Montgomery, AL Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

C rewrites one section of it for local conditions: 'Charcoal Burners and other open flame devices shall not be Operated or stored on any balconies sprinklered or not sprinklered. ' That single amendment does two things the base IFC text doesn't: it strips out the sprinkler exception that the model code otherwise allows for balcony grilling, so a sprinklered apartment building gets no exception, and it sets a flat ten-foot clearance from combustible construction for any open-flame device wherever it sits. Because the amendment sweeps in 'other open flame devices' beyond just charcoal, it reaches gas and propane grills used the same way, not just charcoal burners, on balconies and decks attached to apartments and condos citywide.

G: a business found out of compliance gets a reinspection fee, 30 days to fix the problem, a second reinspection fee if it's still uncorrected, and a third fee plus a hearing before the city council to suspend or revoke the business license if 90 days pass without correction. For residential balconies, enforcement runs through the Montgomery Fire/Rescue Bureau of Inspections rather than the business-license track, since chapter 13's general duties provisions charge fire prevention officers with eliminating hazards in buildings other than one- and two-family dwellings, exactly the multifamily balcony scenario this amendment targets.