Backyard recreational fires in Yorba Linda are governed by the adopted 2022 California Fire Code (YLMC Chapter 15.08), enforced by OCFA. Gas-fueled fire features are allowed with approval, but wood and solid-fuel fires are prohibited in fuel-modification, wildfire-risk, and wildland-urban-interface areas, which cover much of the hillside city.
Backyard fires fall under Municipal Code Chapter 15.08, which adopts the 2022 California Fire Code and delegates enforcement to the Orange County Fire Authority. Fire Code Section 307 covers recreational fires, fire pits, fire rings, and portable outdoor fireplaces. As amended locally, natural-gas or liquefied-petroleum-gas fire features are permitted when approved by the Building Department and built to burn only a gas flame, while burning wood or other solid fuels is prohibited in any fuel-modification zone, Wildfire Risk Area, or Wildland-Urban Interface Area, or where fire could spread to those areas. Because more than two-thirds of Yorba Linda's fire-hazard acreage is mapped Very High, many backyards in canyon and hillside tracts sit inside these no-solid-fuel areas. Even where a small
Unsafe or prohibited backyard fires are enforced by the Orange County Fire Authority through citation or abatement; Fire Code violations are misdemeanors under the code's general penalty and California Health & Safety Code Section 13871. A person who lets a
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