Pottstown, PA Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

2 sits inside § 203, Additions and Amendments to Code, in Part 2 (International Fire Code) of Chapter 7, Fire Prevention and Fire Protection. Borough Council adopted the underlying Fire Code amendments by Ordinance 2020 on May 8, 2006, and amended them by Ordinance 2045 on November 13, 2007. The provision targets the 20-pound LPG cylinders sold for barbecue grills and travel trailers: it bars storing one inside a dwelling unit and specifically extends that ban to an attached porch or balcony, the exact spot where a renter in one of Pottstown's rowhouse conversions or apartment buildings would otherwise stash a spare tank between cookouts.

The Fire Marshal, who administers Chapter 7 under the Licensing and Inspections Department, enforces the amendment alongside the rest of the adopted International Fire Code. Nothing in the text limits where the grill itself may be used outdoors on a patio or yard; the prohibition targets cylinder storage in or attached to the living space, the fire-load concern for structures built close together in the Borough's older neighborhoods. Chapter 7's Part 2 carries no separate penalty clause of its own, so a violation defaults to the Borough-wide Code Enforcement penalty in Chapter 1, § 215: a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution, or up to 30 days in default of payment, with each day of noncompliance treated as a separate offense.