Updated at 12:40 p.m., Friday, December 1, 2006
Firework vendors not allowed to sell permits
Advertiser Staff
Permits required to buy up to 5,000 firecrackers from licenced retailers can be obtained on O'ahu only at satellite city halls during normal business hours.Firework vendors this year are not allowed to sell permits. An individual may purchase more than one permit but each costs $25. The fee is nonrefundable and the permit can be used only in the year it is issued.
Firecrackers can be purchased at retail outlets from Dec. 26 through midnight Dec. 31. Fireworks play is restricted from 9 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1.
The city sold 13,981 permits in 2005 and 12,662 permits in 2004.
