Commission approves PUD to allow seasonal retail fireworks with inspection requirements
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The county approved a PUD zoning change to permit seasonal retail fireworks stands on an industrial-zoned property; staff said stands would be temporary and inspected for fire and life-safety compliance.
The Oklahoma County Planning Commission on April 17 approved a planned unit development request that adds seasonal retail fireworks sales to an industrial property (PUD-2025-0Q). The PUD limits fireworks sales to short seasonal periods and specifies the location of temporary stands on the site.
Planning staff said the request carries forward existing industrial uses and only adds retail fireworks, limited to the June–July period and again around late December into early January. “This is just retail. So this would be from the June to the July, and then towards the December to the very January 1,” the planner said.
The county has adopted stand-alone fire-life-safety inspections for retail fireworks in unincorporated areas. Staff told the commission the county now coordinates third-party inspections as part of the permit process to verify compliance. When asked about proximity to gas pumps, staff said the stands have met current fire-life-safety requirements and the county would continue inspections during permit issuance.
Jessica Bloy of Johnson Associates represented the applicant. No members of the public spoke in opposition. The commission approved the PUD change on a unanimous roll call vote.