Tinley Park, IL Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- General rule
- Sale, use, possession all prohibited
- Exception
- Village Board permit for public display only
- Display bond
- $1,000 cash bond required
- Insurance
- $1,000,000/$200,000 liability coverage required
- Penalty
- Up to $500 or 6 months, § 95.99
Summary
Tinley Park bans selling, displaying, storing, using, possessing, manufacturing or exploding fireworks anywhere in the village under § 95.51, with the only exception a Village Board permit for a supervised public display that meets the detailed safety conditions in § 95.52.
(A) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership, or corporation to offer for sale, display for sale, sell at retail, provide storage for, use, possess, manufacture, or explode any fireworks within the village or allow any such acts on property owned by that person, firm, co-partnership, or corporation within the village. However, the President and Board of Trustees shall have the right to issue a permit for supervised public displays of fireworks, provided the applicant for such a permit complies with the regulations established in § 95.52 for the issuance of such a permit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-40: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-O-007, passed 2-17-2026, Resolution 2018-R-077, passed 10-2-18, and State legislation current through 2010 Pamphlet No. 7).
Full Breakdown
51 of the Fire Prevention Code makes it unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation to offer for sale, display for sale, sell at retail, store, use, possess, manufacture or explode any fireworks within the village, and extends that liability to a property owner who allows those acts on land they own. 52: a security perimeter keeping bystanders at least 500 feet from the display, a firing site at least 200 feet from railroads, highways or the public and 600 feet from any hospital, asylum or infirmary, a Fire Department engine on site, a $1,000,000/$200,000 liability insurance certificate naming the village as an additional insured, and a $1,000 cash bond, all filed with the application at least 15 days before the display date.
50 defines fireworks broadly to include firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, sparklers and smoke bombs, while carving out toy caps holding less than roughly a quarter-grain of explosive compound. 53 separately bans storing explosives and blasting agents outright.
Violations & Fines
Selling, possessing or using fireworks without a Village-issued public display permit is a misdemeanor under the Fire Prevention Code's penalty section, § 95.99, punishable by a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment of up to six months, with each ten days a violation continues treated as a separate offense.
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