Chino Hills, CA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Scope of ban
- All fireworks, incl. safe and sane
- Public displays
- Not permitted, no exception
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine / 6 months jail
- WUI overlay
- Also barred in fire hazard severity zones
- Seizure power
- Fire official may seize violating fireworks
Summary
Chino Hills bans all fireworks outright. Municipal Code § 8.30.020 prohibits manufacturing, possessing, selling, storing, displaying, discharging, or setting off any firework within city limits, including safe and sane, dangerous, and exempt types, and bars public fireworks displays entirely; violation is a misdemeanor under § 8.30.030.
8.30.020 - Fireworks prohibited. No person shall manufacture, possess, sell, offer for sale, store, display, dispose of, give away, keep stock, discharge, explode, fire or set off any fireworks within the City of Chino Hills, including but not limited to, safe and sane, dangerous, and exempt fireworks. No public displays of fireworks shall be permitted. 8.30.030 - Penalty for violations. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and each such violation shall be punishable as set forth in Section 1.36.020 of this code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
, Chino Hills opts out completely. 020 makes it unlawful to manufacture, possess, sell, offer for sale, store, display, dispose of, give away, keep stock of, discharge, explode, fire, or set off any firework anywhere in the city, and the ban expressly reaches safe and sane fireworks, dangerous fireworks, and exempt fireworks as those terms are defined at California Health and Safety Code §§ 12505, 12508, 12511, 12526, 12529, and 12532. Even licensed public fireworks displays are barred: the section's final sentence states flatly that no public display of fireworks is permitted in the city, closing off the exception many neighboring cities use for a single professionally run show.
1 additionally bars fireworks use or possession in any wildland-urban interface area or fire hazard severity zone, which covers much of the hillside city. Given that Chino Hills sits in the hills between the Inland Empire and Orange County with extensive WUI terrain, the citywide ban functions as an added wildfire-prevention measure layered on top of the state fireworks scheme, not merely a public-nuisance rule.
Violations & Fines
Any violation of § 8.30.020 is a misdemeanor under § 8.30.030, punishable under the general penalty at § 1.36.020 by a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in county jail, or both. The Fire Code's parallel prohibition at CFC § 5601.1.3, as locally amended, carries its own penalty under Chapter 1, Section 113.4 of the Fire Code, and the fire code official can seize fireworks offered or possessed in violation under CFC § 5601.7.
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