Skokie, IL Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Possession/discharge
- unlawful Village-wide without a permit
- Sale to minors
- barred for anyone under 18
- Display permit fee
- $10.00 (Sec. 46-39)
- Permit review
- Police Chief and Fire Chief inspect site
- State law reference
- 425 ILCS 30 & 425 ILCS 35
Summary
Skokie bars anyone from possessing or discharging fireworks anywhere in the Village and from selling or giving fireworks to anyone under 18, but the Village Manager can issue a $10 permit for a public fireworks display or wildlife-control pyrotechnics after Police and Fire Department inspection.
The permit fee for a public display of fireworks pursuant to Section 70-214 is $10.00. ... It shall be unlawful for any person to ... be possessed of or to discharge anywhere in the Village any of the articles enumerated in Section 70-211. The Village Manager or designee may issue a permit for the discharge of fireworks or for pyrotechnical displays for wildlife control. ... whereupon the Village Manager or designee shall issue a permit upon payment of a fee as set forth in Section 46-39.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 205 | Zoning: Supplement 89).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 70, Article V, Division 4 defines 'fireworks' broadly at Sec. 2 mg) of explosive content. Sec. 70-212 bars selling, keeping for sale, loaning or giving any fireworks, toy gun, toy cannon or blank cartridge to anyone under 18. Sec. 70-213 makes it unlawful to possess or discharge any listed fireworks anywhere in the Village, but the Village Manager or a designee can issue a permit for the discharge of fireworks or for pyrotechnical displays used for wildlife control. Sec. 00 under Sec. 46-39, and the permit fixes the exact kinds and quantities of fireworks that may be used.
Sec. 70-215 exempts wholesale sales by resident dealers, shipment of fireworks out of state, railroad signal or illumination use, and blank cartridges for theatrical, athletic, or military ceremonial purposes.
Violations & Fines
Unlawful possession, discharge, or sale of fireworks to a minor is cited under Sec. 70-213 or Sec. 70-212 and, because the fireworks division sets no separate fine, draws the Code's standard penalty at Sec. 1-6: up to $750.00 for each day the violation continues, on top of the display use of fireworks being separately declared a nuisance under Sec. 42-35(d)(5).
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Sources & Official References
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