[HISTORY: Adopted by the City of Isanti 6-15-2004 by Ord. No. 321. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 452]
The following words, terms and phrases, when
used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
Any person selling fireworks to wholesalers and retailers
for resale.
The Chief of the Fire District or Fire Agency.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Individuals authorized to enforce the laws or ordinances
of the City.
Wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 grams of mixture
per item, other sparkling items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial
and contain 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total
of 200 grams or less for multiple tubes, snakes, and glow worms, smoke
devices, or trick noisemakers which include paper streamers, party
poppers, sting poppers, snappers, and drop pops, each consisting of
not more than 0.25 grains of explosive mixture.
Any person engaged in the manufacture of fireworks.
Any person purchasing fireworks for resale to consumers.
A.Â
Legal fireworks for sale to the general public shall
be understood to mean fireworks legal for sale and use in the state
under Minn. Stat. § 624.20.
B.Â
No individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association
shall possess for retail sale in the City or Urban Service District,
sell or offer for sale at retail or use or possess any fireworks other
than legal fireworks.
A.Â
No person may sell, hold for sale, import, distribute
or offer for sale, as specialty retailer or retailer, any fireworks
in the City or Urban Service District unless such person has first
obtained the appropriate permit.
B.Â
The Fire Chief, law enforcement officer and Code Enforcement
Officer shall enforce this chapter. All permit applications shall
be submitted to the office of the City Clerk. All retailers shall
be required to purchase a retail fireworks permit for each retail
location.
C.Â
The application for a permit under this section shall
contain the following information:
D.Â
An applicant for a permit shall pay to the City a
fee as established in the City's fee schedule, per location, as established
from time to time by the City Council.
E.Â
Following an inspection of the location where the
legal fireworks are to be sold, the City Council shall issue a retailer
permit if the conditions for permit approval are satisfied and the
location of the property is zoned commercial.
F.Â
No retail permit shall be issued for any period of
time in excess of one year, and any permit may be revoked by the City
Council when it shall appear that the permittee has violated any of
the sections of this chapter or has engaged in activities contradictory
to the best interest of the citizens of the City. The permit issued
shall be nontransferable whether to a different person or location.
G.Â
Such permits shall be valid only between April 1 and
March 31 of each calendar year.
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 452]
A.Â
The sale of legal fireworks only shall occur wholly
within permanent buildings and permanent structures, as defined by
the Building Code of the City of Isanti, which shall have been deemed
safe and proper by the appropriate code official. It shall be unlawful
to sell fireworks within temporary facilities, motor vehicles, tents
or air-supported structures. No fireworks may be sold without a retail
permit. The permit shall be posted at each location where the retail
sale takes place, and a list of all legal fireworks sold at the location
shall be available upon request.
B.Â
Buildings and permanent structures with approved sprinkler
systems are limited to the sale and storage of a total of 100 pounds
net weight or 400 pounds gross weight of legal fireworks. Buildings
and permanent structures without approved automatic sprinkler systems
are limited to the sale and storage of a total of 50 pounds net weight
of legal fireworks.
C.Â
At all the places where fireworks are stored, sold
or displayed, the words "no smoking" shall be posted in letters at
least four inches in height. Smoking and/or any discharge of any object
that could cause a spark or open flame is prohibited within 100 feet
of any fireworks stock.
D.Â
No fireworks shall be stored, kept, sold or discharged
within 50 feet of any gasoline pump or gasoline bulk station or any
building in which gasoline or volatile liquids are sold in quantities
in excess of one gallon, except in stores where cleaners, paints and
oils are handled in sealed containers only.
E.Â
All fireworks permittees shall keep and maintain upon
the premises a fire extinguisher bearing an Underwriters' Laboratories,
Inc., rated capacity of a least five-pound ABC per 500 square feet
of space used for fireworks sales or storage.
F.Â
A sales clerk who is at least 18 years of age shall
be on duty to serve consumers at the time of purchase or delivery.
G.Â
If the fuse is a thread-wrapped safety fuse which
has been coated with a nonflammable coating, only the outside end
of the safety fuse shall be covered. If the fuse is not a safety fuse,
the entire fuse shall be covered.
H.Â
No person shall smoke in or around or have open flames
around any fireworks display.
[Amended 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 763]
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit wholesalers,
distributors, importers, specialty retailers, or manufacturers from
storing, selling, shipping, or otherwise transporting fireworks to
any person outside the City.
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 452]
Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty
of a petty misdemeanor upon the first offense (punishable by a fine
of not to exceed $300) and a misdemeanor upon the second and subsequent
offenses (punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or a prison term
of not to exceed 90 days, or both, plus costs of prosecution in either
case).
