No person, firm, copartnership or corporation shall offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, keep with intent to sell, possess, use or explode, any fireworks, except for the following.
(A) The Chief of the Fire Department or other authorized city official may grant permits for supervised public displays of fireworks by the city, fair associations, amusement parks and other organizations or groups of individuals. Every display shall be handled by a competent operator to be approved by the public official by whom the permit is granted, and shall be of such character, and so located, discharged or fired as in the opinion of the official, after proper inspection, shall not be hazardous to property or endanger any person. Permits shall be filed with the office of the State Fire Marshal at least 15 days in advance of the date of the display. After this privilege is granted, sales, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for the display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted under this division (A) shall be transferable. For the purposes of this section, PUBLIC DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS shall include the use of pyrotechnic devices or pyrotechnic materials before a proximate audience, whether indoors or outdoors.
(B) The sale, at wholesale, of any fireworks for supervised displays by any resident manufacturer, wholesaler, dealer or jobber, in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, if the sale is to the person holding a display permit as outlined in division (A) above. The permit holder shall present the permit along with other verifiable identification at the time of sale.
(C) The sale, at wholesale, of any kind of fireworks by any resident manufacturer, wholesaler, dealer or jobber; provided, the fireworks are intended for shipment directly out of state in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
(D) The sale and use in emergency situations of pyrotechnic signaling devices and distress signals for marine, aviation and highway use.
(E) The use of fuses and railway torpedoes by railroads.
(F) The sale and use of blank cartridges for use in a show or theater or for signal or ceremonial purpose in athletics or sports.
(G) The use of any pyrotechnic device by military organizations.
(H) The use of fireworks for agricultural purposes under the direct supervision of the U.S. Department of the Interior or any equivalent or local agency.
(KRS 227.710) (Prior Code, § 93.02) Penalty, see § 93.99