The Bonney Lake Police Department released a reminder Wednesday regarding the city’s fireworks policy during the Independence Day holiday.

Chief among them was that it remains illegal to use fireworks within the city limits except for the approved hours from July 3 to July 5. Use of fireworks will be allowed between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. on July 3 and July 5, and from 9 a.m. to midnight on the July 4 holiday.

Additionally, it is illegal to discharge fireworks on private or city property without permission; written permission, in the case of property owned by the city of Bonney Lake. Discharge of “safe and sane” fireworks in public parks may be done with a written permit from the city.

“Any person violating any provision of the City fireworks code is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a maximum term fixed by the court of not more than 90 days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than $1,000, or by both such imprisonment and fine,” read the police department’s press release.

State fire marshal Charles Duffy sent out a reminder Thursday that it is illegal to purchase fireworks from the internet. He wrote Wednesday that the number of fireworks retailer licenses issued had gone down 2.5 percent from 2012.