Outdoor fires in Charlottetown won't be banned just yet — as a recent council meeting found the committee tasked with looking at a ban still has questions about what it would look like.

"We have to get a happy medium … we need more research into this," said Environment and Sustainability Committee committee chair Bob Doiron at Monday's council meeting.

"Where do we start and where do we end? Do we want to ban all outdoor fires all together — so that goes to barbecues, does it go to wood stoves, pellet stoves? You know these little fire places that families buy and roast marshmallows with their kids — are we going to ban those as well?"

The Environment and Sustainability Committee was recently asked to look at a ban by Deputy Mayor Mike Duffy, who said he was getting complaints from residents with breathing issues.

Previously, Duffy had asked the Protective Services Committee to look at a ban last fall, which the committee decided not to go through with.