Are fireworks banned in Utah? Here's why cities aren't restricting them
Deseret News Share this story Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she’s “very confident in our legal standing” to ban fireworks citywide, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuit risks. Their attorneys read Utah’s state statute on the power of cities to ban fireworks very differently, and that “confusion” is what Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper, says should push the Utah Legislature to hold a special session to address the state’s murky law on what power local leaders do or don’t ...
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