Fire pit rules in Johns Creek, GA — also called outdoor burning, recreational fire, or open flame ordinances — cover fuel types, clearances, and when burning is allowed.
Johns Creek allows recreational fires for cooking food for immediate consumption without a permit, but other open burning needs a special permit from the Fire Marshal. Burn-pile fires must be daylight only, max 4 ft by 4 ft, and at least 50 ft from any structure or wooden fence.
Under Johns Creek Code of Ordinances Chapter 21 (Fire Prevention and Protection), open burning is prohibited anywhere in the city without a special permit issued by the Fire Marshal, except open burning conducted in a reasonable fashion for cooking food for immediate human consumption. Backyard wood-burning fire pits used purely for cooking fall under that cooking exception. For a permitted recreational or yard-debris burn, the Johns Creek Fire Department's Burning Guidelines require that burning occur during daylight hours only; that piles be kept small at a maximum size of 4 feet by 4 feet; and that the burn pile be at least 50 feet from any structure or wooden fence. Only natural fallen vegetation such as limbs, leaves, and twigs may be burned — no household garbage, grass clippings, or construction material. No burning is allowed when the Fire Marshal's office deems it offensive or a health risk. Note that Georgia's statewide summer burn ban (May 1–September 30) suspends most yard-debris burning regardless of city rules.
Open burning without a required Fire Marshal permit, or burning that violates the Fire Marshal's size, distance, daylight, or material conditions, can be ordered extinguished and cited under Chapter 21.
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