Important Reminders Regarding the Use of Fireworks Within the Park Hills City Limits
IMPORTANT REMINDERS REGARDING THE USE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN THE PARK HILLS CITY LIMITS. As the 4th of July holiday nears please read, and be mindful of, our City's NEWEST ORDINANCE concerning the use of Fireworks.
As the 4th of July holiday nears please read, and be mindful of, our City's NEWEST ORDINANCE concerning the use of Fireworks.
Consumer Fireworks, EXCEPT FOR SKY LANTERNS may be set off within the City limits of Park Hills FROM JUNE 27 THROUGH JULY 7 during the hours of 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., except for JULY 4TH on which the permissible hours will be 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. provided, however, that consumer fireworks shall not be set off within the city limits of Park Hills during that period where the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a burn ban applicable to the area or the Fire Chief of under provisions Section a burning 210.580(B)(2) of this Code has issued a burning ban applicable to the area.
Fireworks may be set off ONLY upon private property. Fireworks MAY NOT be set off upon any public property, or upon the private property of someone else, without obtaining his or her permission to do so.
NO person shall ignite or discharge any fireworks within, or throw the same from a motorized vehicle, including watercraft, or any other means of transportation. NOR SHALL any person place, or throw, any ignited article of fireworks into or at a motorized vehicle, including watercraft, or any other means of transportation or at or near any person or group of people.
It is UNLAWFUL to explode or ignite fireworks within six hundred (600) feet of any church, hospital, mental health facility, or school, or within one hundred (100) feet of any location where fireworks are stored, sold, or offered for sale.
NO person shall ignite or discharge fireworks within three hundred (300) feet of any permanent storage of ignitable liquid, gases, gasoline pump, gasoline filling station, or any non-permanent structure where fireworks are stored, sold, or offered for sale.
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Please, use all safety precautions and be courteous of those around you when discharging fireworks during your Independence Day Celebrations.