Southampton Village, NY Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Two chapters of the Village Code work together. Chapter 64, Article I, adopted in 1938, makes it unlawful to burn trash, rubbish or other combustible material, or to make, cause or assist in making any fire commonly known as a bonfire, within the fire zone described in Chapter 43, Article II. Section 43-9 defines that fire zone as the area contained in any multifamily residence district and the VB Village Business, HB Highway Business, OD Office Business, MD Medical, MTL Motel Business, HA Hospital Accessory and LI Light Industry districts. Section 64-1(B) spares fires in any regularly installed stove, furnace or heating plant, and any incinerator approved in writing by the Fire Marshal.

Field fires have a separate rule that reaches the whole Village. Section 64-2, added in 2007, bars anyone from setting fire to a grass lot, brush lot or meadow in the Village of Southampton, and from burning off such a lot or meadow, unless the Fire Marshal has issued a permit beforehand.

The permit system sits in Chapter 58. Section 58-3(A)(1) requires a Fire Marshal permit for open burning, recreational fires, portable fireplaces and bonfires. Fires kindled by the Southampton Fire Department to instruct personnel in fighting fires are excepted. Nobody can kindle or maintain such a fire in a way that violates the conditions on the approved permit, and a fire judged unsafe or hazard-producing by the Village Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, State Forest Ranger or a state, county or Village police officer can lead to immediate suspension or revocation of the permit. That suspension and revocation power is the stop-burning authority the code prints. The fee schedule lists open burning, recreational fires, portable fireplaces and bonfires under single event permits at $75, with a $25 late fee charged after 4:00 p.m. on the working day two days before the event, or after 4:00 p.m. on the Wednesday prior for weekend events.

On the ocean beach, § 80-15 requires a Fire Marshal permit for any bonfire or other outdoor fire at a special event, and the Fire Marshal can attach reasonable conditions that become permit conditions. The permit must be displayed in clear view at the event.