Taylor County, TX Fire Regulations: Fire Pits & Backyard Fires (2026)

Article XIV of the county's Development Procedures and Regulations, adopted by the Commissioners Court March 10, 2026, governs licensed Recreational Vehicle Parks and Multi-Unit Housing Developments in the unincorporated area of Taylor County. 17, Fire Protection, states plainly that no open fires shall be permitted, except that this shall not be construed to prevent barbecuing with charcoal in a covered pit or grill. The only fire allowed at a licensed RV park or manufactured-home development is charcoal cooking in a covered pit or grill; wood-burning fire pits, brush piles and other open-flame recreational fires are barred outright.

This provision sits in the same article that requires park operators to keep the grounds free of dry brush, leaves, grass and weeds under Sec. 18, and it functions as fire prevention for densely packed RV spaces and manufactured-home lots. The rule binds the park licensee or agent, who is responsible for site-wide compliance, but anyone using a space inside a licensed park is subject to the same no-open-fire standard. Outside a licensed RV park or multi-unit housing development, Taylor County has adopted no general fire-pit or open-burning rule for individual homes in the unincorporated county; Texas counties carry no general ordinance-making power outside enabling statutes such as Local Government Code Ch.

232 for subdivision platting, so a stand-alone rural residence outside a licensed park falls outside this section. Complaints and compliance checks route through the county's Development/Permitting office at 325-674-1235, and Sec. 21 lets the Commissioners deny further permitting, including OSSF permits, Development permits, 911 addressing assignments and a Certificate of Compliance, until a cited violation is cured.