Why doesn’t the City sell permits to Owasso residents to shoot off fireworks like other cities?
Issuing “fireworks permits” to residents does not diminish the danger involved to both people and property. The use of airborne fireworks in an urban environment poses a direct danger to property and significantly increases the risk of structural fires in the “built community”. Similarly, it is well documented that the use of all other types of fireworks increases the number of personal injuries to both those who use them and to spectators in the immediate area. Fortunately, Owasso has not had a major property loss due to the use of fireworks and attribute that, in part, to the legal ban on the use of fireworks in the urbanized area. The liability to the taxpayers, if damages occurred by allowing use, is simply not worth the risk.

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1. Can I set off fireworks in the city limits?
2. If the sale of fireworks is not allowed in the city, why can churches and schools sell them?
3. Why does the City prohibit fireworks, and then turn around and break the law by having a fireworks show?
4. Why doesn’t the City sell permits to Owasso residents to shoot off fireworks like other cities?
5. Wouldn't the sale of a fireworks permit generate revenue for the city?