The following terms used in this article are defined as follows:
Any contrivance made of paper, pasteboard or other material
and containing explosives or materials combined in various proportions
for the purpose, when ignited or lighted by hand or otherwise, of
making a noise, creating an explosion or producing a pyrotechnic display.
Any natural person or association of natural persons, trustee,
receiver, partnership, corporation, organization, or the manager,
agent, servant or employee of any of them.
(Ordinance 14, sec. 1, adopted 6/23/53)
(a)
Any
person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than five dollars ($5.00)
nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00); each day that such
violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(b)
In
case of any wilful violation of any of the terms and provisions of
this article, the city, in addition to imposing the penalties above
provided, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding in any
court having proper jurisdiction to restrain, correct or abate such
violation, and the definition of any violation of the terms of this
article as a misdemeanor shall not preclude the city from invoking
all civil remedies given to it by the laws of the state, but same
shall be cumulative and subject to prosecution as hereinabove prescribed
for such violation.
(Ordinance 14, sec. 6, adopted 6/23/53; Ordinance 246 adopted 1/28/88)
It shall be unlawful for any person to have, keep, store, sell,
offer for sale, give away, use, transport, manufacture, discharge,
ignite or in any manner aid, assist or abet in the discharging or
igniting of any fireworks of any size within the corporate limits
of the city.
(Ordinance 14, sec. 2, adopted 6/23/53)
The possession of fireworks within the corporate limits of the
city shall constitute prima facie evidence of an intention to violate
the provisions of this article and shall be deemed an offense.
(Ordinance 14, sec. 3, adopted 6/23/53)
