Weber County, UT Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Weber County Code Section 30-1-1 defines 'fireworks' for Chapter 30-1 as Class C explosives, Class C dangerous explosives and Class C common state-approved explosives; it expressly excludes exempt explosives and Class A and Class B explosives, which state law regulates separately.

Section 30-1-2 makes it unlawful for anyone outside the county's incorporated cities and towns, Ogden, Roy, North Ogden, South Ogden, Riverdale, Washington Terrace and Pleasant View among them, to keep, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of any fireworks without first applying to and receiving a permit from the Board of County Commissioners. The only carve-out tracks Utah Code Section 53-7-225: Class C common state-approved explosives may be sold between June 20 and July 25, between December 20 and January 2, and for 15 days before and including the Chinese New Year, and they may be discharged three days before, on the day of, and three days after July 4, July 24, January 1 and the Chinese New Year, all without a separate commission permit for those specific dates.

Section 30-1-3 adds a companion discharge rule: outside any incorporated city, no one may set off a squib, firecracker or other fireworks without written permission from the Board of County Commissioners specifying the time and place, except during the state-law windows carved out in Section 30-1-2. Both sections trace to Ordinance No. 18-85, adopted July 31, 1985, recodifying former Code of 1985 Sections 21-1-2 and 21-1-3.

Because Section 30-1-2's permit runs through the county commission rather than a fire marshal, a resident planning a fireworks sale stand or a discharge outside the statutory dates must apply directly to the commissioners.