JUST IN: Brampton city council enacts bylaw to ban sale and use of personal fireworks
Prior to this, residents were only allowed to set off fireworks four times a year on their private properties: on Victoria Day, Canada Day, Diwali and New Year’s Eve.
They could also only fire short-range pyrotechnics – that travel less than three metres, roughly the height of a basketball hoop – off their private property for those holidays. Fireworks that fly higher than that are illegal, as is setting them off on public spaces like sidewalks, streets or parks.The bylaw also brings higher fines for those who don’t follow the new rules.
The fine for setting off fireworks will go from $350 to $500, while the fine for selling them will go from $350 to $1,000.The bylaw comes weeks after a year-oldstarted circulating, looking to restrict fireworks in Brampton and its surrounding areas. As of Monday night, over 10, 000 people had signed it.
According to the city, just under 1,500 fireworks-related complaints were made this year, citing excessive noise, fire safety concerns and litter as part of the grievances. In 2018, there were 492.With files from CTV News Toronto's Alex Arsenych.An image of fireworks over a lake. Brampton is set to ban the use and sale of fireworks in the city.
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