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City of Sanford, ME
York County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Sanford (now City) 2-7-2012.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets, sidewalks and public areas — See Ch. 226.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former Ch. 125, Firearms and Fireworks, adopted 4-11-1977 as § 5.2(4) of the 1977 Code.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FIREWORKS
A. 
Any:
(1) 
Combustible or explosive composition or substance;
(2) 
Combination of explosive compositions or substances;
(3) 
Other article that was prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation, including blank cartridges or toy cannons in which explosives are used, the type of balloon that requires fire underneath to propel it, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, bombs, rockets, wheels, colored fires, fountains, mines, serpents and other fireworks of like construction;
(4) 
Fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound; or
(5) 
Tablets or other devices containing any explosive substance or flammable compound.
B. 
The term "fireworks" does not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper caps or plastic caps containing 25/100 grains or less of explosive compound are used if they are constructed so that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion, toy pistol paper caps or plastic caps that contain less than 20/100 grains of explosive mixture, sparklers that do not contain magnesium chlorates or perchlorates or signal, antique or replica cannons if no projectile is fired.
A. 
Firearms.
[Amended 8-19-2014 by Order No. 14-122.12]
(1) 
No person shall fire any cannon, gun, rifle, revolver, toy pistol or firearm of any kind in the area beginning at the intersection of Route 4 and Route 109 and extending in a northwesterly direction along Route 109 to the intersection with Deering Neighborhood Road and including all property extending out 3/4 mile on either side of Route 109. The following are exceptions to this section:
(a) 
Approved indoor firearms ranges.
(b) 
Military funerals or reviews.
(c) 
Memorial events.
(d) 
Law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties.
(e) 
In the destruction of a dangerous animal as authorized by law.
(2) 
Nothing in this section shall infringe upon the statutory right of a person to act in self-defense as set forth in the Maine Revised Statutes.
B. 
Fireworks. No person shall discharge any fireworks within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Sanford. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prohibit a public display of fireworks under supervision of the municipal officers of the Town.
Any person violating any of these provisions shall, on conviction thereof, be fined as follows:
A. 
First violation: $500.
B. 
Second violation: $750.
C. 
Third violation: $1,000.