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Monroe City advances fireworks ordinance after work session on definitions, permits and limits
Summary
Council reviewed a draft ordinance that mirrors state law, treats most sparklers as novelties, would ban consumer (aerial/audible) fireworks except where state law requires and would allow low-impact ground fireworks Fridays–Saturdays until 11 p.m.; staff recommended permit requirements, insurance and escrow for large displays.
A work session presentation and follow-up council action moved Monroe City closer to new local rules for fireworks, after staff outlined how state law constrains local regulation and proposed local limits on where and when certain types may be used.
Assistant City Manager Mark Cochran told council the state statute cited in the presentation (referred to in discussion as Public Act 256) draws a line between display fireworks (professional shows), consumer fireworks (aerial or audible devices) and lower-impact ground devices, plus a category of novelties. “Novelties are things we are not allowed to regulate,” Cochran said, citing the state act and American Pyrotechnic Association (APA) guidance.
Cochran said the draft ordinance would: follow…
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