City of Biloxi updates fireworks ordinance

The City of Biloxi held a meeting updating their fireworks ordinance.

Fireworks are allowed to be sold, but only during certain months. They can be sold from June 15^th to July 4^th and from December 5^th starting at 6 p.m. until January 1^st at 1 a.m. Fireworks can also be sold during Lunar New Year.

Anyone 18-years or older will be allowed to sell them. Sixteen-year-olds will be allowed to purchase.

Fireworks can be ignited on the day of July 4^th, December 31^st after 6 p.m. until January 1^st, and on the first, second, and third day of Tet, in conjunction with the Dragon Dance. Director of Community Development Jerry Creel said, “We think it will be safer by putting in some controls about who can sale and who can buy. We believe that that adds to the safety factor. Also, the fact that we actually put in some distance requirements between the type of facilities that sale fireworks, fire ignitions, and gas stations and so on, we think that will make it safer.”

Fireworks are not allowed to be ignited during a parade, a public assembly, 300 yards of a railroad, or within 500 feet of a church, school, or hospital.