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Sandy council adopts tighter outdoor-burning rules, adds DEQ verification and contained-ring requirement
Summary
The Sandy City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025-36 revising Chapter 8.36 of the Sandy Municipal Code to tighten outdoor-burning rules, require contained fire rings for small outdoor pits, and set DEQ daily burn prescriptions as the primary burn-day standard while preserving fire-district authority to restrict burning locally.
The Sandy City Council on a unanimous vote adopted Ordinance 2025-36, updating the city’s regulations on outdoor burning to clarify where and when residents may burn yard debris and to improve public-safety safeguards.
The change, recorded as an amendment to Chapter 8.36 of the Sandy Municipal Code, arose from a council goal to study outdoor-burning rules and followed a September work session and subsequent revisions based on planning-commission feedback. Council members and staff said the…
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