8 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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Washtenaw County sets no countywide fire-pit rule; each city or township does. In Ann Arbor a small recreational fire needs no permit if kept about 3 feet across and 25 feet from structures; larger fires require a bonfire permit.
Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act guarantees consumer fireworks on set days around 11 national holidays (including June 29–July 4 until 11:45 p.m.). Local governments like Ann Arbor may restrict all other days and hours. There is no countywide fireworks ordinance.
MCL 28.457(2)
A local unit of government may enact an ordinance regulating the ignition, discharge, and use of consumer fireworks, including, but not limited to, an ordinance prescribing the hours of the day or night during which a person may ignite, discharge, or use consumer fireworks.
Michigan has no statewide wildfire defensible-space law, and Washtenaw County imposes no brush-clearance requirement on private homes. Overgrown brush is handled through local weed and nuisance ordinances, and burning brush requires a local open-burning permit.
Washtenaw County is in Michigan's southern Lower Peninsula, so the DNR issues no burn permits here — you get them from your city or township fire department. Burning household trash, plastics, and rubbish is illegal statewide.
Michigan does not designate wildfire hazard severity zones or wildland-urban-interface fire zones, and Washtenaw County has none. There are no zone-based construction or vegetation mandates here; wildfire risk is managed through DNR fire-danger ratings and local burn permits.
Smoke and carbon-monoxide alarm rules come from the Michigan Residential Code and state law, not a county ordinance. Homes need smoke alarms on every level and in each sleeping area; CO alarms are required near bedrooms where fuel appliances or an attached garage exist.
There is no county backyard-fire rule. In Ann Arbor a small recreational backyard fire is permit-free if kept about 3 feet across, roughly 25 feet from structures, attended, and burning only clean wood. Larger fires need a bonfire permit.
Washtenaw County has no separate propane-storage ordinance. Storage and use of LP-gas follow the International Fire Code and NFPA 58 as adopted by Michigan and enforced by local fire officials, limiting cylinder sizes and locations at homes and multifamily buildings.
1 cities in Washtenaw County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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