Just a reminder that even on July 4th we are not free to celebrate freedom with fireworks in KCMO.
Sec. 26-5601. – Explosives and fireworks, general. | Code of Ordinances | Kansas City, MO | Municode Library
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Sec. 26-5608.16. Prohibition of Fireworks.
Sec. 26-5608.16.1. Sale, use and possessing; Definition.
(a)
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, keep, store, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, use or explode any fireworks in the city.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, the term fireworks shall mean and include any combustible or explosive composition, or any substances or combination of substances, or article prepared for the purposes of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion or explosion, in which explosives are used, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, sparklers or other fireworks of like construction, and any fireworks containing explosive or flammable compound, or any tablets or other devices regulated by the US Department of Transportation as a regulated firework.
Sec. 26-5608.16.2. Exemptions. Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting any resident wholesaler, dealer or jobber from carrying on or about his person or selling at wholesale such fireworks as are not herein prohibited, nor from carrying on or about his person or selling any kind of fireworks, provided the same are to be shipped directly out of the City in accordance with Interstate Commerce Commission regulations governing the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles by motor, rail or water; nor as prohibiting the carry on or about the person or use of fireworks in a public exhibition by pyrotechnic experts as hereinbefore authorized; nor as prohibiting the manufacture, storage, carrying on or about the person or use of signals, fuses or fireworks necessary for the safe operation or the railroad, trucks, aircraft or other instrumentalities of transportation, or of blank pistols for show or theater, or for signals or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports, or for us by military organizations.