Fire pit rules in Menifee, CA — also called outdoor burning, recreational fire, or open flame ordinances — cover fuel types, clearances, and when burning is allowed.
Menifee allows residential fire pits fueled by natural gas, propane, charcoal, or untreated wood for cooking or warmth, but the California Fire Code adopted by Menifee Municipal Code Chapter 8.20 caps recreational fires at 3 feet wide by 2 feet high, requires a 25-foot separation from structures and combustibles, and mandates constant attendance with extinguishing equipment at hand.
Menifee Municipal Code Section 8.20.010 adopts the California Fire Code, and the Menifee Fire Department Office of the Fire Marshal currently enforces the 2025 California Fire, Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Residential Codes as amended by the city and Riverside County codes. Under California Fire Code Section 307, a recreational fire may not be wider than 3 feet in diameter or taller than 2 feet, may not be conducted within 25 feet of a structure or combustible material unless contained in an approved pit (CFC 307.4.2), and must be constantly attended by a person knowledgeable in using fire-extinguishing equipment, with buckets, shovels, a garden hose, or a water-type fire extinguisher readily available (CFC 307.5). The fire department may order any fire immediately discontinued if it creates a hazardous condition. On the air-quality side, Menifee sits inside the South Coast Air Quality Management District, whose Rule 444 exempts recreational and ceremonial fires and fires of natural gas, propane, untreated wood, or charcoal used for cooking or for warmth at a social gathering from its open-burning prohibitions.
Fire-code violations are enforceable by the Menifee Fire Department Office of the Fire Marshal and city code enforcement; the fire department can require a hazardous fire to be extinguished immediately, and burning trash, treated wood, or yard waste in a fire pit is illegal open burning subject to SCAQMD enforcement penalties.
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