It shall be unlawful to use, sell, or offer at retail sale any fireworks within the corporate limits of the city.
It shall be an affirmative defense to section 5.04.001 that the sale, or use was for supervised public displays of fireworks by the municipality, fair associations, amusement parks and other organizations or groups of individuals, provided that a permit for such fireworks display has theretofore been applied for through the office of the city secretary and obtained from the fire marshal. The fire marshal shall have the power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of such permits, to include but not be limited to the following:
(1)
Applications for permits shall be made in writing at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the date of the display. After such privileges shall have been granted, sale, use, and distribution of fireworks for such display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted hereunder shall be transferable.
(2)
The permittee shall furnish proof of liability insurance policy in coverage amounts of at least $1,000,000.00 per person/incident, and at least $1,000,000.00 in property damage conditioned for the payment of damages which may be caused either to a person or persons or to property by reason of the permitted display and arising from any acts of the permittee, his agents, employees, or subcontractors.
(Ordinance 2020-01 adopted 1/23/20)