Camarillo, CA Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

020 lists prohibited acts on four specific pieces of city property: Constitution Park, Dizdar Park, the Library property outside the Library building, and 'F'-Canyon. Subsection (L) bars anyone from possessing or using cooking devices, including grills and barbeques, on those properties unless using equipment the city has itself provided for public use, meaning a personal charcoal kettle, propane tank grill or portable camp stove can't be set up there even for a family picnic. The city's broader park-regulations chapter separately bans open fires and kindling anything other than at a designated spot under Sec.

010(H), which applies to all public parks in the city rather than just the four named properties. 020 lists a defined set of properties rather than every park, this specific barbeque restriction doesn't automatically extend to other city recreation areas not named in the section; the applicable rule for other parks is the general fire-and-cooking restriction in Sec. 010. The prohibition can be lifted for a specific event: Sec. 030 allows the acts otherwise barred by Sec. 63 of the Municipal Code. Absent that permit, the rule is absolute for the four listed properties, with no size or fuel-type exception for propane versus charcoal.