3/3/14 - Some updates are in the works for the Tyrone Township ordinances that regulate fireworks usage and sale. The township is examining its ordinances following last year's changes to state regulations surrounding fireworks, which allow residents to buy and use fireworks during specific dates around holidays. Township Clerk Keith Kremer says the township is examining existing ordinance around commercial fireworks displays, as well as new language governing consumer usage and retail sale of fireworks. He says professional and consumer display regulations will probably remain the same except for a few language upgrades, including some cost recovery provisions for the township in case of an accident that requires a response from a fire department. Kremer says although the township can regulate the use of fireworks during nighttime hours for most of the year, but without a police force to enforce that ordinance there would be no point to having it on the books. Tyrone's only dedicated police coverage comes from a 40-hour-per-week contract for sheriff patrols in the township. The retail sale of fieworks is governed by the township zoning ordinance, which was discussed by the planning commission Wednesday. (TD)
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