City of Dearborn, MO Article XIV Miscellaneous Offenses

Section 210.2210 Fireworks.

[Ord. No. 332, 4-9-2018]

A. This Section shall apply to any aerial device which is designed to shoot flaming objects in the air or otherwise designed to fly through the air. It shall be unlawful for any person within this City to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, use or discharge any combustible or explosive composition, any substances or article prepared as an aerial device for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation. Such definition includes blank cartridges, toy cannons, toy guns in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, Dago bombs, other fireworks of like construction and any explosive object which is designed for the purpose of producing an aerial display.

B. This Section shall not apply to ground devices, even if otherwise classified as fireworks by this Section or any other Section of the ordinances of the City. Such ground devices may be used or discharged within the City only during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., from June 27th through July 5th

C. This Section shall not apply to public demonstrations or displays of fireworks; provided that such public demonstrations or displays of fireworks are conducted under the supervision of the Fire Department and only after application made in writing and presented to the Board of Aldermen and permit issued for such demonstrations or displays.

Section 210.2220 Open Burning.

[Ord. No. 337, 8-12-2019[1]]

A. Open burning will be permitted in the City of Dearborn, Missouri, at any location within the City limits, under the following conditions or parameters:

1. It shall be unlawful to burn or cause to burn any items other than leaves, small twigs and small tree branches not to exceed four (4) inches in diameter.

2. It shall be unlawful to burn any building materials. Building materials shall include, but not limited to tires, rubber products, asbestos containing material, hazardous materials, Styrofoam, plastics, petroleum based products, treated wood, electrical wire, household trash and other similar refuse.

3. It shall be unlawful to conduct any burn on a day in which the National Weather Service issues a Red Flag Warning.

4. Burning shall be permitted only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., all burns shall be extinguished by 7:00 p.m.

5. No burning of any kind shall be allowed in any public street.

6. No burning of yard waste shall be permitted if the waste is in excess of one (100) cubic feet, i.e., five (5) feet by five (5) feet by four (4) feet, or in a metal barrel/drum of not larger the fifty-five (55) gallon liquid or a five (5) feet by five (5) by four (4) feet burn pit or a commercial burn pit that can be purchased.

7. An adult, over the age of eighteen (18) years, must always be present during any burn until such time as the burn has been extinguished. There must also be present a way to extinguish such fire if necessary, i.e., fire extinguisher, garden hose or bucket of water.

8. It shall be unlawful to burn under any electrical, telephone, cable lines or burn so near to them as to be a danger to such lines.

9. It shall be unlawful to conduct any burn within twenty-five (25) feet of any structure, motor vehicle or combustible material.

10. It shall be unlawful to burn, when it is offensive or objectionable due to smoke or odor emissions, when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such burn hazardous to the general public or is deemed to be dangerous in the opinion of any officer in the performance of duties for the City of Dearborn. The burn may be required or caused to be extinguished immediately as directed by a representative of the City of Dearborn.

[1] Editor's Note: Ord. No. 337 also changed the title of this Section from "Burning" to "Open Burning."