Fire Regulations in Roswell, GA (2026)
4 verified fire regulations for Roswell, Georgia, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Roswell allows recreational campfires and fire pits only if confined to a pit or barbeque no more than 3 feet across with 2 feet of fuel, kept 25 feet from any structure; portable manufactured fireplaces need just 15 feet.
Roswell, GA Fire Pit and Campfire Rule
Some RestrictionsRoswell Code of Ordinances § 8.3.15(a)(2)
Campfires and fires used solely for recreational or ceremonial occasions, provided that fires shall not be conducted within twenty-five (25) feet of a structure or combustible material and is in a pit or barbeque, not more than three (3) feet across in any direction and the materials to be burned are not more than two (2) feet high. A fire department permit is required to exceed these requireme...
Fireworks
Roswell, Georgia limits consumer fireworks use to 10 a.m.–9 p.m. most days, extended on New Year's and July 3–4, bans right-of-way and park use, and requires a state distributor license to sell them.
Roswell Fireworks Use Hours
Some RestrictionsRoswell Code of Ordinances § 10.16.3(a)
Consumer fireworks may only be ignited, used or exploded on any day beginning at the time of 10:00 a.m. and up and including the ending time of 9:00 p.m. On January 1, July 3, July 4, and December 31 of each year consumer fireworks may be ignited, used or exploded up to and including an end time of 11:59 p.m.
Outdoor Burning
Roswell bans open burning of refuse, brush, leaves, grass clippings, and trash anywhere in the city, with only narrow, size-limited exceptions for cooking, recreational, and warming fires, and the fire marshal can shut those down in hazardous conditions.
Roswell, GA Open Burning Prohibition
Significant RestrictionsRoswell Code of Ordinances § 8.3.15
Except as otherwise provided by the law, or as otherwise set forth in this chapter, no persons shall cause, allow or permit open burning of refuse, rubbish, brush, wood, trash, leaves, grass, grass clippings, tree limbs or other combustible materials anywhere in the city. ... Burning under hazardous conditions. The fire marshal may prohibit any open burning when atmospheric conditions or local ...
Smoke Detectors
Roswell, Georgia folds its smoke-alarm mandate into the multi-family rental housing inspection program: owners of four or more rental units must have a certified building inspector confirm 'smoke detector devices as required by law' on every unit under § 10.3.4(h), Exhibit A, and file a code compliance certificate with the city.
Roswell Rental Smoke Detector Inspection Rule
Some RestrictionsRoswell Code of Ordinances § 10.3.4(h), Exhibit A
(2)Fee and certificate required. All owners of multi-family rental dwellings or multi-family rental unit(s) within the city that receive income for use of four (4) or more such dwellings or units ... shall provide to the city ... a code compliance certificate covering one hundred (100) percent of the multi-family rental units within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of...
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