As used in this article:
Fireworks
means and includes any firecrackers, cannon crackers, skyrockets, torpedoes, Roman candles, sparklers, squibs, fire balloons, star shells, gerbs or any other substance in whatever combination by any designated name intended for use in obtaining visible or audible pyrotechnic display and shall include all articles or substances within the commonly accepted meaning of fireworks whether herein specially designated and defined or not.
Person
means and includes any natural person, association of persons, partnership, corporation, or agent or officer of a corporation, and shall also include all warehousemen, common and private carriers, bailees, trustees, receivers, executors, and administrators.
(Ordinance 91-5-1, sec. 1, adopted 5/2/91)
Any person who shall manufacture, assemble, store, transport, receive, keep, sell, offer for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell any fireworks shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code, unless otherwise permitted in this article. Any parent or guardian of any minor child below the age of fourteen (14) who permits or allows such minor child to use, discharge, ignite, detonate, fire or otherwise set in action any fireworks shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 91-5-1, sec. 5, adopted 5/2/91; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code; Ordinance 2022-06-05 adopted 6/21/22)
This article shall be applicable and in force throughout the territory of the city within its corporate limits and extending for a distance outside the city limits for a total of one-half mile outside the city limits in any direction; provided that this article shall not be in effect within any portion of such one (1) mile area which is contained within the territory of any other municipal corporation.
(Ordinance 91-5-1, sec. 6, adopted 5/2/91)
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, assemble, store, transport, receive, keep, sell, offer or have in his possession with intent to sell, use, discharge, cause to be discharged, ignite, detonate, fire or otherwise set in action any fireworks of any description, unless otherwise permitted in this article.
(Ordinance 91-5-1, sec. 2, adopted 5/2/91; Ordinance 2022-06-05 adopted 6/21/22)
This article shall not apply to signal flares and torpedoes of the type and kind commonly used by any railroad and by any such railroad for use in railroad operation, nor shall this article apply to any marine signal flare or rocket of the type and kind commonly carried by a vessel at sea for its own use and which signal flares or rockets are transported or received or stored for use only as ship’s stores, nor shall this article apply to signal flares or rockets for military or police use.
(Ordinance 91-5-1, sec. 3, adopted 5/2/91)
The presence of any fireworks within the jurisdiction of the city in violation of this article is hereby declared to be a common and public nuisance. The chief of police is directed and required to seize and cause to be safely destroyed any fireworks found within the jurisdiction in violation of this article and any member of the police department of the city or any other duly constituted peace officer is empowered to stop the transportation of and detain any fireworks found being transported illegally or to close any building where any fireworks are found stored illegally until the chief of police can be notified in order that the fireworks may be seized and destroyed in accordance with the terms of this section. Notwithstanding any penal provision of this article, the city attorney is authorized to file suit on behalf of the city or the chief of police or both for injunctive relief as may be necessary to prevent unlawful storage, transportation, keeping or use of fireworks within the jurisdiction of the city and to aid the chief of police in the discharge of his duties and to particularly prevent any person from interfering with the seizure and destruction of such fireworks, but it shall not be necessary to obtain any such injunctive relief as a prerequisite to such seizure and destruction. The chief of police or any member of the police department of the city is hereby authorized to enter any building where the unlawful presence of fireworks is suspected in order to inspect the same for the presence of such fireworks.
(Ordinance 91-5-1, sec. 4, adopted 5/2/91)
(a) 
Generally.
Fireworks may be used, shot, ignited, stored, displayed, or otherwise possessed, as part of a special event when holding an event for a paying customer, or by public authorities, private persons, or organizations, that have been granted a permit for such action by the city fire marshal. Each application for such a permit shall be referred to the fire marshal, who shall inspect the location. If the fire marshal shall report that the location is unobjectionable relative to fire hazards and safety, they may issue said permit upon the receipt of a permit fee as established by the city council. Such permit may be granted for a period not to exceed six (6) days, and shall specify:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant, or the principal officers thereof if a corporation or association;
(2) 
Details regarding the location where the fireworks are to be stored, used, or otherwise possessed;
(3) 
The exact time when such fireworks are to be used and the duration;
(4) 
The nature of the occasion; and
(5) 
A list of the fireworks to be used.
(b) 
State licensure and permits.
The applicant for any fireworks permit shall provide with the permit application a copy of any license or permit required by the state to engage in any actions applied for on a city fireworks permit, including but not limited to use, storage, or public display. A copy of each permit shall be filed in the office of the city secretary.
(Ordinance 2022-06-05 adopted 6/21/22)
It shall be an affirmative defense of 3002 HOP, LTD., owner of Boyd Farm, to a violation of this article if 3002 HOP, LTD., without a permit from the city, stores fireworks for use or uses fireworks, if 3002 HOP, LTD:
(1) 
Is storing or using such fireworks for a paying customer’s event at Boyd Farm;
(2) 
Consults with and has approved by the city’s fire marshal such storage or use;
(3) 
Provides a courtesy notice to the city not later than three (3) days prior to the firework display providing the date, approximate time, and duration of the display; and
(4) 
Is in compliance with state licensure and/or permit requirements for such activities as provided under section 6.04.007(b) herein.
(Ordinance 2022-06-05 adopted 6/21/22)