The following standards shall apply for seasonal sale of fireworks within the corporate limits of the City of Cookeville:
(1) Seasonal sales of fireworks shall only be permitted from June 20th until July 5th and from December 20th until January 2nd of any given year.
(2) Seasonal sales of fireworks shall be conducted in compliance with the provisions of the City of Cookeville Municipal Zoning Code.
(3) All tents or similar temporary structures used for the seasonal sale of fireworks shall be composed entirely with fire retardant materials and shall be located on a paved, concrete or gravel surface and in no event may be erected or placed on a grass area.
(4) All tents or similar temporary structures used for the seasonal sale of fireworks shall provide an emergency exit remote from the point of entrance. Tents shall be enclosed on no more than two (2) sides during times that customers are present.
(5) The site utilized for the seasonal sale of fireworks shall be a minimum of 200 feet from any fuel source and no farther than 500 feet from an operable fire hydrant.
(6) The seasonal sale of fireworks shall be restricted to D. O. T. Class C common fireworks as defined by Tennessee Code Annotated, title 68, chapter 104. The sale of "bottle" rockets with an explosive cartridge under the size of two (2) inches in length is expressly prohibited.
(7) No person shall smoke within fifty (50) feet of an area where fireworks are sold. No person selling fireworks shall permit the presence of lighted cigars, cigarettes, or pipes within fifty (50) feet of where fireworks are offered for sale. At all places where fireworks are stored or sold, there shall be posted at each entrance signs with the words "Fireworks – No Smoking" in letters not less than four (4) inches high.
(8) A minimum of two (2) 10 lb. ABC fire extinguishers shall be present at each site where fireworks are sold
(as added by Ord. #003-10-19, Dec. 2003)