List items for Consumer Fireworks FAQs
PERMANENT: As applied to buildings or structures: a building or structure affixed to a foundation on a site.
TEMPORARY: As applied to buildings or structures: a building or structure not meeting the definition for permanent structure.
A building classified as a mercantile occupancy that contains a variety of merchandise and that is not used primarily for the retail sales of consumer fireworks. The maximum consumer fireworks retail floor area shall be less than 25% of the retail floor area OR 600 square feet, whichever is less. Aerial and audible ground device sales have specific restrictions per NFPA 1124 section 7.5.1.1.
A building that does not meet the definition of a "store" shall be considered a facility.
A small, often open-air structure for a small retail business. May also include a portable building or trailer not affixed to a foundation. (A stand NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC is a small, often open-air structure for a small business where only retail personnel are inside the stand and the public do not physically enter.)
A collapsible shelter of fabric (such as nylon or canvas) stretched and sustained by poles and used as a temporary building. Includes temporary retail sales of consumer fireworks in tents, canopies, and membrane structures.
A building or structure in which finished consumer fireworks are received, stored, and shipped. The storage can be either a permanent structure or a temporary "trailer, semitrailer, or metal shipping container".
No, a certificate of insurance with minimum per occurrence coverage of one million dollars and aggregate coverage of at least two million dollars that is valid for the entire period of the license is part of the requirements for the issuance of a consumer fireworks retail sales license by the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing.
The Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing does not require a bond for the issuance of a consumer fireworks retail sales license.
PERMANENT BUILDINGS: A retailer or community group may sell consumer fireworks at a permanent building only between June 1 and July 8 and between December 10 and January 3 each year, all dates inclusive.
TEMPORARY STRUCTURE: A retailer or community group may sell consumer fireworks at a temporary structure between June 13 and July 8 each year, both dates inclusive.
Online sales of consumer fireworks are permitted in Iowa by a licensed vendor; however, the buyer must physically pick up the purchase at the licensed consumer fireworks vendor site.
Iowa Code 10A.519 Section 4. Subsection a. “Require[s] that any retailer or community group offering for sale at retail any consumer fireworks… shall do so in accordance with the national fire protection association (NFPA) 1124." This Iowa Code section requires retail sales of consumer fireworks takes place at a licensed sales facility that is in compliance with the NFPA 1124. As a result, home delivery service of consumer fireworks is not permitted per Iowa Code.
Curbside Service IS Permitted: The NFPA 1124 7.4.6.2, applicable in Iowa pursuant to Iowa Code Section 10A.519, does not permit vehicle parking within 10 feet of a consumer retail sales facility; however, a designated parking area that is 10 feet or more from a facility can be used for curbside service.