Johns Creek, GA Fire Regulations: Brush Clearance (2026)

Johns Creek is a suburban metro-Atlanta city in Fulton County and is not in a designated wildland-urban-interface fire zone, so it does not impose the brush-clearance or defensible-space setbacks found in fire-prone Western states. Vegetation management is instead addressed through property maintenance and nuisance enforcement: tall grass, overgrown weeds, dead trees, and accumulated debris that create a hazard can be cited by Code Compliance, and the city offers tree-removal requests for hazardous trees on public property. When residents want to dispose of cleared brush by burning, that is open burning and requires a special pit burn permit from the Johns Creek Fire Marshal — pit fires only, at least 300 feet from structures and roads, limited to trees, logs, brush and stumps per the Fire FAQs. Crucially, no outdoor brush burning is allowed during Georgia's statewide summer burn ban from May 1 through September 30. Many residents instead chip, bag, or haul vegetative debris to comply. Always confirm current conditions with the Fire Department before any clearing burn.