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Title 3 — Public Safety›Chapter 4 — FIRE PREVENTION
Ojai Municipal Code Art. 2 Burning Regulations
Ojai Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Ojai
Cite as: Ojai Municipal Code Article 2 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 3-4.201. Permit required.¶
No person shall ignite, or cause to burn in the open air, in any open, exposed or outdoor place any combustible waste material or substance unless a written or verbal permit therefor has been secured from the City Manager or his or her designee. If such permit is granted, said burning shall be at all times under competent and continuous supervision and not within 25 feet of any building or structure. All inflammable or combustible materials shall be cleaned away from hedges, ornamental shrubs and trees for such distance as may be necessary to safeguard the same from scorching, igniting, or burning, but in no case less than six feet therefrom.
(§ 1, Ord. 239, eff. Dec. 24, 1958)
§ 3-4.202. Issuance of permit.¶
The City Manager may designate any officer or employee of the City or of the Ventura County Fire Protection District as his designee to issue permits under Section 3-4.201 of this article. In issuing permits under Section 3-4.201, the basic test to be applied is whether the fire to which the permit applied for relates can be ignited without substantial risk of getting out of control. Unless special circumstances exist which do not ordinarily exist, such permits shall be issued for burning only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. of the same day.
(§ 1, Ord. 239, eff. Dec. 24, 1958)
§ 3-4.203. Burning of offensive materials prohibited.¶
No person shall at any time or place within the City limits ignite or cause to burn garbage, hair, rags, rubber, animal waste matter, or other material likely to create offensive odors or excessive smoke.
(§ 1, Ord. 239, eff. Dec. 24, 1958)
§ 3-4.204. Burning hours.¶
No person shall ignite or cause any fire in any outdoor incinerator to burn, smolder or smoke between the hours of 12:00 p.m. of any day and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.
(§ 1, Ord. 239, eff. Dec. 24, 1958)
§ 3-4.205. Burning on public property prohibited.¶
No person except an officer or employee of the City, within the line of duty, shall ignite or cause to burn any combustible material or substance upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, parkway or public property within the City.
(§ 1, Ord. 239, eff. Dec. 24, 1958)
§ 3-4.206. Exceptions.¶
Nothing contained in this article shall apply to or prohibit burning in containers for the purpose of cooking food or protecting against cold.
(§ 1, Ord. 239, eff. December 24, 1958)
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