Cleveland County, NC Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

Article III of chapter 7 governs the Broad River Greenway, the county's river-corridor park system, separately from the general public recreation areas covered by Article II. Section 7-36 regulates recreational vehicles, camping and fire use within the Greenway, and subsection (f) is the county's only grilling rule: it is unlawful to grill anywhere on Greenway property except in areas the county has designated for that purpose and where permanently placed grill equipment is installed. A second sentence bars portable or personal grills anywhere on Greenway land unless the Broad River Greenway Council has specifically authorized a designated area for them.

The same section separately regulates open fires: only someone 16 or older may tend a fire, a competent adult must attend it continuously from kindling to extinguishing, and cutting or breaking live wood for fuel is unlawful. Because this rule sits inside the Greenway's camping and fire article, it does not reach grills used on private balconies or at multifamily housing outside Greenway boundaries; the code has no separate countywide grill-placement standard for private property.