Huntington, NY Fire Regulations: Fire Pits & Backyard Fires (2026)

Huntington Code § 111-97(C) lists five conditions that make a recreational fire unlawful. It is a violation if the fire exceeds three feet in diameter or two feet in height; if anything other than charcoal or dry, untreated, unpainted wood is burned (ruling out pallets, painted lumber, or treated decking); if an uncontained fire sits less than 50 feet from a property line or structure, or a contained fire in a barbecue pit or similar container sits less than 25 feet away; if the fire is left unattended at any point before it is fully out; or if at least one portable fire extinguisher rated 4-A, or equivalent extinguishing equipment such as dirt, sand, a water barrel, garden hose or water truck, is not kept ready at the site.

Any one of these failures is independently a violation, meaning a properly-sized, properly-fueled fire pit still breaks the law if it is left unattended or lacks an extinguisher nearby. These recreational-fire rules sit within the same open-burning article as the general size cap in § 111-97(A), but subsection (C) specifically targets backyard fire pits, chimineas and similar setups rather than agricultural or training burns.