Ogden, UT Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Ogden City Code section 11-3-3, adopted by Ordinance 2009-45 on June 23, 2009, makes it unlawful for anyone to build, maintain or assist in building or maintaining a fire on any city street, paved or unpaved. The same section separately bars building, maintaining or possessing any open fire or open flame in a location the fire marshal has identified in a written order issued under section 2-4-17 of the code. The definition of open fire and open flame is broad: it expressly includes bonfires and recreational fires, whether contained in a pit or uncontained, and even the lighting, igniting or carrying of a lit cigarette, pipe, cigar or other smoking paraphernalia inside a fire marshal's restricted zone.

That means a fire marshal order under 2-4-17 can reach ordinary smoking, not just campfires or burn piles. The fire marshal's separate authority to declare yellow, orange or red fire restriction levels for hazardous wildland and canyon-adjacent areas under section 11-6-3 works alongside this section: during an orange or red declaration, open flames including wood-burning fire pits and outdoor fireplaces are prohibited outright in the designated hazardous area. Ogden Fire Department personnel and the fire marshal enforce both sections. A violation of the general open-fire ban in 11-3-3 is a class B misdemeanor, punishable under title 1, chapter 4 of the city code, a higher-grade offense than the class C misdemeanors that cover most other chapter 11 public-order violations.

There is no separate permit route written into 11-3-3 itself; anyone wanting a fire in a marshal-restricted area needs the fire marshal to lift or exempt that specific order rather than apply for a standing burn permit.