Utica Prohibits Fireworks Use 335 Days of the Year
Fed up with nightly bangs and booms, Utica passes an ordinance prohibiting residents from shooting off all loud and legal fireworks 335 days a year.
Fed up with the pre-fireworks season bangs and booms, the City of Utica passed an ordinance Tuesday prohibiting the use of legal fireworks other than the 30 designated days a year, which are a day before, the day of and the day after national holidays. "I really am personally sick of hearing bottle rockets and fireworks going off nightly," said Utica Mayor Jaqueline Noonan. The ordinance gives police the ability to fine residents up to $500 for firing off loud fireworks on days that are not designated in ordinance No. 163. Council members said the ordinance was necessary to regulate the noise level in Utica after Michigan passed relaxed state law that allow airborne fireworks to be sold in the state to generate sales tax revenue and …
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Lisa Lubick
9:48 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
I agree with the ordinance. Not only is my dog a nervous wreck that literally diarrheas everywhere,vbut they also can be bothersome to my 8 year old autistic son.Not to mention the cost! I would never pay that much money just to light it on fire. more ›