Islip, NY Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

Chapter 37, Article II of the Code of the Town of Islip sets the rules for anyone using a Town marina's docking facilities, and § 37-40 lists conduct requirements enforced by the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Subsection T bars open-flame cooking at the waterline outright: it prohibits a barbecue, hibachi or any type of open-flame portable cooking equipment when placed on or within 25 feet of, or affixed to, any dock, pier, boat or vessel. The rule reaches propane grills, charcoal hibachis and any other flame device regardless of fuel type, and applies whether the equipment sits on the dock itself, on a boat tied up at a marina slip, or anywhere within the 25-foot buffer around the dockage installation.

The only carve-out is a flame device housed in a receptacle that is permanently mounted and specifically designed for a marine purpose, a built-in gas grill rated and installed for a boat, for example, rather than a portable camping or patio unit brought aboard. Because the rule sits in the marina 'Rules and Regulations' section rather than the permit-violation section at § 37-29, it carries no stand-alone dollar fine of its own; a permit holder who ignores it is subject to the Commissioner's rule-enforcement authority under § 37-41 and to Chapter 37's default penalty at § 37-65 for offenses the chapter does not otherwise price.

The rule is marina-specific, it governs docks, piers, boats and vessels at Town-operated marinas, not private residential balconies or patios, which this chapter does not reach.