Menifee, CA Outdoor Cooking: Smoker Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed cooking spots
- Authorized stoves or grills only
- Grill fuel
- Charcoal only, per Sec. 13.01.120
- Fires after hours
- Banned without written Director OK
- Chapter
- 13.01, Regulations for Use of Public Parks
- Max misdemeanor fine
- $1,000 under Sec. 13.01.350
Summary
Menifee Code of Ordinances Section 13.01.120 confines cooking fires in city parks to authorized stoves and grills, requires charcoal only in barbecue grills, and bans any fire once the park is closed unless the Community Services Director permits it in writing.
No person shall make or kindle a fire nor cook any meal within a park except in stoves or other facilities authorized and specifically provided for such purpose. In barbecue grills only charcoal is to be used. No fire shall be lit or maintained when the parks are closed, except by written permission of the Director of City Manager/Community Services.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
120, titled 'Fires Prohibited; Exceptions,' provides that no person may make or kindle a fire or cook a meal within a park except in stoves or other facilities specifically authorized and provided for that purpose. 250, unless the Director of City Manager/Community Services gives written permission. 030 defines PARK broadly, covering public grounds, greenbelts, plazas and school facilities in recreational use under city control, this fuel and location restriction applies to any of those city-controlled outdoor cooking spots, not just a single flagship park. 160(B), so a smoker or grill user who strays from the charcoal-only, authorized-facility rule can trigger more than one park provision at once.
Violations & Fines
Lighting a non-charcoal fire, cooking outside an authorized stove or grill, or maintaining a fire after posted park closing hours without the Director's written permission violates Section 13.01.120 and is punishable under the chapter's general penalty, Section 13.01.350: a misdemeanor carrying up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months in County Jail, or an infraction fine of up to $250 where the violation is charged as such.
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