Weber County, UT Fire Regulations: Fire Pits & Backyard Fires (2026)

Section 20-2-4(b) of the county fire code exempts campfires and recreational fires from the open-burning permit requirement, but only when they are under the control of a responsible person, burn clean dry wood or charcoal, and stay confined to a fire ring no larger than three feet in diameter. A fire built larger than that ring requires a special permit under Section 20-2-6, and the same section flatly bans bonfires, Christmas-tree burning, rally fires, and similar large fires regardless of permit status. Every fire, including a permitted recreational one, must still meet Section 20-2-3's baseline safety standard: set and maintained safely and in accordance with the adopted fire code, and never allowed to become a nuisance that injures health or interferes with a neighbor's enjoyment of their property.

Licensed short-term rental properties carry an additional layer of rules under Section 108-11-8: any outdoor fire pit on an STR must be permanently affixed with a concrete or other hard-surface apron, or otherwise approved by the fire authority, and within the county's Wildland-Urban Interface area only natural gas or propane fire pits are allowed. STR hosts must also keep a fire extinguisher next to any outdoor fire pit and post an emergency egress plan.