[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Fonda 6-17-1936. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared to be, and shall be, unlawful for any
person or persons within the corporate limits of the Village of Fonda,
New York, to discharge, fire or use of firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes,
roman candles, or other fireworks, or substances designed and intended
for pyrotechnic display, and of pistols, canes, cannons or other appliances
using blank cartridges or caps containing chlorate or potash mixture,
provided that the Board of Trustees may authorize the public display
of fireworks by properly qualified individuals if, in its opinion,
such display or displays shall be of such character and so located,
discharged or fired as shall not be hazardous to surrounding property
or endanger any person or persons.
The sale at retail of firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, roman
candles or other fireworks or substances designed and intended for
pyrotechnic display, and of pistols, canes, cannons, or other appliances
using blank cartridges or caps containing chlorate or potash mixture,
within the corporate limits of said Village, is hereby prohibited.
The Board of Trustees may, in its discretion, remove or have removed,
at the owner's expense, all stocks of fireworks exposed for sale
in violation of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a penalty
of not less than $5 no more than $25, and such violation is declared
to be and constitute disorderly conduct, and any such person or persons
violating same shall be a disorderly person.
This chapter shall take effect immediately, provided that the
provisions hereof shall not apply to or be effective on July 4 in
the year 1936.
