No person shall sell, keep or cause to be sold or kept any firecrackers
or fireworks of any kind within the limits of the Borough of Eatontown in
violation of the provisions of this chapter as hereinafter set forth.
It shall not be lawful to sell firecrackers or fireworks of any kind
unless said vendor shall first have procured a permit from the Building Inspector
so to do, said permit to be issued only on a license fee of $5, and shall
entitle the vendor to sell firecrackers or fireworks during the period from
July 1 to July 5, both dates included, of the year in which said permit is
issued.
Any person violating the regulations hereinafter set forth governing
the sale of firecrackers and fireworks, as aforesaid, shall forfeit the permit
granted:
A. Smoking is prohibited in any store or place where fireworks
of any kind shall be offered for sale, and signs to that effect in letters
at least five inches high shall be prominently displayed.
B. Sand or water shall be kept in buckets or pails convenient
for quick use in case of fire.
C. Matches shall not be kept or sold in any place where
fireworks are offered for sale.
D. In any place where fireworks shall be sold, the same
shall be kept remote from any fire, open flame or the rays of the sun, and
shall, so far as possible, be kept in tin or other metal receptacles.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, in
addition to the forfeiture of permit as hereinbefore provided, pay upon conviction
a fine of $10 for each and every offense.