Irvington, NJ Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Chapter 650's industrial performance standards, § 650-57, set minimum conditions that apply wherever a use is permitted as of right or by conditional use permit under Article VI. Subsection C covers air quality and emissions, opening with a general nuisance standard barring any substance emitted into the atmosphere in quantities injurious to human, plant, or animal life or to property, or that unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of life and property anywhere in the Township. Subsection C(2) folds in the state's own air pollution rules by requiring compliance with Title 7, Chapter 27 of the New Jersey Administrative Code.

Subsection C(3) then states flatly: no open burning shall be permitted in any district. Unlike the fire-and-explosion-hazard standard in subsection A, which points enforcement to the Township Building Code or Fire Prevention Code, the open-burning ban carries no cross-reference and no exception for agricultural, recreational, or seasonal fires; the code text supplies no carve-out for a backyard fire pit or a permitted brush fire. Because it sits inside the industrial performance standards section, the ban is written as one of the standards a use permitted under Article VI must meet, but its own wording extends the prohibition to any district in the Township, not just industrial zones.

Enforcement of Chapter 650 runs through the Zoning Officer under Article XI, Administration and Enforcement, and any violation, including igniting an open burn, is prosecuted under the chapter's general penalty section, § 650-94.