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

Fire in a City of Tigard park is a controlled activity. Section 7.52.230 sits in Chapter 7.52 of Title 7 (Public Peace, Safety and Morals), the chapter that sets the rules for city parks. Subsection A bans fires on all park property except in areas designed and set aside for such purposes, and it ties each fire to a city-provided barbecue stand or fireplace. The text names no other container for a park fire.

Subsection C adds two duties: a fire on park property cannot be left unattended, and the user must extinguish it before leaving park property. Subsection D reaches past the park boundary. Dropping, throwing, or otherwise scattering any burning material, including lighted matches, cigarettes or cigars, tobacco paper, or other flammable material, is prohibited within any park and on any highway, road, or street abutting and contiguous to a park.

Subsection E gives the Park Manager authority to restrict or prohibit fires further than the section provides when fire hazard conditions are high. The allowance in subsection A therefore narrows when the Park Manager acts on hazard conditions.

Other Tigard rules sit alongside this section. Section 7.52.140 prohibits using firearms, fireworks, or explosives of any kind in a park. Section 7.52.225 prohibits smoking in all parks. Subsection B of this same section covers propane stoves and charcoal grills. In the camping chapter, § 7.80.030.D.5 prohibits starting or maintaining any fire for the purpose of burning combustible material in or around a campsite.

This page covers park property in the City of Tigard. It does not set a rule for private yards. A search of the Tigard Municipal Code text for "fire pit", "recreational fire" and "open burning" returned no hits, and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue is a separate district from the city.