Consumer fireworks are legal statewide under Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act, but Macomb County does not regulate them — each township or city sets the days and hours of use. Under MCL 28.457, a local ordinance may restrict discharge but cannot ban it on state-protected holiday windows.
Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act allows sale and use of consumer fireworks statewide. MCL 28.457(2) lets a local unit of government (township, city, or village) enact an ordinance regulating the ignition, discharge, and use of consumer fireworks, but that ordinance may not restrict use on protected days after 11 a.m. — December 31 until 1 a.m. January 1, the weekend before Memorial Day, June 29 through July 4, July 5 (if a Friday or Saturday), and the weekend before Labor Day, each until 11:45 p.m. Macomb County has no countywide fireworks ordinance, so the rule that applies to you is your municipality's. Macomb Township, for example, mirrors the statute in Chapter 11, Article IV of its code and bans discharge outside
Violating a local consumer-fireworks ordinance carries a mandatory civil fine of $1,000 per violation under MCL 28.457(3); no other fine or sanction may be imposed. Municipalities may retain part of the fine for the enforcing law-enforcement agency.
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