Backyard open fires follow Ohio EPA limits plus your city's rules. Canton allows only small cooking fires by permit, and in March, April, May, October, and November they cannot start before 6 p.m. Bonfires are capped at a three-foot-wide, two-foot-high fuel pile.
Stark County has no countywide backyard-fire code, so Ohio EPA's OAC 3745-19 and your municipality govern. Canton permits recreational (cooking) fires only, requires a free 48-hour-advance permit, and adds a seasonal rule: during March, April, May, October, and November the fire cannot begin before 6 p.m., must be out by 11 p.m., and may burn only seasoned dry firewood. Under OAC 3745-19-03, a bonfire or campfire is allowed only if fueled with clean seasoned firewood, kept to a fuel area three feet or less in diameter and two feet or less in height, and never used for waste disposal. Townships and other cities vary.
Unpermitted or oversized backyard fires draw fire-department citations. In Canton, violations are fourth-degree misdemeanors; illegal waste burning also risks Ohio EPA penalties.
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