Upland, CA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

040 defines fireworks broadly by cross-reference to California Health and Safety Code Section 12511, which sweeps in both dangerous fireworks under Section 12505 and the safe and sane fireworks under Section 12529 that California law allows some cities to sell around the Fourth of July. Upland does not carve out an exception for the safe and sane category: subsection B makes it unlawful for any person, business, or entity to possess, use, explode, ignite, discharge, sell, give away, display, display for sale, or improperly store any fireworks within the city, except as otherwise provided by state or federal law.

Subsection C adds a transport rule, requiring any fireworks carried or transported outside to be in a locked container rated for containing explosives. The section builds in modern evidence and liability tools: subsection D allows eyewitness accounts, photographs, video, and even social media posts to establish a violation, and subsection E makes any adult with care, custody, or control of a minor liable for that minor's violations. 050, adopted the same year, extends liability to hosts: a person who knows or reasonably should know fireworks are being discharged on property under their control, and does not take reasonable steps to stop it, is presumed to have knowledge if present on the premises, and can be held liable alongside the person who actually set them off. 050(G)(2).