Tuesday is the first day it’s legal in Utah to light fireworks for the Independence Day holiday — so if your neighbors have been setting off the Roman candles already, they have been breaking the law.
Utah law says personal, or Class-C, fireworks can be used in two brief windows in July: July 2 to 5 for the Fourth, and July 22 to 25 for Pioneer Day. (Such fireworks can also be bought and lit for New Year’s Eve and the Chinese New Year.)
Each city in Utah has its own restrictions about where one can light those fireworks, mostly to prevent fires in wild areas and undeveloped lots.