Irondequoit, NY Outdoor Cooking: Smoker Rules (2026)

The Town of Irondequoit Code has no section written for smokers. Two provisions in Chapter 164, the Town Property Ordinance, decide most equipment questions, and a third in Chapter 69 governs private ground.

Section 164-6O prohibits the use of any portable outdoor solid-fuel-burning fireplace on Town property, whether it is built of steel, concrete, clay or other noncombustible material. The section says the ban reaches portable structures that are open in design as well as those with a small hearth opening and a short chimney or chimney opening in the top. Section 164-6P prohibits the use of cooking grills on any Town property not under direct supervision of the Town during a special event. Both subsections were amended 6-20-2023 by L.L. No. 5-2023.

Town property is defined in § 164-4 to include land the Town owns and all real property it leases, uses or occupies, with the parking areas adjacent to it. Section 164-2 names recreation sites in particular. Chapter 164 also covers beaches subject to Chapter 206, Swimming. Section 164-6N separately bans open burning on Town property except a recreational fire in an area designated by the Commissioner of Public Works, and it excludes from that definition fuel contained in a barbecue grill or barbecue pit, which is why grills are regulated by their own subsection.

On private property in the Town of Irondequoit, § 69-6 exempts open fires used for preparing food for human beings from the open burning ban, with one condition: the fire cannot create a nuisance. Section 69-15 separately bars any emission of an air contaminant that causes or can cause detriment to the health, safety, welfare or comfort of any person, so heavy smoke drifting onto a neighbor's property is a Chapter 69 problem even when the cooking itself is excepted.