Outdoor burning rules in Boynton Beach, FL — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Open burning of yard waste is prohibited in Boynton Beach. Residents must use curbside vegetation pickup through Solid Waste Services. Only recreational fires in approved containers and cooking fires are allowed.
Boynton Beach Code Section 9-16 prohibits open burning of leaves, branches, and other yard debris within city limits. The city's urban density makes FL Administrative Code 5I-2 agricultural burn authorizations inapplicable. Florida Forest Service will not issue residential burn permits inside the city. Solid Waste Services provides twice-weekly vegetation collection free to residents. Commercial land clearing requires an air curtain incinerator permit from Palm Beach County Health Department and Boynton Beach Fire Rescue.
Illegal open burn: $250 first offense; $500 second offense; $1,000 third offense. Fire department response fees additional. Burning during county burn ban: criminal misdemeanor under FL §590.28.
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