(a) An owner, occupant, or other person with control of real property shall not allow, permit, or otherwise assent to the possession or display of display fireworks on the property or an adjacent public way if such possession or display is in violation of this chapter.
(b) An owner, occupant, or other person with control of real property shall be presumed to have assented to the possession or display of display fireworks on the property or adjacent public way in violation of this chapter if law enforcement or fire officials observe and document the existence of unlawful fireworks on the premises or the adjoining public way, or the existence of the remnants of unlawful fireworks on the premises or adjoining public way indicative of the use or display of such fireworks.
(c) A person who pleads to or is found responsible for a violation of subsection (a) shall clean up any fireworks remnants on or adjoining the person's property, or pay the Township's costs for such clean up, and reimburse the Township’s actual costs for destruction of any unlawful fireworks and materials impounded by law enforcement or fire officials during investigation of the unlawful activity under subsection (a).
(d) A violation of subsections (a) or (c) is a municipal civil infraction. If the unlawful activity does not cease after issuance of a municipal civil infraction citation, the owner, occupant, or other person with control of the real property shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 405. Passed 8-26-13.)