Residential smokers, wood pellet cookers, and charcoal smokers are allowed in Santa Rosa County as cooking devices, and count as barbecue cooking exempt from burn bans. They must not create a smoke nuisance, and multi-family balcony use is restricted by the fire code.
A backyard smoker or wood/charcoal cooker is treated as a cooking device, not open burning, so it needs no burn authorization and is exempt from the county burn ban that otherwise bars open fires. Florida Forest Service rules allow contained outdoor heating or cooking devices for recreational cooking. Smokers should burn only clean wood, chips, or pellets, never treated lumber, painted wood, or trash, and must be attended. Persistent heavy smoke drifting onto neighbors can be addressed under the county's nuisance provisions. In apartments and condos, the Florida Fire Prevention Code's balcony open-flame restrictions apply the same as to grills. Keep smokers clear of siding, fences, and overhangs.
Chronic smoke or odor may be cited as a nuisance; balcony use in multi-family housing can draw fire-code enforcement and an order to remove the device.
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