(a) A person shall not manufacture any gunpowder, fireworks, explosive compounds or detonating or deflagrating substances within the corporate limits of the City except the manufacture of fireworks as permitted in accordance with RC Chapter 3743, and OAC 1301:7:7-33, and applicable provisions of the NFPA, and any stricter rules of the City Fire Marshal to protect the public health and safety. This division does not apply to the mixing of binary systems, providing the mixing is done in conformity with all federal, State and City laws, and regulations and the mixing is associated with a pyrotechnic display, which has been permitted under this chapter.
(b) A person shall not sell, purchase for, give away to, or otherwise dispose of, or deliver to, any person less than eighteen (18) years of age, any explosives, including fireworks, whether the person is acting on their own behalf or for any other person.
(c) A person shall not knowingly acquire, have, carry, or use any dangerous ordnance as defined in Section 627.01 of these Codified Ordinances (“Weapons and Explosives”) unless excepted by RC 2923.17 (“Dangerous Ordnance and Explosives Strictly Regulated”) or the person is the holder of a license or temporary permit issued and in effect under RC 2923.18.
(d) A person shall not discharge any firearms or fireworks at, or against, any magazine or a vehicle transporting explosives.
(e) A person shall not ship, receive, store, possess, sell, use, or discharge any explosives, pyrotechnics, fireworks, lasers, or flame effects within the City except as permitted under Sections 387.06, 387.09, and 387.10 of this chapter, and in compliance with all applicable federal, State and City laws, and regulations.
(f) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, or have in his or her possession or custody, any squib, rocket, cracker, roman candle, or fire balloon, or any other combustible fireworks, or any article for the making of a pyrotechnic display, within the City, except as authorized by a permit issued by the City Fire Chief under Sections 387.06 and 387.07 of this chapter.
(g) A vessel shall not operate in the Cuyahoga River or elsewhere in the City with explosives aboard, whether for loading or unloading explosives, unless such vessel is in conformity with 49 C.F.R. Part 176 and the regulations of the United States Coast Guard.
(h) A person shall not transport explosives through the City unless they are in compliance with all applicable federal, State, and City laws and regulations.
(Ord. No. 1253-07. Passed 11-19-07, eff. 11-21-07)