5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Yakima County, Washington.
Verified from official government sources
A small recreational fire in an approved pit stays legal year-round in unincorporated Yakima County, even during the June-August fire-season burn restriction, as long as it sits 25 feet from any structure.
All consumer fireworks are banned in unincorporated Yakima County and in the City of Yakima. The only legal fireworks in the valley are sold and discharged on the Yakama Reservation, plus permitted professional public displays.
RCW 70.77.250(4)
Any ordinances adopted by a county or city that are more restrictive than state law shall have an effective date no sooner than one year after their adoption.
Washington sets no mandatory defensible-space law for existing homes, so Yakima County brush clearance is driven by DNR wildfire guidance and Firewise practices rather than a fixed clearance ordinance. Overgrown lots and noxious weeds are enforced separately.
Residential yard-waste burning in unincorporated Yakima County needs a YRCAA permit and is only allowed roughly March 15 to October 15, then shut off entirely during the county's June 1 to August 31 fire-season restriction. Garbage burning is never legal.
RCW 76.04.205(1)
a person shall have a valid written burning permit obtained from the department to burn: (a) Any flammable material on any lands under the protection of the department
Yakima County carries high wildfire risk, and DNR maps that risk, but Washington imposes no mandatory defensible-space retrofit or wildland-urban-interface code on existing homes. Seasonal burn restrictions and Firewise practices are the main tools.
1 cities in Yakima County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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