[Adopted 9-23-1976 as Art.
II of Ch. 10 of the Charter and Revised Ordinance]
The sale, discharge, firing or use of firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes,
roman candles, fire balloons, fireworks, pistols, canes, cannon and other
appliances using blank cartridges or using caps containing chlorate of potash
mixture or any combustible or explosive composition of any substance or combination
of substances designed or intended to produce a visible or audible pyrotechnic
effect by combustion, explosion, conflagration, deflagration or detonation
is hereby prohibited within the city limits, except when done under municipal
auspices or when permitted by special authority of the Board of Aldermen as
provided in this article.
The Board of Aldermen may, upon written petition addressed to it and
filed in the office of the City Clerk, grant to such persons and aggregations
of persons as it may determine from time to time permission for the public
display of fireworks and pyrotechnics outside the fire limits, under the supervision
of the Fire Commissioner and the Mayor, provided that no permit shall be granted
unless upon written petition for the same, giving the place, date and time
of day where it is proposed to hold such display and the names of the person
or aggregation of persons under whose auspices the same is to be held, together
with a general description of the character of fireworks or pyrotechnics proposed
to be used and the occasion, reason for or purpose in making such display;
provided, further, that all displays shall at all times be under the supervision
of persons skilled in the discharge of fireworks who are approved by the Fire
Commissioner and the Mayor.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this article or fail
to comply therewith shall be fined in accordance with § 1-14, provided
that any of such articles may be sold to the city for the purpose of municipal
display and to any person or aggregations of persons who shall be granted
permission to make such public display pursuant to the provisions of this
article.
