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Dance Festopia fireworks request revives noise, safety and CUP questions
Summary
Organizers of the Dance Festopia music festival asked the Miami County Commission to approve use of proximate pyrotechnics outside the county’s usual holiday fireworks window; commissioners debated hours, prior CUP language and public-safety reports and asked for sheriff and EMS input before making a decision.
Organizers of Dance Festopia asked the Miami County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 27 to approve proximate pyrotechnics and an extension of the county’s 11 p.m. code cutoff for fireworks for several multi-day festival dates. The event operates under an existing conditional use permit (CUP) the county previously approved; staff and commissioners debated whether the pyrotechnics request fits the county’s existing fireworks rules and whether enforcement and noise standards are adequate.
Kenny Cook, Miami County planning director, said the festival’s pyrotechnic effects are “proximate pyrotechnics,” distinct from loud display fireworks, and that staff historically required display-fireworks permits for out-of-season pyrotechnics even if they are not the big aerial shows. The applicant requested modest extensions beyond the…
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