Weber County, UT Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)
Outdoor burning rules in Weber County, UT, 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
- Governing chapter
- Weber County Code Ch. 20-2
- Trash/waste burning
- Unlawful except listed exceptions
- Permit issuer
- Utah Division of Air Quality
- Spring burn window
- March 30 - May 30
- Fall burn window
- September 15 - October 30
- Clearing index required
- Must read above 500
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor
Summary
Weber County bans open burning that becomes a nuisance and makes it unlawful to burn trash or other waste except under the narrow exceptions listed in the county fire code. Most yard-cleanup and clearing burns need a Utah DEQ permit and can only happen inside the state's fixed spring and fall burn windows.
Sec 20-2-3 General Provisions: The setting, building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire of any kind shall be done in a safe manner and in accordance with the adopted fire code. Except as otherwise provided by law, open burning that is injurious to health or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, constitutes a nuisance and is prohibited. ... Sec 20-2-7 Burning Of Waste: It is unlawful to burn any trash or other waste, except as allowed under this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: ?).
Full Breakdown
Weber County Code Chapter 20-2 governs open burning. Section 20-2-3 requires every fire to be set and maintained safely under the adopted fire code, and declares that open burning injurious to health or that obstructs the free use of property is a prohibited nuisance. Section 20-2-7 separately makes it unlawful to burn trash or other waste except as the chapter allows. Section 20-2-4 lists burning that needs no permit: cooking and lighting devices, controlled recreational campfires, industrial flares, agricultural burning, ditch-bank weed clearing, and orchard frost heating.
Section 20-2-5 lists burning that needs a permit, such as residential clean-up debris, forestry slash, and railroad right-of-way clearing. Under Section 20-2-6, permits for these burns come from the Utah Division of Air Quality, and clean-up burning of clippings, bushes, and prunings is restricted to the state's open burn windows for Weber County: March 30 through May 30 in spring and September 15 through October 30 in fall. Any permitted burn also requires the DEQ's Clearing Index, a measure of how fast ground-level pollutants disperse, to read above 500 before ignition.
State DEQ rules and permits supersede any conflicting county provision. Enforcement runs through Chapter 20-4: an authorized official may inspect property with consent or a warrant to verify compliance.
Violations & Fines
Violating any provision of Title 20, including burning trash or waste outside a listed exception or without a required DEQ permit, is a class B misdemeanor under Section 20-4-3, punishable as state law provides for that class. Each day a violation continues after notice is a separate offense, and an authorized official may also seek an injunction or take other action to abate the burn.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a permit to burn yard clippings in unincorporated Weber County?
Can I burn household trash outdoors?
What happens if I burn illegally in Weber County?
Sources & Official References
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