ORS 480.160: Local regulation and effect of state law; local enforcement authority.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Nothing in ORS 480.111 to 480.165, nor in any permit issued thereunder, shall authorize the manufacture, sale, use or discharge of fireworks in any city, county or fire protection district in which such manufacture, sale, use or discharge is otherwise prohibited by law or municipal ordinance; nor shall any city, county or fire protection district authorize the sale or use of any fireworks prohibited by the provisions of ORS 480.111 to 480.165. (2) For the purposes of enforcing ORS 480.111 to 480.165 in an area exempt under ORS 476.030 (3) within a rural fire protection district, the fire marshal, if there is one, or the fire chief of that rural fire protection district has the same enforcement authority as the State Fire Marshal. (3) No person shall deliver or cause to be delivered into any county, municipality or rural fire protection district for the purpose of sale to individual members of the general public for personal use any consumer fireworks if the county, municipality or rural fire protection district by law or ordinance has declared that the sale or use of the consumer fireworks is prohibited. (4) The manufacture, sale, use or discharge of fireworks may be regulated by the governing body of a rural fire protection district, subject to the following conditions: (a) The regulation must be by ordinance adopted by the governing body of the district, after public notice and hearing, not later than January 1 of any calendar year in which regulation is to be operative. (b) The regulation shall not be operative within the boundaries of any city that regulates such matters by city ordinance. (c) The regulation shall not prohibit the manufacture, sale, use or discharge of fireworks the manufacture, sale, use or discharge of which is authorized by ORS 480.111 to 480.165. (d) The regulation may not limit sales to less than five days per calendar year, and must include the five consecutive day period beginning June 30. [Amended by 1983 c.788 §7; 1985 c.789 §4; 1993 c.185 §32; 2013 c.24 §9]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 837-012-0305: Purpose and Scope—Pest Control Fireworks in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0310: Pest Control Fireworks Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0315: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0320: Storage of Pest Control Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0325: Permits-Denial, Suspension, Revocation — implements
- OAR 837-012-0330: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0500: Purpose and Scope—Wholesale Sales and Storage of Fireworks in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0505: Effective Dates — implements
- OAR 837-012-0510: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0515: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0520: Wholesale Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0535: Denial, Suspension and/or Revocation of Wholesale Permit — implements
- OAR 837-012-0540: Wholesale Sites Located in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0545: Sales and Records — General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0550: Sales to Out-of-State Residents by In-State Wholesalers — implements
- OAR 837-012-0555: Prohibited Acts and Limitations — implements
- OAR 837-012-0560: Civil and Criminal Enforcement Actions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0565: Transportation — implements
- OAR 837-012-0570: Hazardous Materials Reporting for Wholesalers with Oregon Storage Sites — implements
- OAR 837-012-0610: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0615: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0625: Retail Permit Fees — implements
- OAR 837-012-0630: Issuance of Retail Permits — implements
- OAR 837-012-0635: Purchase of Retail Fireworks by Retail Permit Holder — implements
- OAR 837-012-0645: Sales and Storage of Retail Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0700: Purpose and Scope—Display of Fireworks in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0710: Effective Dates — implements
- OAR 837-012-0720: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0730: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0740: Display Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0750: Display Permit Application Fees — implements
- OAR 837-012-0760: Issuance of Display Permits — implements
- OAR 837-012-0770: Operator Certificate Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0780: Operator and Assistant Qualifications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0790: Issuance of Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0800: Renewal of Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0810: Training Course Instructor — implements
- OAR 837-012-0820: Pyrotechnician Training Course Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0830: Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Display Permit or General or Limited Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0835: Purchase, Transportation and Storage of Display Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0840: Selection of Display Site and Set Up — implements
- OAR 837-012-0850: Construction of Fireworks Aerial Shells — implements
- OAR 837-012-0855: Barge Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0860: Operation of Fireworks Display — implements
- OAR 837-012-0865: Operations for Barge Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-0870: Loading and Firing of Shells — implements
- OAR 837-012-0875: Mortar Racks for Barge Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-0880: Ground Display Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0890: Site Clean-Up — implements
- OAR 837-012-0900: Transportation and Storage — implements
- OAR 837-012-0910: Prohibited Acts and Limitations — implements
- OAR 837-012-0920: Records Keeping — implements
- OAR 837-012-0940: Civil and Criminal Enforcement Actions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0950: Insurance Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0960: Fire Protection — implements
- OAR 837-012-0970: Reports for General Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-1000: Authority and Application—Fireworks Citations and Civil Penalty Assessments — implements
- OAR 837-012-1010: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 837-012-1020: Effective Dates — implements
- OAR 837-012-1030: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-1040: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-1050: Violation Types, Instances, and Penalty Assessments — implements
- OAR 837-012-1060: Issuance of Civil Penalty Citation and Forwarding to the Office of State Fire Marshal — implements
- OAR 837-012-1070: Hearings — implements
- OAR 837-012-1080: Informal Conference — implements
- OAR 837-012-1090: Formal Hearing — implements
- OAR 837-012-1100: Penalty Adjustments — implements
- OAR 837-012-1110: Judicial Review — implements
- OAR 837-012-1120: Payment of Civil Penalty — implements
- OAR 837-012-1130: Type I Violations — implements
- OAR 837-012-1140: Type II Violations — implements
- OAR 837-012-1150: Type III Violations — implements
- OAR 837-012-1160: Type IV Violations — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 480.111 — resolved
- 480.165 — resolved
- ORS 476.030 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors480.html