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Indianola council directs staff to draft recreational-burning ordinance tied to 2018 International Fire Code
Summary
After staff review, the council directed city staff to draft code amendments to allow recreational fires under defined parameters (per the 2018 International Fire Code), to add clearer public guidance and enforcement measures, and to return for formal readings in May.
The Indianola City Council directed staff to prepare amendments to the city's open-burning code to allow regulated recreational fires and to strengthen enforcement and public education.
City staff said the current ordinance has limited enforcement "teeth" and that spring and fall see repeated complaints about yard burning and burn pits. The staff presentation recommended using parameters from the 2018 International Fire Code (IFC) to define permissible recreational fires such as small fire rings and campfires,…
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