Any person who shall violate the terms and provisions of this article or aid, assist or abet in the violation of any of the terms and provisions of this article shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section
1.01.009.
(Ordinance 65, sec. 5, adopted 12/17/48; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation
to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, use, discharge or explode
any blank cartridges, toy pistol or cannon, toy cane or toy cannon
in which explosives are used, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets,
roman candles, aerial salutes, American or Chinese bombs or other
fireworks of like construction, or any fireworks containing any explosive
of like construction, or any fireworks containing any explosives or
inflammable compounds, or any tablets or other device commonly sold
and used as fireworks containing nitrates, chlorates, oxalates, sulphides
of lead, barium, antimony, arsenic, mercury, nitroglycerine, phosphorus
or any compound containing any of the same or other modern explosives
within the limits of the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation, while in the corporate limits of the city, to use or ignite by fire, combustion or friction any of the fireworks mentioned and set out in subsection
(a) of this section.
(Ordinance 65, secs. 1, 2, adopted 12/17/48)
(a) Nothing
herein contained shall prohibit the use of fireworks for pyrotechnic
displays given by fair associations, amusement parks, civic organizations
or groups of individuals under permit granted therefor by the city
secretary, nor shall the provisions of this article prohibit the use
or sale of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes or for signal
purposes in athletic contests or sports events, or for use by the
police or military organizations, and nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prohibit the use or sale of colored flares.
(b) Nothing
in this article shall be construed to prohibit any resident wholesale
dealer or jobber from selling fireworks at wholesale provided the
same are shipped or delivered directly outside the limits of the city.
(Ordinance 65, secs. 3, 4, adopted 12/17/48)