The Fire Prevention Division enforces all ordinances mandated by the City of Salisbury. For a complete list of fire related ordinances, please visit the Municipal Codes.
Code/Procedural Interpretation SFD Interpretation: Use of Portable Outdoor Heaters
Code Reference: North Carolina Fire Code, Section 603
Subject: Can I use portable propane fueled radiant heaters on my restaurant patio or outdoor seating area?
Interpretation: Yes, but only under certain circumstances.
The North Carolina Fire Code allows the use of portable gas-fired outdoor heaters ONLY under the following guidelines:
- Heaters cannot be used in any tent or under any canopy or membrane structure.
- A minimum clearance of 5-feet shall be maintained between the heater and the building, combustible decorative material, or exit or access thereto.
- Heaters shall not be located beneath any awning, sunshade or similar building attachments.
- Heater shall be UL Listed and installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
- Heater shall be fitted with a tip-over switch that will automatically shut off the flow of gas if heater is tilted to more than 15 degrees to vertical.
- The heating element or combustion chamber shall be protected from physical contact.
- Heating element or combustible chamber shall be permanently guarded as to prevent accidental contact by persons or material.
To request approval for use: Please remit detailed plans, location of use and heater type to firemarshal@salisburync.gov.
Open Burning:
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Campfires, outdoor cooking fires and bonfires are permissible, unless prohibited by local ordinances or temporary burn bans, provided that only vegetation such as firewood is burned. Fires must be controlled and never left unattended. A Portable outdoor fireplace is a portable, outdoor, solid-fuel-burning fireplace that may be constructed of steel, concrete, clay or other noncombustible material. A portable outdoor fireplace may be open in design, or may be equipped with a small hearth opening and a short chimney or chimney opening in the top.
North Carolina Fire Code Section 302
Recreational fires shall not be conducted within 25 feet of a structure or combustible material. Conditions which could cause a fire to spread within 25 feet of a structure shall be eliminated prior to ignition.
North Carolina Fire Code Section 307.4.2
ARTICLE VI. – FIRE
Burning Permit: |
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Commercial |
$25.00 |
Residential |
No charge |
Sec. 16-65. - Fireworks
Fireworks. Any fireworks or explosive[s] of any kind or nature are prohibited, except by special permit.
ARTICLE VI. – FIRE
Firework/Pyrotechnic Display (per display) |
$200.00 |
Sec. 13-173. - Fire lanes
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Designation Pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 160A-301 and for the protection and safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the city, there are hereby established certain fire lanes as designated on that map and subject to those policies on file in the office of the traffic engineer. Fire lanes may be established upon the request of the property owner or person in general charge of the operation and control of the area, with approval by the city manager, both on private property which constitutes a public vehicular area as that term is defined by G.S. 20-4.01(32), and on any public drive, driveway, road, roadway, street, alley or other surface generally used or reserved for the movement or parking of motor vehicles.
Blocking fire lane; authority to remove vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, or to put or place any other object, structure or obstruction in a fire lane which has been established and properly marked under the provisions of this section; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful for governmental vehicles, including municipal transit buses, or nongovernmental emergency vehicles, including rescue squad vehicles, to stop, stand or travel within such fire lanes when required to do so in the performance of their official duties.
Any vehicle which shall be or remain standing or parked in any fire lane established under this section may be removed by or upon order of the chief of police or his designee with the concurrence of the property owner upon whose premises the fire lane is located.
(Code 1977, §§ 15-301, 15-302)
ARTICLE VI. – FIRE
Parking in a Fire Lane |
$50.00 |