propane Storage
Aurora bans bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage everywhere in the city except the M-2 manufacturing district, and even there only with Fire Marshal approval; small propane setups under 60 gallons total need no permit.
Aurora IL Propane and LP-Gas Storage Limits
Significant RestrictionsAurora Code of Ordinances § 12-17.8 (2024 International Fire Code § 6101.1.1, as amended)
6101.1.1 Bulk Storage of Liquefied Petroleum Gasses. Shall be added as follows: The area limits in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is prohibited are established as follows: The entire area of the city except that portion classified as M-2 manufacturing district under the city zoning ordinance, being Ordinance No. 3100 as amended from time to time; and then only as approved by t...
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