Backyard smokers are allowed in Chester County as cooking devices; there is no county rule. State air rule 25 Pa Code 129.14 permits fires solely for cooking food, and the International Fire Code (adopted via the PA UCC) restricts charcoal and open-flame cooking devices on apartment balconies near combustibles. No
Charcoal, wood, or pellet smokers used to cook food are treated the same as other outdoor cooking devices in Chester County, and there is no county smoker ordinance. Pennsylvania air rule 25 Pa Code 129.14 expressly allows 'a fire set solely for cooking food,' so residential smoking of food is lawful. Fire safety follows the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code and its adopted International Fire Code, whose open-flame cooking provision restricts charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction at multifamily buildings, with exceptions for one- and two-family dwellings and sprinklered buildings. At a single-family home a smoker is allowed; place it on a noncombustible surface away from the house, fences, and
Smoker-related fire violations are enforced at the municipal level under the adopted International Fire Code (improper balcony use), and off-property nuisance smoke could be cited under 25 Pa Code 129.14 or a local nuisance ordinance. Chester County does not enforce
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