Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 132D-5 - General prohibitions(a) It shall be unlawful for any person without a permit issued under section 132D-10 by a county fire department to:(1) Remove or extract the pyrotechnic contents from any fireworks;(2) Throw any ignited fireworks: (A) From, at, or into a vehicle;(B) At a person or an animal; and(C) From above the first floor of any building; or(3) Set off, ignite, discharge, or otherwise cause to explode any fireworks: (A) Above the first floor of any building;(C) At any time not within the periods for use prescribed in section 132D-3;(D) Within one thousand feet of any operating hospital, licensed convalescent home, licensed home for the elderly, zoo, licensed animal shelter, or licensed animal hospital;(E) In any school building, or on any school grounds and yards without first obtaining authorization from appropriate school officials;(F) On any highway, alley, street, sidewalk, or other public way; in any park; on any public beach; in any officially designated forest or wildlife preserve; within fifty feet of a canefield; or within one thousand feet of any building used for public worship during the periods when services are held; and(G) Within five hundred feet of any hotel.(b) It shall be unlawful to purchase consumer fireworks more than five calendar days before the time periods for permissible use under section 132D-3.(c) It shall be unlawful to sell consumer fireworks after 12:01 a.m. on New Year's Day, 6:00 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Day, and 8:00 p.m. on the Fourth of July.L 1994, c 180, pt of §1; am L 2006, c 183, §6; am L 2008, c 38, §2 .