Lane County sets no smoker-specific ordinance. Wood or pellet smokers used for cooking are treated as cooking fires under the Oregon Fire Code and are generally allowed on your property, with the same balcony/clearance limits for apartments and possible restrictions during fire season.
Using a backyard smoker (wood, pellet, or charcoal) for food is considered outdoor cooking and is permitted on residential property in Lane County without a burn permit, since recreational and cooking fires are exempt from debris-burn permitting during burn season. There is no separate Lane County or Oregon smoker regulation. The relevant limits come from the Oregon Fire Code: open-flame and solid-fuel cooking devices generally may not be used on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of multifamily buildings. Smoke should not create a persistent nuisance for neighbors. During declared fire season and Public Use Restrictions on ODF-protected land, solid-fuel outdoor cooking fires can be curtailed even though propane cooking is usually still allowed, so check the current fire-season status.
Smoker use in a prohibited multifamily location or during a fire-season ban is a fire-code violation; persistent smoke nuisances may draw a county nuisance complaint.
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