Lynnwood, WA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Chapter 9.12 of the Lynnwood Municipal Code makes the city's fireworks rule far stricter than the statewide default: rather than allowing a state-licensed retail sales window, LMC 9.12.030(A) makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to purchase, sell or manufacture any fireworks within the city, period. Subsection (B) goes further and bans retail sale, possession, storage, use, transfer, discharge or explosion of any fireworks of any kind in the city, unless a person holds both a state license and a city permit issued under RCW 70.77.260(2) for a public display, or under RCW 70.77.311(2) for use by a group or individual for a religious or other specific purpose at a city-approved date and location.

The chapter also adopts several Revised Code of Washington fireworks provisions by reference in LMC 9.12.025, including RCW 70.77.435 on seizure of fireworks and RCW 70.77.485 and 70.77.488 on unlawful possession, discharge or use. A narrow carve-out in LMC 9.12.030(C) preserves the use of flares or fuses for motor vehicle, railroad or other transportation signal, warning or illumination purposes; that exception is about roadside safety equipment, not celebratory fireworks. Anyone seeking a public display permit goes through the fire marshal under LMC 9.12.140: the fire marshal investigates whether the character and location of the proposed display would be hazardous to property or dangerous to any person, then reports findings and a recommendation to the city clerk, who forwards it to the city council, which must grant the application if it meets Chapter 70.77 RCW and the city's own chapter.