9/21/11 N.Y. St. Reg. No. 2011-8
Penal Law §§ 270.00, 270.00(2), 405.00, 405.00(1), 405.00(2), 405.00(2)(a), 405.00(2)(b), 405.00(2)(e), 405.00(2)(g), 405.00(3), 405.00(3-a), 405.00(4), 405.00(5); Municipal Home Rule Law § 10(1)(i)(d)(3)
Approval and issuance of a fireworks display permit is a discretionary act. Failure to grant a permit by the time of a planned display effectively functions as a denial of an application for a permit. A town may not impose additional permitting requirements or supersede the fireworks permitting system established in the Penal Law.
