Cooking/Campfires are permitted for everyone and are allowed in the City of DeWitt, however, the following guidelines must be followed:

• Must be NO larger than 4 feet in diameter and 3 feet in height.
• Any burning shall occur at 25 feet from any structure and property line and shall be at the rear of the property away from any roadway and sidewalk unless the fire is in an above-ground commercially manufactured fire receptacle not modified from its original purpose, or in a masonry fireplace made for outdoor burning.
• All fires must be out by Midnight, no burning from Midnight to 6 a.m.
• Only clean firewood free of leaves may be burned.
• Must be supervised by an adult at all times.
• No fires if wind speed exceeds 10 mph.

Open Burning for parcels two acres or greater in area having a residential dwelling house thereon, the following allowances and restrictions also apply:

• The burning of brush, branches, logs and firewood is permitted except during the months of June, July, and August.
• No burn pile shall exceed five feet in height and ten feet in width.
• During the burn, a source of water within reasonable proximity of the burn pile shall be available and be adequate to extinguish the fire should the need arise.
• In order to burn, the property owner or agent must secure a burn permit from the city. The burn permit shall be effective for 14 days.
• Materials from another premises shall not be brought to the parcel for burning.