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Walton County staff propose switching beach bonfires to propane fire pits
Summary
Code compliance staff proposed replacing wood beach bonfires with tested propane fire pits to reduce smoke and debris, and outlined safety standards including UL/CSA listing, 20-pound tank limit, minimum hose length and required extinguisher. Vendors and residents raised safety, cost and transition concerns.
Walton County code compliance staff on Wednesday proposed changing the beach activities ordinance to allow only tested propane fire pits for beach bonfires, citing complaints about smoke and debris from wood fires.
The county’s deputy director of code compliance, Tony Corman, and South Walton Fire District representative Sammy Sanchez said the proposed language would require fire pits to be UL-listed or Canadian Standards Association (CSA) listed, use a standard 20-pound propane bottle, sit at least 4 inches off the sand and be no larger than 3 feet in diameter. The draft would also require a tagged 5-pound ABC fire extinguisher on site and prohibit fire rings or pits without bottoms. Tiki torches would remain an exception; cooking attachments would be banned on the propane fire pits.
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