Palmdale, CA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Legal sale/discharge window
- Noon June 28 to noon July 5
- Exclusion zones
- Very High FHSZ and mapped No Fireworks Zone
- Seller application fee
- $220 plus $300,000 liability policy
- Stand cash deposit
- $200 per stand, part refundable
- Permit cap
- One stand permit per 3,000 residents
- Dangerous fireworks
- Banned outright without State Fire Marshal permit
Summary
Palmdale allows "safe and sane" fireworks, as defined by California Health and Safety Code Sec. 12529, to be sold and discharged only from noon on June 28th through noon on July 5th each year under PMC Sec. 8.04.430 (Fire Code Sec. 3308.2). Sale and discharge are banned year-round in the city's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and in the mapped "No Fireworks Zone," and all "dangerous fireworks" are prohibited outright.
3308.2. Safe and Sane Fireworks Permitted. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Palmdale Fire Code, "safe and sane" fireworks as defined by Section 12529 of the California Health and Safety Code may be sold and discharged within the City (except those areas of the City excluded in subsection (C) of this section) during the period beginning at 12:00 noon on the twenty-eighth day of June and ending at 12:00 noon on the fifth day of July of each year pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and not otherwise. B. No "safe and sane" fireworks may be sold or discharged on any date or time other than those specified in subsection (A) of this section. C. No "safe and sane" fireworks, nor any other fireworks, may be sold or discharged in the areas of the City designated as a Very High Fire hazard Severity Zone by PMC § 8.04.203 () or in the "No Fireworks Zone."
Full Breakdown
2 of the Palmdale Fire Code, added by PMC Sec. 430, permits "safe and sane" fireworks, defined by reference to California Health and Safety Code Sec. 12529, to be sold and discharged within the city only during a fixed nine-day window: from 12:00 noon on June 28th to 12:00 noon on July 5th of each year. Sale or discharge outside that window is unlawful under subsection (B), and subsection (C) carves out two exclusion areas where no fireworks of any kind, safe-and-sane or otherwise, may be sold or discharged: land the City has designated a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone under PMC Sec.
203, and the "No Fireworks Zone" mapped on the exhibit adopted April 1, 2010 and kept on file with the City Clerk, which follows Rancho Vista Boulevard, Avenue N-8, 55th Street West and the Tract 43810 boundary near Godde Hill Road. " Sellers must hold a permit issued under Secs. 10: applications open March 15th (or March 1st for first-time applicants) and close April 1st, carry a $220 filing fee plus a $300,000 liability policy naming the City as additional insured, and are limited to nonprofit organizations with a $200 per-stand cash deposit, one stand per organization, and only one permit per 3,000 city residents.
Violations & Fines
Section 3308.12 makes violating any Fire Code fireworks provision, permit or rule a misdemeanor unless the fire code specifically labels it an infraction, with each day of violation a separate offense under PMC Chapter 1.12. Selling or discharging dangerous fireworks without a State Fire Marshal license carries the same misdemeanor exposure, and the Fire Department Inspector can order a noncompliant stand closed immediately under Sec. 3308.10(B).
Frequently Asked Questions
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