Except as provided in this article or applicable state law,
no person, firm or corporation shall offer for sale, expose for sale,
sell at retail or use or explode or possess with intent to sell, use
or explode any fireworks, as defined in the Connecticut General Statutes,
in the City of Norwalk. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person who
is 16 years of age or older may offer for sale, expose for sale, sell
at retail, purchase, use or possess with intent to sell or use sparklers
or fountains, as defined in and to the extent provided in the Connecticut
General Statutes.
The provisions of the preceding section shall not apply to the
use of such fireworks by a person who has obtained from the Chief
of the Fire Department a license for that purpose. Each such license
shall:
A. Issue for exhibition purposes only and only to one skilled in the
discharging of fireworks;
B. Expire not later than 30 days from the date of issue;
C. Bear the date of expiration on the face thereof;
D. Designate the location for which it is granted;
F. Only be issued after inspection of the premises by the licensing
authority and after the applicant has given satisfactory evidence
of financial responsibility, by way of a certificate of insurance,
to satisfy any claim for public liability arising from the use of
fireworks or from the use of pyrotechnics for special effects in the
minimum amount of $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and property
damage, and shall not limit coverage within the applicable statutory
period of covered liability.
The license fee to be paid to the City shall be established
by the Office of the Fire Marshal's schedule of fees for permits
and licenses for each exhibition.
No such license shall be issued for any location within 200
feet of any combustible building, nor unless provision has been made
to keep spectators and all other individuals except the agents and
employees of the licensee at least 200 feet distant from the licensed
location, nor when the Fire Chief shall determine that any condition
exists which makes exhibitions of fireworks at such location unusually
hazardous.
All fireworks displays shall be concluded promptly by 10:00
p.m.
Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the storage,
sale or use of signals necessary for the safe operation of railroads
or other classes of public or private transportation, nor as applying
to the military or naval forces of the United States or to the authorized
militia of the state or to peace officers.
The provisions hereof shall not apply to the retail sale or
use of cap pistols and repeater cap pistols and caps to be used therein.