2024-07-16 VII. E. Ex.10 • \)INU1 F .�
Exhibit 10
07/16/2024
City of Okeechobee Municode 14em V11. E,
Sec. 14-173. Fireworks.
(a) It shall be unlawful to sell or offer or expose for sale any fireworks or other similar devices as defined in F.S. §
791.01.
(b) The use of fireworks or other similar devices are not permitted in the city other than on New Year's Eve, New
Year's Day,and Independence Day. However,this section shall not prohibit public outdoor fireworks displays
for which any applicable permit has been obtained from the city and Okeechobee County Fire and Rescue if
and where all financial bond requirements or liability insurance established by the city,if any, have been
satisfied,and other prescribed safety requirements have been met.
(c) The use of private outdoor fireworks may occur on:
New Years' Eve between 1:00 p.m.to midnight, EST;and
New Years' Day between 12:01 a.m.to 1:00 a.m.,and between 11:00 a.m.to 11:00 p.m., EST.
Independence Day between 11:00 a.m.to 11:00 p.m., EST.
(d) Provisions of this article may be enforced by the city as a code violation or may be enforced by the police
department as an offense,pursuant to F.S. § 162.22 or when a public safety or nuisance is caused.A problem
may exist when fireworks are set off 25 feet or less of an adjoining single-family residence.A problem may
occur when fireworks are being set off near vegetations or forested areas that could potentially cause an
undue fire hazard.
(Code 1982,§11-6;Ord. No. 1270, §2,3-7-2023)
Cross reference(s)—Fire protection and prevention, ch.34.
Created: 2024-06-10 14:04:19 [EST]
(Supp. No.18)
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Florida Statute 791 .01
(4)(a) "Fireworks" means and includes any combustible or explosive composition or
substance or combination of substances or, except as hereinafter provided, any article
prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion,
deflagration, or detonation. The term includes blank cartridges and toy cannons in which
• explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel them,
firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, dago bombs, and any fireworks
containing any explosives or flammable compound or any tablets or other device containing
any explosive substance.
(b) "Fireworks" does not include sparklers approved by the division pursuant to s. 791 .013;
toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five
hundredths grains or less of explosive compound are used, providing they are so constructed
that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion; and toy
• pistol paper caps which contain less than twenty hundredths grains of explosive mixture, the
sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.