DINA 'Safer Streets' campaign

The Daniel Island Neighborhood Association has launched a 12-week campaign to educate the community about issues related to safety. Each week, DINA will share a different safety tip on a specific topic. Previous weeks have focused on bike safety, golf carts, street parking, roundabouts, distracted driving, and street humps. This week, the campaign takes aim at fireworks, a timely topic!

WEEK #7 – FIREWORKS

With the Fourth of July holiday this week, many of us will head to Smythe Park to enjoy the fireworks display. At the same time, it is important for us to keep in mind and be sensitive to our pets, wildlife, and infant, elderly, and special needs populations, who may not respond well to the noise fireworks create.

Chapter 13, Article VII of the City of Charleston’s Code of Ordinances discusses the possession, sale, and discharge of fireworks.

It is unlawful for any person to use, fire, shoot, discharge, sell, offer for sale, store, exchange, give away, or possess any fireworks within the corporate limits of the city EXCEPT for use in public display or exhibit. Toy cap pistols and toy pistol paper caps that do not contain more than twenty hundredths (.20) of a grain of explosive mixture and fireworks known as “sparklers” are also exempt. The sale, use, and possession of such toy cap pistols, toy pistol paper caps, and sparklers are allowed at all times.

Any person using fireworks for public displays or exhibits must first obtained written approval from the chief fire official for the City of Charleston.

For additional information, visit https://library.municode.com/sc/charleston/codes/code_of_ordinances?node....