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County seeks input from residents about fireworks

Online survey asks about role they play in July 4 celebrations

By Jake Thomas, Columbian political reporter
Published: May 2, 2018, 7:37pm

The topic of banning or regulating fireworks in Clark County often draws strong opinions, and Clark County wants to hear those opinions in an online survey it’s circulating.

The brief online survey asks residents about how important fireworks are to their Fourth of July celebration. It also probes negative experiences residents may have had with the celebratory explosives. It can be found at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkcountyfireworks2018

The city of Vancouver has an outright ban on fireworks that went into effect last year. When fireworks can legally be purchased and discharged varies throughout Clark County. Each of the small cities has their own regulations (or lack of).

For the unincorporated part of the county, there are two different sets of fireworks regulations depending on which side of Northeast 219th Street you’re on.

The Clark County Council isn’t considering an outright ban on fireworks, but there have been discussions of bringing more uniformity to the current patchwork of regulations.

The deadline to respond to the survey is 9 a.m. on Monday.

The council will hold a work session on fireworks at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, where the county will report back on feedback residents provided.

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