The following words, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Code Official - the Code Official with regard to this chapter shall be the Fire Chief of Dover Township or his/her officially designated representative.
Discharge site - the immediate area surrounding the fireworks mortars used for an outdoor fireworks display.
Display site - the immediate area where a fireworks display is conducted. The display area includes the discharge site, fallout area and the required separation distance from the mortars to spectator viewing areas. The display area does not include spectator viewing areas or vehicle parking areas.
Fallout area - The area over which aerial shells are fired. The shells burst over the area, and unsafe debris and malfunctioning aerial shells fall into this area. The fallout area is the location where a typical aerial shell dud falls to the ground depending on the wind and the angle of mortar placement.
Fireworks - Any composition or device for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect for entertainment purposes by combustion, deflagration, or detonation that meets the definition of Class B or Class C explosive or 1-3G/ 1.4G fireworks as set forth herein.
Fireworks,1.3G - Large fireworks devices, which are explosive material intended for use in fireworks displays and designed to produce audible or visible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. Such 1.3G fireworks include, but are not limited to, firecrackers that contain more than 130 milligrams of explosive composition, aerial shells containing more than 40 grams of pyrotechnic composition and other display pieces which exceed the limit for classification as lAG fireworks. The United States DOT also describes such 1.3G fireworks as “Fireworks, UN0335.”
Fireworks, 1.4G - Small fireworks devices containing restricted amounts of pyrotechnic composition designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion. Such 1-4G fireworks which comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United States DOT for Fireworks,UN0336,and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as set forth in the CPSC 16 CFR, Parts 1500 and 1507, are not explosive material for the purpose of this chapter.
Fireworks, 1.4S - Any small fireworks devices that produce a visible or audible effect by combustion or deflagration and that meet the requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for the quantity of internal composition, construction, size and labeling for sale to and use by the general public. They are typically classified as UN0336 Fireworks or 1-4S by the United States DOT and are typically referred to as “consumer fireworks.”
Fireworks display - A presentation of fireworks for a public or private gathering.
Highway - A public street or private street, public alley or public road.
Mortar - A tube from which fireworks shells are fired into the air.
NFPA 1123 - The National Fire Protection Association standard on Fireworks Displays, 2014 Edition (or subsequent edition).
NFPA 1126 - The National Fire Protection Association standard on the Use of Pyrotechnics before a Proximate Audience, 2011 Edition (or subsequent edition).
Novelty items - Novelty items are those materials commonly marketed and sold as fireworks to the general public. Novelty items shall include sparklers, smoke bombs, fountains, pinwheels or any other similar items.
Proximate audience - An audience closer to pyrotechnic devices than permitted by NFPA 1123, Fireworks Displays, 2014 Edition (or subsequent edition).
Pyrotechnic composition - A chemical mixture that produces visible light displays or sound through any propagating, heat-releasing chemical reaction which is initiated by ignition.
Pyrotechnic special effect - A visible or audible effect for entertainment created through the use of pyrotechnic materials and devices.
Pyrotechnic special-effect material - A chemical mixture used in the entertainment industry, to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration or detonation. Such a chemical mixture predominantly consists of solids capable of producing a controlled, self-sustaining and self-contained exothermic chemical reaction that results in heat, gas, sound, light or a combination of these effects. The chemical reaction functions without external oxygen.
(Ord. 2014-05, 8/25/2014)