Logan, UT Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Section 8.04.040 is the city's local limit under section 307 of the International Fire Code, the open burning section. It says the limits in which open burning is prohibited are established as follows: no contractor, subcontractor, or any employee or agent thereof shall set fire to any combustible materials on a building construction site, or set fire to combustible materials from a building construction site at any other outdoor location within Logan City. Hauling the scrap lumber or brush to a vacant lot and lighting it is therefore covered by the same prohibition as burning it on the site.

Liability runs up the chain. Subsection B makes all contractors strictly liable, under section 8.04.050, for the acts of their subcontractors, employees or agents who violate the section. Subsection C makes all subcontractors strictly liable for the acts of their employees. Subsection D makes any person liable for their own violating acts. A general contractor cannot point to a subcontractor's crew as a defense.

Other Logan provisions reach burning outside construction work. Section 12.04.010 makes it unlawful for any person to build, maintain or assist in building or maintaining any fires upon any of the streets or sidewalks in the city. Section 8.04.018 gives a fire code official authority, when hazardous environmental conditions necessitate controlled use of any ignition source, to issue an order prohibiting or restricting fireworks, lighters, matches, sky lanterns and smoking materials in mountainous, brush covered, or forest covered areas or the wildland urban interface area. The order is filed with the city recorder's office and published in a manner reasonably calculated to give notice to the general public, and it describes the prohibitions or restrictions and the areas where they apply. Section 8.04.019 adopts the Logan City Wildland-Urban Interface Map, with a copy on file at the Logan city recorder's office. Backyard recreational fires have their own air quality and frequency limits in section 8.04.045.