Kane County has no ordinance restricting residential barbecue grills or propane grilling. Cooking on gas or charcoal grills is treated as ordinary outdoor cooking, not regulated open burning. Grill propane cylinders follow the state-adopted fire code, and multi-family properties may add their own limits.
The Kane County burning regulations govern the burning of landscape waste and brush, not cooking. Barbecuing on a gas, propane or charcoal grill is normal outdoor cooking and is not "open burning" for county purposes, so no county permit or seasonal restriction applies at single-family homes in unincorporated areas. Propane cylinders used for grills are covered by the Illinois State Fire Marshal's adoption of NFPA 58, which sets storage and handling standards. The most common real limits on grilling come from the state Fire Code / NFPA 1 for multi-family and apartment buildings — which typically restricts using or storing LP-gas and charcoal grills on or under combustible balconies — and from any homeowners-association rules, not from a Kane County
No county penalty for residential grilling. Apartment/condo balcony grill restrictions are enforced under the adopted state fire code by the local fire district.
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