[Ord. No. 274 §10.25, 5-9-2001]
The term "fireworks" means and includes any
combustible or explosive composition 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
and includes blank cartridges, toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes
or toy guns in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which
require fire underneath to propel the same, fireworks of like construction
and any fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound or
any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance. The
term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns
or other devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths
(25/100) grains or less of explosive compound are used, providing
they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with
the cap when in place for use and toy pistol paper caps which contain
less than twenty-five hundredths (25/100) grains of explosive mixture,
the use of which shall be permitted at all times.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.26, 5-9-2001]
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to sell, use, ignite, explode, detonate or fire within the limits
of the City any guns, rifles, revolvers or pistols, other than cap
pistols. Also, it shall be unlawful to use, ignite, explode, detonate
or fire within the limits of this City any type combustible fireworks
that are designed to be projected into the air, not to include ground
based fireworks that produce a shower of sparks, except that it shall
be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to use, explode, detonate,
light and fire fireworks and firecrackers at a public event or public
assembly when a permit therefore has been issued to such person, firm
or corporation by the Mayor of the City of Lake Waukomis, which permit
must first be approved by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen
of said City prior to the issuance thereof by the Mayor.
[Ord. No. 442 §I, 6-12-2013]
It shall be unlawful to manufacture, sell, explode, or detonate fireworks of any kind on public property identified specifically as South Park, North Park, the lake dam, spillway, and parking lot of the community building unless a waiver has been granted as outlined in Section 210.660.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.27, 5-9-2001]
Applicable fireworks in the aforementioned Section 210.660 will be limited to use during the hours of 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 P.M. on July third (3rd) and July fourth (4th) of each year.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.28, 5-9-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation
to throw, set off, fire or cause to be exploded any fireworks from
or into any motor vehicle or watercraft.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.29, 5-9-2001]
"Ground audible device" means a fireworks device
intended to function on the ground that produces an audible effect.
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation
to throw, set off, fire or cause to be exploded any ground audible
device for a time period exceeding two (2) minutes consecutively or
a total of five (5) minutes in any sixty (60) minute time period.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.30, 5-9-2001]
No person shall have in their possession or discharge fireworks
of the type commonly called "bottle rockets", "cherry bombs", "M-80's",
"grenades", "torpedoes" or "Roman candles".
[Ord. No. 274 §10.31, 5-9-2001]
No person shall have in their possession or ignite two (2) or
more fireworks of the type commonly called "sparklers" which are bound
together to form a bundle of sparklers.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.32, 5-9-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or otherwise deposit
or attempt to throw or otherwise deposit any firecrackers, squib,
"cherry bomb", grenade, torpedo or other combustible fireworks whatsoever
into, at or upon any motor vehicle, residence or other structure or
any person or group of persons or so near any such person or group
of persons as to endanger same.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.33, 5-9-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his/her possession
with intent to give away, sell, offer for sale or to exhibit for sale
within the City any squib, rocket, crackers, torpedoes, grenades,
guns, revolvers, pistols, caps, cartridges, other combustible firecrackers
or fireworks of any kind.
The owner or resident(s) shall be responsible for violations
of this Article which takes place on that owner or resident's lot
and shall be considered to be in violation of this Article if fireworks
are used, ignited, exploded or fired on their lot.
[Ord. No. 274 §10.34, 5-9-2001]
A.
During
any period or periods of dryness and increased danger of fire within
the City and after consulting with the City Marshal or in his/her
absence the Mayor, or in his/her absence such other individual designated
by the Board of Aldermen of said City, shall be authorized to declare
a fire emergency for such length of time as said emergency conditions
exists. He/she shall have the power to regulate the usage of all fireworks
within the City of Lake Waukomis. The Mayor or his/her designate shall
have the power to do any one (1) or more of the following:
B.
In
the event such emergency is declared by the Mayor or such other designated
representative of the City of Lake Waukomis as provided hereinabove,
a notice of declaration of such emergency and the regulation(s) of
the discharge of fireworks during said fire emergency shall be posted
in a public place within City Hall and at such other place or places
as the Mayor or such other designated representative may deem reasonable
and appropriate to inform the public of said fire emergency.
C.
Any
violation of the regulations placed in effect during the period of
any fire emergency shall be subject to a minimum fine of fifty dollars
($50.00) and a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for
each violation and each subsequent violation of this Section.
