The days of impromptu late night fireworks displays in Davidson have come to an end.

At its meeting last Tuesday, Davidson town council passed a bylaw to control the use of fireworks within town limits.

From now on, no one may discharge fireworks within the town except for special occasions and with prior written consent from town council. As well, no one in town may sell fireworks to children under the age of 18.

Town administrator Gary Edom said council decided to adopt a fireworks bylaw because people are buying them in town and the town had requests from people asking if they could set some off in town, so council decided to pass a bylaw controlling their use.

The bylaw legislates where and how people may use fireworks and it gives town officials or the fire chief authority to suspend fireworks displays deemed dangerous to the public or property.

Covered in the bylaw are all types of fireworks including squibs, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, roman candles, sparklers and other pyrotechnics of all description.

If people violate provisions within the bylaw they are subject to fines set out in the town’s General Penalty Bylaw and could be liable to a fine of up to $2,000 for an individual and of up to $5,000 for a corporation.