Fire Regulations in Sammamish, WA (2026)
3 verified fire regulations for Sammamish, Washington, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Sammamish allows recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces as exceptions to its open-burning ban, but each has its own mandatory clearance distance from structures and combustible material, and someone must watch the fire the whole time it burns.
Sammamish Recreational Fire Pit Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsSammamish Municipal Code § 16.05.130(14) (IFC Section 307.4)
307.4 Location. The location for fires shall be as follows:307.4.1 Bonfires. A bonfire shall not be conducted within 50 feet (15,240 mm) of a structure or combustible material unless the fire is contained in a barbecue pit...307.4.2 Recreational fires. Recreational fires shall not be conducted within 25 feet (7,620 mm) of a structure or combustible material. Conditions which could cause a fire ...
Outdoor Burning
Open burning has been banned in Sammamish at all times since the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency's permanent 1992 ban, with only bonfires, recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces exempted, and even those can be shut down by a fire-danger or air-quality burn ban.
Sammamish Open Burning Ban and Permits
Heavy RestrictionsSammamish Municipal Code § 16.05.130(10)-(12) (IFC Section 307.1.1, 307.2, 307.3)
307.1.1 Prohibited open burning. Open burning shall be prohibited at all times in compliance with a permanent ban on open burning established by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency in September of 1992. Exceptions: 1. Bonfires. 2. Recreational Fires. 3. Portable outdoor fireplaces. 307.2 Permit required. A permit shall be obtained from the fire code official in accordance with Section 105.6 prior ...
Smoke Detectors
Sammamish's locally adopted Building and Property Maintenance Code requires smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every story of a dwelling, wired with battery backup, under SMC 16.25.280(3)(b) and (4).
Sammamish Smoke Alarm Placement Rules
Some RestrictionsSammamish Municipal Code § 16.25.280(3)(b)
(b) Smoke Alarms. Single- or multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed and maintained in Groups R-2, R-3 and R-4 and in dwellings not regulated in Group R occupancies, regardless of occupant load, at all of the following locations: (i) On the ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms. (ii) In each room used for sleeping purposes. (iii) I...
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