Outdoor burning rules in Lima, OH — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Lima sits inside a 'restricted area,' so open burning is tightly limited. Burning residential trash or garbage is prohibited. Burning yard waste (limbs, brush, leaves, clippings) is prohibited unless the Ohio EPA approves it in advance and the site is more than 1,000 feet from the nearest neighbor's house.
Because Lima is a municipal corporation, the whole city plus a surrounding buffer is a 'restricted area' under Ohio EPA rule OAC 3745-19. The City of Lima Open Burning Guidelines prohibit burning residential waste (trash) and garbage outright. Landscape/yard waste - tree limbs, branches, brush, leaves, clippings - may only be burned with prior Ohio EPA approval, and the burn site must be more than 1,000 feet from the nearest neighbor's house, effectively barring it on typical city lots. Recreational fires and small cooking fires are the practical exceptions. Lima Codified Ordinance 1052.05 also bars burning building refuse except in an approved incinerator.
Prohibited open burning is enforced by Lima Fire and the Ohio EPA; the fire code official may order any hazardous or objectionable fire extinguished. EPA penalties can apply to illegal waste burning.
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