Ventura, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

020 to set the city's own open-burning rules. 36: anyone who wants to kindle or maintain an open fire, open burning, a recreational fire, a portable outdoor fireplace, or a fire on any public street, alley, road, or other public or private ground must first obtain an operational permit and follow its stipulations. The only carve-out is for recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces kept on private property, which do not need the permit. 1: the fire code official can prohibit open burning, recreational fires, and portable outdoor fireplaces outright whenever atmospheric conditions, including red flag warning days or anticipated high-wind events, raise the risk of an uncontrolled fire, and separately bans burning household rubbish (trash) at all times, with no exception.

3 (subsection M), the fire code official may also physically extinguish, or order extinguished, any fire that becomes hazardous, violates the code, or lacks the required permit. A narrow exception preserved in subsection (L) allows prescribed burning to reduce wildland fire fuel loads when the fire code official specifically authorizes it. 1 (subsection B). 030, a narrower trespass-style rule enforced by the city manager with input from the fire and police chiefs.