Minnetonka, MN Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

The Minnetonka City Council placed the fireworks rule in Chapter 10 of the city code, in Section 1045, Miscellaneous Offenses. Section 1045.050 lists five prohibited acts: possess, sell, offer or expose for sale, use, and explode. The ban covers any fireworks as defined in Minn. Stat. § 624.20, so the city does not write its own list of devices. It borrows the state definition.

The only opening in the rule is the phrase 'Except as otherwise permitted by state law.' The code adds no local permit, no local display license, and no local fee for fireworks. Whatever state law permits stays permitted inside the city limits, and everything else falls under the local ban.

Because the offense lists possession as well as use and sale, a resident can violate the section without lighting anything. Holding a prohibited item is enough, and so is displaying it for sale.

Penalties come from two places. Section 1045.100 says a violation of a provision of Section 1045 is a misdemeanor, punishable in accordance with section 1310.010. Section 1310.010 then sets the general framework for the whole city code: a misdemeanor is punished in accordance with state law unless the code states a different punishment, and each calendar day that a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. The city attorney can institute a legal proceeding in the name of the city of Minnetonka to prevent, restrain, remedy, or abate a violation, and the penalties and remedies under the code and under other law are cumulative.

Because Minnetonka is a statutory Plan B city governed by its council, the ordinance is enforced through the city's own police and the city attorney rather than through a separate permit office.