Burning Permits / Driveway Permits / Culverts / Mailbox Supports

FIRE WARDENS FOR ROCKFORD TOWNSHIP

• Rachelle McDougall: 763-682-3499
  

• Karen McDougall: 612-210-2495
  

NOTE: You do not need a burn permit if there is at least three inches of snow on the ground. 

It is never permissible to burn household garbage.

The following materials cannot be burned

• Hazardous wastes
  

• Industrial solid wastes
  

• Demolition debris of commercial or institutional structures. (A Farm building is not a commercial structure.)  Burning of any structure should be referred to a forest officer.
  

• Salvage operations
  

• Motor vehicles
  

• Oils
  

• Rubber
  

• Plastics
  

• Chemically-treated materials
  

• Other materials which produce excessive, or noxious smoke, such as, but not limited to: tires, railroad ties, chemically-treated lumber, composite board, sheet rock, wiring, paint, or paint filters.
  

• Garbage, defined as discarded material resulting from handling, processing, storage, preparation, serving, or consumption of food.
  

Mailbox Supports

Can be purchased through the Township.

Cost: $67.77

Driveway Permits / Road Right-of-Way/Mailbox Regulations

Driveway Permits must be purchased for $25.00 through the Township Clerk.