Garland, TX Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)
Outdoor burning rules in Garland, 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
- Permit fee
- $1,000 per day, § 10.85(C)(1)
- Enforcing agency
- Bureau of Fire Prevention / Fire Marshal
- Governing code
- 2015 Int'l Fire Code, adopted by § 21.01
- Max fine
- $2,000 per fire-safety violation, § 10.05
- IFC reference on fee table
- Section 105.6.32, Open burning
Summary
Garland treats open burning as a fire-code matter, not a free-standing city ban: the city's adopted International Fire Code requires an operational permit before anyone kindles or maintains an open fire, and the Master Fee and Rate Schedule prices that daily permit at $1,000, the steepest line item on Chapter 21's operational-permit table.
(C) Schedule of fees and rates. (1) Chapter 21, article I, fire prevention. Category Fee Reference(s) Operational permits: § 21.03 ... 105.6.32 Open burning (daily) $1,000.00
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4862189; v40 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
01, Ordinance 6507, adopted 12/6/11; amended by Ordinance 6851, adopted 8/16/16), and every unamended IFC provision is made "fully applicable and binding" inside the city limits. 04(A) defines the Code's "Fire Code Official" as the Fire Marshal in charge of that Bureau. 03 amends the adopted IFC further, though the actual amendment language is published as a separate attachment to Chapter 21 rather than printed inline in the code text available here. 03 ... 00," a rate that dwarfs every neighboring line item on the same table, among them compressed gases, cryogenic fluids, LP-gas and hazardous-materials permits (mostly $75 to $225 annually) and pyrotechnic displays at $225 per show.
Anyone who kindles or maintains an open fire in Garland without first securing that permit from the Bureau of Fire Prevention is operating outside the adopted Fire Code, and paying the fee does not excuse a fire that is set or tended in a way that otherwise violates the Code.
Violations & Fines
Operating without the open-burning permit, or breaching the terms of one that was issued, is enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention under Chapter 21. Garland's general penalty section, § 10.05, sets fines up to $2,000 for any ordinance "that governs fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation," a higher ceiling than the $500 cap that applies to most other Code violations, and each day a fire continues can be charged as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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