Penn Hills, PA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited items
- Fireworks, firecrackers, explosives, missile devices
- Where
- McKinley Center park, court, field grounds
- Exempt
- On-duty police officers only
- Enforced by
- Municipality of Penn Hills police
Summary
Penn Hills prohibits carrying or discharging fireworks, firecrackers, and other missile-propelling or explosive devices anywhere on the William McKinley Citizens Center's park grounds, basketball court, or field, with only on-duty police officers exempted.
Carry or discharge any firearms, knives, slingshots, firecrackers, fireworks or other missile propelling instruments, explosives or arrows, or other dangerous weapons which have such characteristics as to cause annoyance or injury to any person or property. Police officers in the performance of their duties are exempt from this provision.
(6) Golf, play ball or participate in any other form of recreation or sporting endeavor except in those areas designated from time to time for that purpose by the Board of Directors of the Center or Municipal Council.
(7) Use threatening, abusive, insulting, profane or obscene language or commit any disorderly or immoral acts.
(8) Permit dogs or other pets at any outdoor facility or on property of the Center.
(9) Disobey a proper order of a police officer or member of the Center's Board of Directors, or disobey, disregard or fail to comply with any rule, regulation, warning, prohibition, instruction or direction given by an authorized person;
(d) Authority to Promulgate Additional Rules. The Board of Directors of the Center is authorized to establish additional rules and regulations as deemed necessary and with approval of Municipal Council.
(e) Enforcement. The police officers of the Municipality are hereby charged with enforcement of the provisions of this section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4434863; v5 updated 2025-07-21; through 07-21-2025).
Full Breakdown
Code § 1068.02(c)(5) bars anyone at the William McKinley Citizens Center's outdoor facilities from carrying or discharging fireworks, firecrackers, or other missile-propelling instruments, explosives, or dangerous weapons capable of causing annoyance or injury to people or property; only police officers performing their duties are exempt. This is a location-specific prohibition tied to the Center's park, basketball court, and field grounds in the Municipality of Penn Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Beyond adopting the International Fire Code by reference, the Code contains no other fireworks-specific ordinance covering the Municipality generally.
Violations & Fines
Violations fall under the Code's general penalty section, § 202.99, since Chapter 1068 sets no separate fireworks fine; Municipality of Penn Hills police officers are charged with enforcing this section per § 1068.02(e).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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