On Tuesday, the Hutchinson City Council voted unanimously to amend its fireworks ordinance this year, allowing aerial fireworks in the city on private property. Fire Marshall Mike Cain told The Hutch Post that the only change in the new ordinance is it is now against the ordinance to discharge fireworks on public property without a special use permit. In addition, adults will now be held responsible for any juvenile offenses of the new regulations. “If you want to let your kids out and shoot, great,” Cain told the Post. “If they are doing something illegal with them, then the adult is now responsible and is assumed to have given them consent or permission to do that illegal activity.” Violating the Hutchinson fireworks ordinance is a misdemeanor. A person who is convicted of it could have to pay $250 or perform 50 hours of community service or both, plus court costs.
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