Showing ordinances that apply to Fruitridge Pocket, CA
Fruitridge Pocket is an unincorporated community (population 6,102) in Sacramento County, California. Because Fruitridge Pocket is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Sacramento County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The fireworks rules below are the ones that govern your area.
All consumer fireworks, including Safe and Sane, are banned in unincorporated Sacramento County. Only permitted public displays are legal. Violations carry administrative fines up to 1,000 dollars plus state penalties.
Sacramento County Code Chapter 8.20 prohibits the sale, possession, use, and discharge of all fireworks in unincorporated areas, including those labeled Safe and Sane by the State Fire Marshal. Only licensed public displays with a Metro Fire permit are allowed. The county runs an anonymous reporting portal each summer, and offenders face social host liability where property owners can be fined even if they were not the ones lighting fireworks. State Health and Safety Code 12500 imposes additional misdemeanor penalties for dangerous fireworks.
Administrative fines of 1,000 dollars per violation under the county social host ordinance. Dangerous fireworks (M-80s, bottle rockets) are a state misdemeanor with up to 1 year jail and 50,000 dollar fines.
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