The Town Board of the Town of Tonawanda, Erie
County, State of New York, pursuant to Article 9 of the Town Law,
as amended, and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals
and general welfare of the Town of Tonawanda and its inhabitants,
including the protection and preservation of property, and the peace
and good order thereof, does hereby enact the following chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
FIREWORK
A device consisting of a combination of explosives and combustibles,
set off to generate colored lights, smoke, and noise for amusement.
No person or persons, firm, copartnership or
corporation shall keep for sale, offer for sale, distribute, give
away or have in his, their or its possession any container whatever,
for use within the Town of Tonawanda (exclusive of the Village of
Kenmore), Erie County, New York, which shall contain dynamite, giant
powder, nitroglycerin, dualin or other explosives more powerful than
ordinary black gunpowder.
No person or persons, firm, copartnership or
corporation shall keep for sale, offer for sale, distribute or give
away for use within the Town of Tonawanda (exclusive of the Village
of Kenmore) any fireworks, including firecrackers, that are likely
to maim or injure any person by the explosion thereof.
No person or persons, firm, copartnership or
corporation shall keep for sale, offer for sale, distribute or give
away for use within the Town of Tonawanda (exclusive of the Village
of Kenmore) any toy revolvers, toy pistols or toy cannons, of any
description, in which powder of any kind can be exploded, or blank-cartridge
pistols, toy cartridge pistols or toy revolvers, repeating or bomjack
marbles, kango clubs, vesuvius torpedoes, torpedo canes or ammunition
for torpedo canes, without a written permit from the Town Board of
the Town of Tonawanda.