Town of Harvard Burn Permits
Apply for your online permit today.
Apply for your online permit today.
Only residents living in approved areas can obtain a permit. Permits are conditional and may be revoked at any time.
You may register online using this website, or you can visit us in person at the Police Station during normal business hours.
• Brush (no larger than 4" in diameter), cane, driftwood, and forestry debris from other than commercial or industrial land clearing operations. • Materials normally associated with the pursuit of agriculture such as fruit tree pruning’s, dead raspberry stalks, blueberry patches for pruning purposes, and infected bee hives for disease control. • Trees and brush resulting from agricultural land clearing. • Fungus infected elm wood, if no other acceptable means of disposal is available.
If you want to have an open-air fire then yes, you need an approved permit. If you are having a barbecue (no larger than 3'x3'x3') a permit is not required.
Open burning season runs from January 15 through May 1st of each year. Open burning is allowed only between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm. All fires need to be COMPLETELY out by 4:00 pm.
Each day you wish to burn during the open burning season, January 15 through May 1st, you need to call (351) 333-5090 during the hours of 8am - 12pm to see if open burning is allowed that day and if it is your will follow the prompts on the phone to activate your permit.