Fireworks:
Fireworks cannot be set off except between June 24 through July 6 and December 24 through December 26.
Even during those times, there are restriction about setting off fireworks. Individuals under 18 cannot set off fireworks. Individuals cannot set off fireworks on any public property including parks, parking lots, streets and within one mile of McDowell Sonoran Preserve or Pinnacle Peak Park.
Fireworks that can be used within the restrictions are:
- Ground and handheld sparkling devices
- Cylindrical fountains
- Cone fountains
- Illuminating torches
- Wheels
- Ground spinners
- Flitter sparklers
- Toy smoke devices
- Wire sparklers or dipped sticks
- Multiple tube ground and handheld sparkling devices, cylindrical fountains, cone fountains and illuminating torches
These types of fireworks can never be used: Any firework intended to rise into the air and explode or to detonate in the air or to fly above the ground, including firecrackers, bottle rockets, sky rockets, missile-type rockets, helicopters, aerial spinners, torpedoes, roman candles, mine devices, shell devices and aerial shell kits or reloadable tubes.
Sale of fireworks – Fireworks cannot be sold to a person under 18 years old.
Sec. 36-77. - Fireworks prohibited; novelty items or show authorized by permit exceptions.
(A) The use of fireworks including permissible consumer fireworks within the city is prohibited except for the limited of use of permissible consumer fireworks during the time periods and under the conditions provided for in Section 36-77.1.
(B) Nothing in this section or article shall be construed to prohibit the use of novelty items or the carrying out of a supervised show or possession of display fireworks authorized by city permit.
(Ord. No. 3892, § 1, 11-9-10; Ord. No. 4157, § 2, 6-3-14)
Sec. 36-77.1. - Limited use of permissible consumer fireworks; permitted time periods, conditions and locations.
(A) The use of permissible consumer fireworks within the city is prohibited on all publicly owned property which includes, but is not limited to, city buildings, city parking lots, city parks, public schools and city streets and within one
(1) mile of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve or Pinnacle Peak Park.
(B) The use of permissible consumer fireworks is prohibited by anyone under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
(C) Except as provided for above, permissible consumer fireworks may be used on private property with the consent of the owner from June 24th through July 6th and December 24th through January 3rd.
(Ord. No. 4157, § 2, 6-3-14)
Sec. 36-78. - Sale of fireworks; restrictions.
(A) No person shall sell or permit or authorize the sale of permissible consumer fireworks to a person who is under eighteen (18) years of age.
(B) No person shall sell or permit or authorize the sale of permissible consumer fireworks in conflict with state law.
(C) No person shall sell, possess, authorize or manufacture consumer or display fireworks unless authorized by state law, city permit or otherwise authorized by this article.
(D) No person shall sell permissible consumer fireworks to the public except from May 20th through July 6th and December 10th through January 3rd.
(E) A first violation of this section is a civil offense punishable by a minimum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000). Any subsequent violations of this section within two years are class one misdemeanors punishable by a minimum fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(Ord. No. 3892, § 1, 11-9-10; Ord. No. 4157, § 2, 6-3-14)
Curfew:
Age 15 and under: 10:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. everyday, including weekends; Age 16 -17: 12:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M. everyday, including weekends.
Laws may have changed since the last time this article was updated. The current and most up-to-date laws can be accessed here.
