Springfield, OR Fire Regulations: Fire Pits & Backyard Fires (2026)

Section 5.292 sits in Article X of Chapter 5 next to the park bans on alcohol, loaded firearms, hunting and fireworks, all last amended by Ordinance No. 6169 on May 15, 2006, and all carrying the same $720 maximum fine under Section 1.205. The provision does not ban recreational fire outright inside a Willamalane park or recreation facility; it channels any open flame into a pit or fireplace the district has built and designated for that purpose, so a camp stove, portable fire pit or bonfire set up anywhere else in a park, along a riverside path or in a parking lot still violates the section.

This is a park-facility rule, not a citywide backyard fire-pit ordinance: the municipal code does not print a separate setback or size standard for a residential fire pit on private property. The closest citywide text on outdoor burning is Section 4.418(4), which allows burning leaves and dry rubbish only with a city permit and only if the burning is also authorized under Lane Regional Air Protection Agency rules and consistent with the adopted Fire Code, a different subject from a social or recreational fire. Springfield Police Department officers enforce Section 5.292 inside park facilities, issuing a citation that is handled as a municipal violation in Springfield Municipal Court rather than a criminal case.