This Chapter
100 shall be known as "Fireworks Displays."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ASSISTANT
A person who works under the direction of the operator to
put on a public fireworks display.
BODY
A municipality, school district, private club, association
or organization of individuals.
FIREWORKS
Any blank cartridge, blank cartridge pistol, or toy cannon
in which explosives are used, firecrackers, sparklers or other combustible
or explosive of like construction, or any preparation containing any
explosive or inflammable compound or any tablets or other device commonly
used and sold as fireworks containing nitrates, chlorates, oxalates,
sulphides of lead, barium, antimony, arsenic, mercury, nitroglycerine,
phosphorus or any compound containing any of the same or other explosives,
or any substance or combination of substances, or article prepared
for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion,
explosion, deflagration or detonation, or any other device containing
any explosive substance.
HIGHWAY
Any public street, road, highway or alley, or any private
road or street.
OPERATOR
The person with overall responsibility for safety and the
setting up and discharging of a public fireworks display.
PERMIT
The written authorization of the permit authority granted
to anybody to conduct a public fireworks display.
PERMIT AUTHORITY
The Code Enforcement Officer or other board or authorized
individual(s) for the Village of Phoenix.
SPONSOR
The person who exercises general control over the arrangements
for the public fireworks display. The sponsor and the operator may
sometimes be the same person.
The permit authority is hereby authorized and required to grant
and issue a permit for the public display of fireworks and to take
all such actions as are necessary for the proper execution of its
authority. The enforcement of the provisions provided herein shall
be by the permit authority and any other persons as may be from time
to time authorized by the Board of Trustees of the municipality.
Where the requirements of this chapter impose a different restriction
or requirement than imposed by other sections of the Village Code
of the Village of Phoenix, the Village Law of the State of New York
or other applicable rules or regulations, the requirements of this
chapter shall prevail to the extent allowed by the laws of the State
of New York. Otherwise, the strictest requirements shall prevail.