Brooklyn Park, MN Fire Regulations: Fire Pits & Backyard Fires (2026)

08 opens by folding in the Minnesota State Fire Code's requirements for recreational fires, then layers on additional city rules. The material restrictions in subsection (A) bar burning oils, petroleum fuels, rubber, plastics, paper, refuse, rubbish or other chemically treated materials that produce excessive or noxious smoke, listing tires, railroad ties, treated or painted or glued wood, composite shingles, tar paper, insulation, composition board, sheetrock, wiring, asbestos material, paint or paint filters, leaves, or grass as prohibited fuel. It separately bars burning hazardous waste or salvage material, industrial or commercial solid waste, demolition debris from commercial or industrial structures, or food-preparation discards, the same commercial-waste exclusion that applies to permitted open burning under Sec.

07. Subsection (B) puts full responsibility on the property owner: the owner answers for compliance with every general and special condition attached to the fire and must cover any cost the recreational fire generates, including fire suppression and administrative fees, regardless of who actually lit or tended it. Because the section incorporates the state fire code rather than restating its distance and container standards in city text, the city's own printed rules stop at fuel type and owner liability; equipment and clearance specifics run through the adopted state code provisions the Fire Chief also keeps on file for public inspection under Sec. 05.