A reminder of the fireworks rules with the City limits of Greenland, AR: 

7.28.03 Penalty 7.28.01 Use It shall be unlawful for any person to ignite, shoot or set fire to any firecracker, rocket, roman candle or any other firework within the corporate limits of the city except

A. During the hours of 12:00 p.m. (noon) to 12:00 a.m. (midnight) on July 1, July 2, July 3 and July 4 of each year; or 

B. During the hours of 12:00 p.m. (noon on December 31 of each year to 1:00 a.m. on January 1 of the following year. (Ord. No. 304, Sec. 1.)

7.28.02 Sale It shall be unlawful for any person, entity, group or association to offer for sale, expose or display for sale, or sell at retail to users or consumers any fireworks within the corporate limits of the city except as follows:

A. No display or sale shall occur before 12:00 o’clock a.m. (noon) on the 15th day of June each year and no display or sale shall occur after 9:00 o’clock p.m. on July 5 each year; and,

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B. No display or sale shall occur in any location not previously approved by the Mayor (or his designee); the Mayor may require that certain conditions be met and maintained in order to approve a location. In the event that an emergency situation prevents use of fireworks at a time/date provided by 7.28.01, the City Council by resolution may determine an alternative time and date for use of fireworks. (Ord. No. 307, Sec. 1.)

C. A display/sale location must be no less than 250 feet from any other display/sale location and at least 250 feet from any location which sells, offers for sale, stores or otherwise handles gasoline, diesel fuel, propane or other flammable materials or explosives of any type and 250 feet from any natural gas/fuel, exposed pipeline or valving; and,

D. Each display or sale location must have a city business license and otherwise obey and comply with all other city, state and federal laws, rules and regulations; and,

E. No firecracker, rocket, punk, roman candle, or any other firework or fire may be started, ignited, shot, set or otherwise detonated within 250 feet of any display/sale location; and,

F. Comply with all lawful orders of the city police or Fire Department concerning such other safety requirements as may from time to time be appropriate. The use of fireworks in Greenland as provided in 7.28.01 above is expressly prohibited in the event a State or Washington County Burn Ban or Fire Ban has been issued which covers the times/dates set forth in that section. (Ord. No. 307, Sec. 2.)

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S-2 7.28.03 Penalty A person or entity violating 7.28.01 of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); any person, entity, group or association violating 7.28.02 of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and be subject to a review of their display/sale location approval (if any) which may result in having the display/sale location approval repealed and forfeiture of the right to continued display and sale of fireworks in the city. (Ord. No. 177, Sec. 4.)