Tucson Code §11-22 bans all consumer fireworks within city limits. Only state-permitted novelties (fountains, sparklers, smoke items) may be sold. Use violations are civil infractions; property damage/injury violations are Class 1 misdemeanors.
Tucson Code §11-22 prohibits use of any display firework, consumer firework, or device designed to rise and explode in the air within the city. Only 'permissible consumer fireworks' (fountains, sparklers, ground spinners, smoke devices) may be sold, not used. Violation of use or sale is a civil infraction unless it results in property damage or injury to any person or animal, in which case it is a Class 1 misdemeanor with mandatory restitution. Nearby Oro Valley and Marana allow use of permissible fireworks; in Tucson, sale is allowed but use is not.
Civil infraction for use or sale. Class 1 misdemeanor if damage or injury results; restitution required.
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