This page shows the regulations for the TAROONA AREA ONLY (part of the Kingbourough Council) for information on the rest of the state please click here

Fire Permits are not required in Taroona (Council By-laws still apply)

Fires may be lit during non-permit periods on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday between 10:00AM and must be extinguished by 4:00PM

To have the Taroona Fire Brigade conduct a controlled burnoff for you please send us an email via the contact page

(for full details please read the by-law below)

 

Taroona By Laws

Taroona By-Laws on burning

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BY-LAW
BY-LAW 4 OF 2001

PLEASE NOTE: 1 PENALTY UNIT EQUALS $100

Barbecues not incinerators
1 __ (1) Barbecues which are being used to cook food are not
treated as an incinerator for the purposes of this by-law.

2 __ (1) Within any residential zone as defined in a planning
scheme applicable to the municipal area, a person may only light an
incinerator or open air fire, or allow an incinerator or open air fire to be lit
or remain alight, on days in a non-fire ban or non-fire permit period
between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays or
Saturdays.
Penalty: 2 penalty units

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