(A) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks with in the corporate limits of the city; provided that the Public Works Committee shall have the power to grant permits for supervised public display of fireworks to be held within the corporate limits of the city by fair associations, amusement parks or other organizations or groups of individuals.
(B) Every such display shall be handled by a competent operator to be approved by the Public Works Committee and shall be of such a character, and so located, discharged or fired as in the opinion of the Public Works Committee, after proper inspection, shall not be hazardous to property or endanger any person or persons.
(C) Applications for permits shall be made in writing at least 15 days in advance of the date of the display. After such privilege shall have been granted, sales, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for such display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted hereunder shall be transferable.
(Prior Code, § 7.04.030) (Ord. 150, passed 6-18-2012)