Everett, MA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Operative rule
- Section 13A-62(g)(11), Everett Revised Ordinances
- Scope
- All use or display of fireworks
- Only exception
- As provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Maximum fine
- $300.00 per offense under Section 1-8
- Daily violations
- Each day is a separate violation
- Citation deadline
- Pay or appeal within twenty-one days
Summary
In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-62(g)(11) declares all use or display of fireworks a public nuisance, except as provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Enforcement runs through Chapter 13A, with fines up to $300.00 per offense under Section 1-8 and each day treated as a separate violation.
(g) Public Peace and Safety – The following acts, omissions, places, conditions, and things are hereby declared to be public nuisances affecting peace and/or safety, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances: ... (11) Fireworks – All use or display of fireworks, except as provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Full Breakdown
The Everett City Council, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, lists fireworks among the public peace and safety nuisances in Section 13A-62(g)(11): all use or display of fireworks, except as provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The ordinance prints no holiday or date-based exemption of its own, so the only carve-out is whatever state law provides. Section 13A-61 separately says no person shall erect, cause, continue, maintain or permit to exist any public nuisance within the City.
Enforcement is shared. The Code Enforcement Task Force includes the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief or their designees (Section 13A-1(d)), and Section 13A-1(e)(3) incorporates the Massachusetts Fire Prevention Code, 527 CMR, Section 10, into the Code Enforcement Ordinance. A director can act on field observations or reliable complaints. Section 13A-7 puts cases with an imminent likelihood of or actual bodily harm, or damage to real or personal property, in the high risk tier, which calls for a response within twenty-four hours to one week. Section 13A-9(d) says no warning need be issued in high-risk cases, emergencies or repeat violation cases, so a citation can come first.
Beyond a civil citation, a cease and desist order can be issued under Section 13A-41 by the building inspector, the board of health or code enforcement officers, and Section 13A-5(b) lets a director ask the City Solicitor to consider a misdemeanor complaint when the violation was willful and knowing. The remedies are not exclusive: Section 13A-6(c) says the City can pursue any other manner of remedy authorized by law.
Violations & Fines
Section 1-8 sets the penalty at not more than $300.00 per offense, with each day deemed a separate violation, and violations of a particularly hazardous nature can be assessed up to the maximum on the first offense. Under Section 13A-5(b), willful violations are punished by a fine under Section 1-8 and each day is a separate offense. A citation must be paid or appealed within twenty-one days (Section 13A-24).
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