POSTED: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 11:21am
UPDATED: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 5:37pm
Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) — Here are a list of where fireworks are legal to shoot within the NBC33 viewing area:
FIREWORKS BANNED
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baker
- Brusly
- Denham Springs
- Gonzales
- City of Lafayette
- Napoleonville
- New Roads
- Port Allen
- Rural West Baton Rouge Parish
- St. Mary Parish
- Walker
- Zachary
FIREWORKS LEGAL, WITH RESTRICTIONS:
- Addis: no projectile fireworks.
- Carencro: Residents allowed to pop fireworks in their yards, but not on public streets.
- Donaldsonville, only in public parks with a permit issued by the fire chief.
- Duson: Fireworks allowed until 8 p.m. July 4.
- Iberia Parish: Fireworks allowed, except in New Iberia
- Rural Lafayette Parish, Broussard and Youngsville: Fireworks are allowed June 30 to July 2 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. On July 4 and July 5, fireworks are allowed from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Rural Lafourche Parish: Fireworks can be purchased through July 5 and discharged from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. On July 3 and July 4, the hours for using fireworks are extended until midnight. However, the sale and discharge of bottle rockets is prohibited.
- St. Francisville: July 4 from 6 p.m. to midnight.
- Slaughter: Until midnight July 5.
- Sorrento: On July 4 only from 10 a.m. to midnight.
- Rural St. James Parish: On private property with permission of the landowner, and, if used, must be contained within the boundaries of that property.
- Scott: Fireworks are allowed two weeks prior to July 4 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Friday, residents can pop fireworks from 8 a.m. to midnight.
- Tangipahoa Parish: Legal, except for Hammond
FIREWORKS LEGAL, NO RESTRICTIONS:
- Rural Ascension Parish
- Rural Assumption Parish
- Rural East Feliciana Parish, and Jackson and Clinton
- Rural Iberville Parish
- Rural Livingston Parish, and Albany, Livingston and Walker
- Rural Pointe Coupee Parish
- Rural East and West Feliciana Parish
- St. Helena Parish
- St. Martin Parish