[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Island Park 7-2-2018 by L.L.
No. 12-2018. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate, to the greatest
extent permitted under the New York Penal Law, the public display
of fireworks so as to prevent the start or spread of fires and explosions
and to protect the health, safety and public welfare of the residents
of the Incorporated Village of Island Park.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Means and includes 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 or 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 other device containing any explosive substance.
No person shall discharge any fireworks, gunpowder or other
explosives or make any bonfires in or upon the streets or the public
property of the Village unless provided with a permit by the Village
Board.
The Building Inspectors of the Incorporated Village of Island
Park are hereby authorized to issue violations to any person(s) or
business or corporation in violation of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
not exceeding the sum of $500 for any offense, and each day that a
violation continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
