Parker, CO Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)
Outdoor burning rules in Parker, CO, 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
- Ban authority
- Town Emergency Manager
- Stage 1 covers
- public, private, state and federal land
- Enforcing agency
- Parker Police Department
- Maximum fine
- $499.00 per offense/day
- Spark arrestor required
- chainsaws and internal combustion tools
- Douglas County process cited
- Ordinance No. O-012-004 § 3
Summary
The Town of Parker's Stage 1 Fire Ban makes it unlawful to build, maintain, attend or use an open fire, conduct open burning, or use fireworks anywhere in Town, including private, state and federal land, once the Emergency Manager enacts it. Section 6.06.060 covers chainsaws without spark arrestors too, and a conviction runs up to $499.00 per day under Section 6.06.100.
6.06.060 - Unlawful acts. (a)Except as provided in Section 6.06.070 or 6.06.080 below, when restrictions on open fires, open burning and use of fireworks are enacted, it shall be unlawful for any person to build, maintain, attend or use an open fire, conduct open burning or use fireworks in the Town, including public, private, state and federal lands. ... 6.06.100 - Penalty for violation. (a)Any person convicted of violating any provision of this Chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499.00) for each separate offense and may be enjoined from any further or continued violation. ... The Town also may seek an injunction, abatement, restitution or any other remedy to prevent, enjoin, abate or remove the violation.
Full Breakdown
Section 6.06.030 lets the Emergency Manager enact the restrictions in Sections 6.06.060 and 6.06.070 as a Stage 1 Fire Ban covering the whole Town, including public, private, state and federal land, and lets the Emergency Manager elevate to a Stage 2 Fire Ban under Section 6.06.080 after weighing weather, precipitation and fuel loading, verified through the process in Section 3 of Douglas County Ordinance No. O-012-004. Once enacted, Section 6.06.060(a) makes it unlawful to build, maintain, attend or use an open fire, conduct open burning, or use fireworks anywhere in the Town, and it separately bars operating a chainsaw or similar internal combustion engine without a properly installed and working spark-arresting device, and operating pest control equipment that ignites flammable gases or liquids.
Section 6.06.060(b) also bars offering fireworks for sale in Town while either stage of the ban is in effect. 'Open fire or open burning' is defined broadly in Section 6.06.040 to include campfires, warming fires, lighted fused explosives and fireworks, model rockets, and burning fence lines, fields, farmland, rangeland, wildland, trash or debris. The Police Department administers and enforces the Chapter under Section 6.06.090, and residents are directed to the Police Department for the current fire-restriction status.
Violations & Fines
A Chapter 6.06 conviction is punished by a fine of up to $499.00 for each separate offense under Section 6.06.100(a), with each day the violation continues counting as a separate offense, and the Town may also seek an injunction, abatement or restitution. Section 6.06.100(b) lets the Town seize and remove, at the owner's expense, any impermissible fireworks stock offered, exposed, stored or held in violation of the Chapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who decides when Parker's fire ban goes into effect?
Does the fire ban apply on privately owned land too?
Do I need a spark arrestor on my chainsaw during a fire ban?
What can the Town do about fireworks stock during a ban?
Sources & Official References
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