houston
What is the difference between a &quot;barbecue pit&quot; and a &quot;campfire&quot; you can cook food on?
<p>My friend has a fire pit you can cook on. <a href="https://www.texasoriginalpits.com/product/spindletop-45-fire-pit-copy/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">It looks kind of like the &quot;SPINDLETOP 45″ FIRE PIT&quot; seen here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xa7be.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xa7be.jpg" alt="Fire PIt" /></a></p>
<p>Would it require a permit to use one of these in Houston? Here is the regulation, <a href="https://www.houstontx.gov/fire/business/standard16.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT LIFE SAFETY BUREAU (LSB) LSB STANDARD 16, REV. 05 OPEN BURNING AND RECREATIONAL FIRES</a></p>
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<li><a href="https://www.houstontx.gov/fire/business/standard16.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.houstontx.gov/fire/business/standard16.pdf</a></li>
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<p>The problem is there are two categories in this</p>
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<li>Section 16.3 - Barbecue Pit</li>
<li>Section 16.6 - Campfire</li>
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<p>Because you can always cook campfire, and you can always put a barbecue pit in the center of people for warmth I'm not sure which way this would go? Can you have a barbecue pit that you're burning logs in for warmth that is not a camp fire for the purpose of needing a permit?</p>

<h2>Look at the definitions</h2>
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<p>16.2.1 Open Burning.</p>
<p>Open burning’, for the purpose of this standard is the burning of: a bonfire, rubbish fire, campfire, trench fire, or other fire in an outdoor location where fuel being burned is not contained in an approved incinerator, outdoor fireplace, barbecue grill or barbecue pit.</p>
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<p>This is an &quot;outdoor fireplace&quot; and not a &quot;campfire&quot;.</p>
