8 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
Ramsey County sets no fire-pit ordinance; your city does. In St. Paul, a recreational fire in an approved appliance must be at least 15 feet from any building or combustible material, and open fires at least 25 feet.
Only non-aerial, non-explosive fireworks (sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes) are legal in Minnesota. Firecrackers, bottle rockets, and any aerial or exploding device are illegal statewide. Ramsey County cities like St. Paul may restrict further.
Minn. Stat. 624.20, subd. 1(c)
The term also does not include wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 grams of mixture per item, other sparkling items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 500 grams or less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices, or trick noisemakers.
Ramsey County, an urban Twin Cities county, has no wildfire brush-clearance mandate. Vegetation is handled through city weed/nuisance codes and the state noxious-weed control duty under Minn. Stat. 18.75-.91.
Burning brush, leaves, or vegetation in Minnesota generally requires a DNR open-burning permit from the commissioner or an agent. In the urban Twin Cities metro, open burning is largely prohibited; check your city.
Minn. Stat. 88.17, subd. 1(a)
Permission to start a fire to burn vegetative materials and other materials allowed by Minnesota Statutes or official state rules and regulations may be given by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent.
Ramsey County is a fully urbanized Twin Cities county with no designated wildfire hazard zones or Wildland-Urban Interface maps. No county wildfire-zone building or clearance rules apply.
Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code. This applies statewide across Ramsey County; disabling an alarm that causes injury or damage is a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. 299F.362, subd. 3
Every dwelling unit within a dwelling must be provided with a smoke alarm meeting the requirements of the State Fire Code.
A recreational campfire for cooking, warming, or ceremony that is no more than 3 feet in diameter by 3 feet high needs no state burning permit. Larger fires or burning yard debris require a DNR permit, and cities set their own rules.
MN DNR campfire definition (Minn. Stat. 88.17)
a fire set for cooking, warming, or ceremonial purposes, which is not more than 3 feet in diameter by 3 feet high
Propane storage in Ramsey County follows the Minnesota State Fire Code (Minn. Rules Ch. 7511), which adopts the International Fire Code and NFPA 58 for LP-gas. Ramsey County sets no separate propane ordinance.
1 cities in Ramsey County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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