Farmersville, TX Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)
Outdoor burning rules in Farmersville, TX, also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance, set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Key Facts
- Open burning
- unlawful citywide, no exceptions (§29-1)
- Burn permits
- none issued in city limits (§5-3)
- Smoke/fumes spreading
- declared a nuisance (§29-2)
- Fire code jurisdiction
- City of Farmersville itself (§29-54)
Summary
Farmersville bans burning rubbish, trash, waste, leaves, grass, lumber or other combustible materials anywhere in the city, on public streets and alleys or on private premises. The fire code fee schedule issues no burn permits at all: the city's own schedule states plainly that no permits are issued because burning is not allowed within the corporate limits.
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn or cause to be burned or allow to be burned on any public street, alley or premises owned or occupied by such person any rubbish, trash, waste, leaves, grass, lumber or any other combustible materials within the city.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 29, Article I flatly prohibits open burning citywide. Section 29-1 makes it unlawful for any person to burn or allow to be burned any rubbish, trash, waste, leaves, grass, lumber, or other combustible material on a public street, alley, or on premises the person owns or occupies, anywhere within the city. Section 29-2 separately declares it a nuisance to burn such materials and let the fire or its smoke and fumes spread onto a neighboring street, alley or another owner's property. ' The International Fire Code, adopted and amended in Article II of chapter 29 with the city named as the governing jurisdiction under section 29-54, backs the local ban with its own fire-suppression and access requirements the Fire Department enforces alongside these sections.
Because Farmersville issues no exception permits, a resident cannot legally burn brush, storm debris, or yard waste at any time inside the corporate limits; the city rule is the binding floor inside the city limits regardless of any less restrictive county-level burn-ban status.
Violations & Fines
Burning within Farmersville's corporate limits is a fine under section 1-3, with each day a fire is set or continues counted as a separate offense. If a fire's flames, smoke, or fumes spread onto another person's property or a public street or alley, section 29-2 makes it a separate nuisance violation, and the Fire Department can order the burn extinguished on the spot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I burn yard waste or brush in Farmersville?
Does Farmersville issue burn permits?
What if my neighbor's burn pile smoke drifts onto my property?
Sources & Official References
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