5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Scott County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
A recreational fire under three feet by three feet needs no permit anywhere in Scott County. Shakopee and other cities require clean wood only, a 25-foot setback from buildings, and constant supervision.
Minnesota bans all aerial and explosive consumer fireworks. Only ground-based sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes, and smoke devices are legal in Scott County. Firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, and mortars are illegal statewide.
MN Stat. §624.20, subd. 1(c)
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 which include paper streamers, party poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops, each consis...
Minnesota sets no homeowner defensible-space mandate. Scott County and its cities require vacant lots and yards kept free of overgrowth under property-maintenance codes. Grass-fire risk peaks in spring before green-up.
Burning brush or yard waste in Scott County townships requires a Minnesota DNR open-burn permit. Cities restrict or ban open burning. Garbage, plastic, and treated wood may never be burned.
MN 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.
Minnesota designates no regulatory wildfire hazard zones, and Scott County — suburban and farmland in the Twin Cities metro — carries lower wildfire risk than the northern pine forests. Spring grass fires are the real hazard.
1 cities in Scott County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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