Lehi, UT Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

Section 6-1-7 of the Lehi City Code, titled Open Burning Prohibited; Exceptions, folds grill placement into its list of permitted burning activities. b singles out cooking equipment: charcoal burners, liquified petroleum gas burners and other open flame cooking devices cannot be operated on a combustible balcony or within ten feet of combustible construction. That distance rule is the one that reaches multifamily housing in Lehi, where wood-framed balconies sit close together. The code carves out two exceptions: one- and two-family dwellings, and any building or deck already protected by an automatic sprinkler system.

Outside those exceptions, a combustible apartment or condo balcony is off-limits to a charcoal kettle or propane tank grill. 3: they must be built of concrete or another approved noncombustible material and kept at least ten feet from combustible walls, roofs or other combustible material. c requires buckets, shovels, garden hoses or a fire extinguisher rated at least 4-A to be readily available whenever a recreational fire or grill is burning. Because the code's own definitions exclude a barbecue grill or barbecue pit from the meaning of open burning, a resident does not need the permit that subsection B requires for bonfires and rubbish fires; the placement and clearance rules apply on their own.

The fire chief may order immediate extinguishment of any fire that becomes hazardous or objectionable, and the city can bill the property owner for the cost of any special equipment or personnel sent to handle it.