8 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Montgomery County, Ohio.
Verified from official government sources
Montgomery County itself sets no fire-pit ordinance. Recreational fire pits are governed by Ohio EPA's open-burning rule and by your city or township fire code. Small cooking or pleasure fires are generally allowed within size limits.
Under Ohio HB 172 (2022), you may discharge 1.4G consumer fireworks on your own private property only on specific holidays each year. Some Montgomery County communities have opted out entirely, so check your city or township first.
ORC 3743.45(B)
Any person authorized under this section to possess 1.4G fireworks in this state may discharge, ignite, or explode those fireworks on private property, with authorization from the property owner, on the following days each year:
Ohio has no statewide wildfire defensible-space or brush-clearance mandate, and Montgomery County sets none. Overgrown lots are handled instead as noxious-weed and high-grass nuisances under Ohio Revised Code 505.87 and municipal codes.
Ohio EPA rule OAC 3745-19-03 governs open burning statewide. Burning trash, leaves, and yard waste is prohibited in restricted areas, while small campfires and cooking or ceremonial fires with clean firewood are allowed under size limits.
OAC 3745-19-03(A)
No person or property owner shall cause or allow open burning in a restricted area except as provided in paragraphs (B) to (D) of this rule.
Montgomery County, Ohio is not in a mapped wildfire hazard zone. Ohio has no wildland-urban-interface designation or defensible-space code, so there are no county wildfire-zone building or clearance requirements.
Ohio sets smoke-alarm rules through statewide building codes, not a Montgomery County ordinance. New one- and two-family homes must have interconnected alarms per the Residential Code of Ohio; apartment buildings follow ORC 3781.104.
Backyard recreational fires in Montgomery County are governed by Ohio EPA's open-burning rule, not a county ordinance. Cooking and pleasure fires with clean firewood are allowed if kept small; burning waste is prohibited.
OAC 3745-19-03(B)(2)
They shall have a total fuel area of three feet or less in diameter and two feet or less in height.
Propane storage in Montgomery County follows the Ohio Fire Code (OAC 1301:7-7-61). Only small cylinders may be stored inside a home or attached garage, and large tanks or bulk quantities require fire-department permits.
OAC 1301:7-7-61 (6109.10.2)
Storage of cylinders within a residential building, including the basement or any storage area in a common basement storage area in multiple-family buildings and attached garages, shall be limited to cylinders each with a maximum water capacity of 2.7 pounds (1.2 kg).
1 cities in Montgomery County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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