Woodbury, MN Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

Section 8-4(a) targets any structure containing three or more dwelling units that share a common hallway or a shared means of egress, a category that covers most Woodbury apartment and condominium buildings. In those buildings, no one may kindle, maintain, or cause any fire or open flame on a balcony above ground level, or on a ground-floor patio within 15 feet of the structure. The same restriction bars storing or using any fuel, barbeque torch, or similar heating or lighting chemical or device in those same locations.

Grills of any kind, whether electric, gas, charcoal, or open flame, are likewise prohibited on qualifying balconies or nearby ground-floor patios. The ordinance carves out one exception: the ban does not apply if the entire building, patio, or balcony is built of non-combustible material and protected by a sprinkler head, which effectively limits legal balcony cooking to fire-rated, fully sprinklered construction. The Woodbury public safety department is charged with enforcing Sec. 8-4, the same department responsible for the recreational fire and outdoor burning provisions in the surrounding sections of chapter 8.