Outdoor burning rules in Redondo Beach, CA — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Open outdoor burning of leaves, yard waste and trash is effectively prohibited in Redondo Beach. The adopted California Fire Code requires a permit for any open burning, and South Coast AQMD bans residential open burning across this urban air basin. Only small permitted recreational and cooking fires are allowed.
Redondo Beach enforces the 2022 California Fire Code adopted as the Redondo Beach Fire Code (RBMC Title 3, Chapter 4, Article 1, § 3-4.101). California Fire Code Section 307 requires a permit for open burning, and the fire official may prohibit any hazardous or offensive-smoke fire. In practice, routine burning of yard waste, leaves, brush or trash is not allowed: Redondo Beach is a built-out coastal city in the South Coast Air Basin, where South Coast AQMD rules bar residential open burning. The only outdoor fires the City addresses are small recreational and cooking fires — permitted backyard fire pits and gas/charcoal cooking — plus beach fires confined to City-designated fireplaces (RBMC Title 12, Chapter 3).
Open burning of yard waste, leaves, brush or trash without a permit violates the California Fire Code (RBMC 3-4.101, CFC 307) and is enforced through abatement and citation. It also violates South Coast AQMD's ban on residential open burning.
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