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Title 3 — Public Safety›Chapter 4 — FIRE CODE
Redondo Beach Municipal Code Art. 3 Fireworks
Redondo Beach Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Redondo Beach
Cite as: Redondo Beach Municipal Code Article 3 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Note: (Sections 3-4.301 and 3-4.302, codified from Ordinance No. 978 c.s., as amended by Ordinance No. 1900 c.s., effective March 23, 1966, Section .3-4.303, as added by said Ordinance No. 1900 c.s., as amended by Ordinance No. 1901 c.s., effective March 30, 1966, and Sections 3-4.304 through 3-4,313, as added by said Ordinance No. 1900 c.s., repealed by Ordinance No. 1947 c.s., effective November 29, 1967)
§ 3-4.301. Use and discharge of fireworks.¶
Chapter 56, Sections 5601.1.3, 5601.1.3.1 and 5601.7 are added to read as follows:
5601.1.3 Fireworks. The possession, manufacture storage, sale, handling, and use of fireworks are prohibited. The possession, sale, use, and/or discharge of "Safe and Sane" fireworks is prohibited.
Exceptions:
| 1. | Storage and handling of fireworks as allowed by Section 5604. |
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| 2. | Manufacture, assembly and testing of fireworks as allowed in Section 5606 and Health and Safety Code Division 11 . |
| 3. | The use of fireworks for fireworks displays, pyrotechnic before a proximate audience and pyrotechnic special effects in motion pictures, television, theatrical or group entertainment productions are allowed in Title 19, Division 1 , Chapter 6 Fireworks reprinted in Section 5608 and Health and Safety Code Division 11 . |
5601.1.3.1 Fireworks. The manufacturing, possession, storage sale, use and handling of fireworks, including without limitation, "Safe and Sane" fireworks, is prohibited.
Exceptions:
| 1. | Storage of fireworks in accordance with the requirements for low order explosives in Title 19 , California Code of Regulations, Chapter 10. |
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| 2. | Storage of fireworks, 1.4G in accordance with the Building Code. |
| 3. | Use and handling of fireworks for professional display in accordance with Title 19 , California Code of Regulations, Chapter 6. |
5601.7 Seizure of Fireworks. All fireworks including "State approved" shall be illegal in the City of Redondo Beach. The fire code official and police officers shall have the authority to seize, take and remove fireworks and/or safe and sane fireworks stored, sold, offered for sale, used or handled in violation of the provisions of Title 19 CCR, Division 1, Chapter 6 and Health and Safety Code, Chapter 9.
Exception: When permits are issued for such use.
5601.7.1 Financial Responsibility. See Section 104.11 Financial Responsibility, for cost recovery of enforcement of Section 5601.7. Fireworks maybe identified as hazardous waste by the State of California; violators may be responsible for any disposal fees.
(Added by § 13, Ord. 3199 c.s., eff. February 6, 2020, as amended by § 74, Ord. 3247 c.s., eff. January 1, 2023, and Ord. 3307-25 c.s., eff. January 1, 2026)
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