A person commits the offense of littering if he or she places,
deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited, any glass, glass bottles,
wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse, or rubbish
of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this City or
on the banks of any stream, or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal
Government or the City, or on any private real property owned by another
without the owner's consent.
[Ord. No. 903 §§1
— 4, 8-17-1987]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store,
sell or offer for sale fireworks of any type within the City limits;
provided, however, notwithstanding any ordinance or Fire Code provision
to the contrary, sale of fireworks shall be permitted by local, non-profit,
religious or community service organizations within the City limits
for a period from 10:00 A.M. on the 20th day of June of each year
and ending at 12:00 Midnight on the fifth day of July of each year.
Provided, further, notwithstanding any ordinance or Fire Code provision
to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation,
including local, non-profit, religious or community service organizations
within the City limits, to store, make, sell or offer for sale bottle
rockets, sky lanterns, night lanterns, unoccupied hot air balloons,
parachutes and similar firework devices.
[Ord. No. 1748 §1, 8-20-2012]
B. Any
such local, non-profit, religious or community service organization
desiring to sell or offer for sale permitted fireworks within the
City limits shall make written application to the City Clerk before
May first (1st) of each year.
1. All permits issued and approved by the Board of Aldermen are personal
to the applicant and non-transferable. The sale of fireworks or operation
of a facility for the sale of fireworks by someone other than the
license holder shall void the permit and cause forfeiture of the permit
fee.
2. No permittee shall allow other than unpaid volunteers of said permittee
or organization to participate in any respect in the sale of fireworks
or operation of the place of sale.
3. All applications must contain the name of the applicant, in addition
to a detailed description of the proposed location and the provisions
to be taken pursuant to fire protection. The site location is limited
to property which is zoned for commercial or industrial use and the
actual stand, tent or facility shall be at least one hundred (100)
feet from any temporary or permanent building.
4.
At each entrance of each place of sale of fireworks, a sign
shall be posted setting forth the dates and times when fireworks may
be fired. Said signs shall further state that no person may fire within
the City limits bottle rockets or any rockets with an aerial trajectory
having a cylinder or cartridge holding a propellant charge, which
cylinder or cartridge is not intended to be completely consumed before
landing. Said signs shall further state that no person may ignite
or use within the City limits unoccupied hot air balloons, sky lanterns,
night lanterns, parachutes or other similar devices that rely on an
open flame as a heat source to heat the air inside the device with
the intention of causing it to lift into the atmosphere.
[Ord. No. 1748 §2, 8-20-2012]
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place any fireworks, including pyrotechnic devices, in such a manner that the explosion of same will be likely to endanger or cause injury or damage to any person or property; provided, further, that it shall be unlawful for the person to shoot or detonate fireworks of any nature within the City limits except from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 Midnight on the second, third, fourth and fifth days of July each year, and special events pursuant to Subsection
(E) below. Provided, further, notwithstanding any ordinance or Fire Code provision to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, throw, use, explode, detonate or shoot, within the City limits, bottle rockets, rockets of all types and size and any and all fireworks with an aerial trajectory having a cylinder or cartridge holding a propellant charge, which cylinder or cartridge is not intended to be completely consumed before landing.
[Ord. No. 1748 §3, 8-20-2012; Ord. No. 1766 §1, 5-20-2013]
D. It
shall be unlawful for any person to detonate any fireworks on any
municipally owned property without specific permission of the Board
of Aldermen.
E. The shooting or detonating of fireworks is allowed at other times and on other dates than the times and dates specified in Subsection
(C) above for special events where a professional pyrotechnician is used to put on a fireworks display. The applicant must obtain prior written approval from the Sni Valley Fire Protection District and provide said approval to the City at least fourteen (14) days prior to the special event. The City may issue a permit for detonating fireworks at the special event at least seven (7) days prior to the special event date. If the City denies the permit, the applicant may request approval from the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 1766 §2, 5-20-2013]
[Ord. No. 968 §§1,
3, 6-19-1989; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 3-3-2008]
A. All
skateboards are hereby prohibited from all City property, except the
City's Skate Park.
B. Any
person found using a skateboard on City property may be excluded from
participation in any activities and services provided by the City.