Backyard Burning

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Residents within the "Area Closed to Burning" Map - [PDF, 185KB] (between Pitt Meadows on the West and 240 Street on the East, the Fraser River on the South and 126 / 128 Avenue (approximate) on the North) are not allowed any type of wood burning fires including open pit campfires or commercially available fire places.

Residents in the "Area Open to Burning" must follow the following regulations Bylaw 5535-1997 [PDF, 130KB]:

• Must be a minimum of fifteen (15) metres from any building, structure, overhead wires or cables;
• Must have a person nineteen (19) years of age or older is, at all times, present at the recreational fire and until the fire is totally extinguished, for the purposes of supervising and extinguishing the fire;
• A water hose, connected to an available water supply and shovel must be present for the duration of the fire and until it is extinguished.
• Outdoor fires must be contained within a pit or permanent walls for the purpose of warmth, cooking or a social gathering.
• The rural areas of Maple Ridge may burn dry garden refuse from April 15 to May 15 and October 15 to November 15 with a permit if the fire can be located a minimum of 15 metres from structures and property lines.

You can burn:

• Leaves branches and other vegetation that grow on the property

You can't burn:

• Any materials hauled onto the property from another site
• Dimensional lumber (2 x 4's, etc) or waste lumber ends
• Construction materials of any kind
• Old buildings, sheds, barns
• Furniture or other finished goods
• Plastics, tires, insulation
• Garbage of any kind

Before you burn, please consider the FREE municipal chipping program. For more information call the Operations Department at 604-467-7363.