Solicitors: You may be interested in the email message from Amy Sturgis at the Pennsylvania Municipal League to municipal officials, conveying options for the adoption of a Fireworks Law Ordinance. Note Ms. Sturgis’ summary of the options. The revised Fireworks Law goes into effect tomorrow. William W. Warren, Jr. Moderator PML Listserv Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP 2 North Second Street, Suite 700 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Office (717) 238-7698 | Cell (717) 979-5570 william.warren@saul.com<mailto:william.warren@saul.com> From: Amy Sturges <asturges@pml.org> Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2022 12:40 PM To: Amy Sturges <asturges@pml.org> Cc: John Brenner <JBrenner@pml.org> Subject: Model Ordinances for New Fireworks Law - Act 74 Importance: High **EXTERNAL EMAIL** - This message originates from outside our Firm. Please consider carefully before responding or clicking links/attachments. Dear League and PSATC Officials, The amended Fireworks Law, Act 74 of 2022, goes into effect tomorrow, September 9. We are pleased to be able to provide you with several model ordinances to help you use the new tools provided in Act 74. Under Section 1106 of the Law, a municipality may use an application and permitting process to grant permission to prospective consumer fireworks users. This process can be used in any municipality. Section 1106 also contains a provision allowing dense municipalities, where local officials determine the use of consumer fireworks is prohibited by the 150 foot clearance from any buildings or vehicles rule, to adopt an ordinance specifically prohibiting the use of consumer fireworks. This authorization did not exist in the 2017 law. Therefore, please refer to the attached: Model 1 - provides a consumer fireworks permitting process Model 2 - provides a consumer fireworks prohibition Model 3 - provides a consumer fireworks permit by exception process Because Act 74 is a re-codification of the entire Fireworks Law, we also included language in the models for the permitting of display fireworks. Display fireworks are the large, professionally-set fireworks. Municipalities have always had authority to authorize their use through a permitting process and this was carried forward in the new law. Finally, we wanted to point out that Section 1106 also contains language authorizing other possible ways to limit consumer fireworks, such as through a noise or nuisance ordinance. If your municipality is interested in curbing consumer fireworks use, please discuss the various models with your solicitor to determine the best ordinance for your municipality. We hope you find these models helpful. Please contact me with any questions. Amy AMY STURGES Deputy Executive Director - Advocacy asturges@pml.org<mailto:asturges@pml.org> • 717-236-9469 ext. *225 [https://s22.postimg.cc/pirfbsh5t/League_Horz_Purple_2x.png]<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.pml.org%2f&c=E,1,h2Tx--ZuQgDPGsz9jOmmPcxKuxglfqAFTc1PcAni7_GSRa6tYg7_ccEp18dQx2IBd3XXIvFpkZZ1o-W9zWS7pW4Yd-Uc_CjNVlb7BciqUlXtt4lm95Ibt8bLcGs,&typo=1> 414 North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1342 PML.org<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pml.org%2f&c=E,1,g5Urg1JfhIHD-E9Xnego0emUpVibyDzmqEd-HAXMvZTv-7iainHefZpoKtUa_7pvi9lBGKXkMX_L1zPqV-mGlijUyO2eFGMDYr-YC7KsrA,,&typo=1> | Our mission is to strengthen, empower and advocate for effective local government. [PSATC logo PMS 200 signature] This message is encrypted by barracuda mail security. "Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP (saul.com) " made the following annotations: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ This e-mail may contain privileged, confidential, copyrighted, or other legally protected information. If you are not the intended recipient (even if the e-mail address is yours), you may not use, copy, or retransmit it. If you have received this by mistake please notify us by return e-mail, then delete. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+