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Planning commission backs staff recommendation to limit backyard burning to larger lots and align rules with fire agency guidance
Summary
The Planning Commission on May 27 reviewed a draft update to the city’s outdoor‑burning code that adopts local fire‑district and state guidance and directed staff to forward clarified language to council.
The Planning Commission on May 27 reviewed a comprehensive draft update to the city’s outdoor‑burning code that incorporates Clackamas County and state fire and air‑quality standards and asked staff to forward several specific recommendations to the City Council.
Patrick and Kelly walked commissioners through the draft, which largely adopts guidance from the local fire district, the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Key draft elements include categories of fires (small recreational/cooking fires limited to 3 feet by 3 feet, larger yard/landscape burn piles, and agricultural piles), clearance and siting standards, a 10‑foot diameter by 3‑foot height limit for burn piles as recommended by the fire district,…
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