For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONSUMER FIREWORKS. A small firework that is designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion and that is required to comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling requirements promulgated by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 CFR 1507. The term also includes some small devices designed to produce an audible effect, such as whistling devices, ground devices containing 50 milligrams or less of explosive composition, and aerial devices containing 130 milligrams or less of explosive composition. Propelling and expelling charges consisting of a mixture of charcoal sulfur and potassium nitrate are not considered to be designed to produce an audible effect. CONSUMER FIREWORKS include:
(1) Aerial devices, which include, but are not limited to, sky rockets, missile type rockets, helicopter or aerial spinners, roman candles, mines and shells;
(2) Ground audible devices, which include, but are not limited to, firecrackers, salutes and chasers; and
(3) Firework devices containing combinations of the effects described in divisions (1) and (2) above.
CONSUMER FIREWORKS do not include the following fireworks as referenced in IC 22-11-14-8(a):
(1) Dipped sticks or wire sparklers. However, the total pyrotechnic composition may not exceed 100 grams per item; and devices containing chlorate or perchlorate salts may not exceed five grams per item;
(2) Cylindrical fountains;
(3) Cone fountains;
(4) Illuminating torches;
(5) Wheels;
(6) Ground spinners;
(7) Flitter sparklers;
(8) Snakes or glow worms;
(9) Smoke devices;
(10) Trick noisemakers that include party poppers, booby traps, snappers, trick matches, cigarette loads and auto burglar alarms.
DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING. Any exterior lighting fixture that is placed so as to create a direct path of light aimed toward an object or structure or an exterior lighting fixture that has the capability of swiveling, turning or rotating the aim or direction to the light path including but not limited to flood lights, bullet and/or spot lights.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING. Any directional lighting source that is mounted on or about the exterior of a residential property that emits any level of light, other than a lighting source in a public right-of-way.
FULLY SHIELDED. A fixture with housing or attachment thereto which prevents a line of sight to the bulb when viewed from another property.
GLARE. Discomfort experienced by an observer with a direct line of sight to the light source which results in annoyance, discomfort or loss of visual performance causing visual impairment.
LUMENS. Measure of brightness of the illumination exiting a bulb.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle powered by a mechanical engine, and designed to be driven or used on any public or private property. Such definition shall include, but not be limited to: automobiles, vans, trucks, motorcycles, motor scooters, dune buggies, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, go-carts, minibikes, and trail bikes.
PERSON. Any individual, association, partnership or corporation which includes any officer, employee, department, agency or instrumentality.
UNREASONABLE NOISE. Sound that is of a volume, frequency, or pattern that prohibits, disrupts, injures, or endangers the health, safety, welfare, prosperity, comfort, or repose of reasonable persons of ordinary sensitivities within the City, given the time of day and environment in which the sound is made.
(Ord. G-21-93, passed 6-8-93; Am. Ord. G-15-07, passed 6-12-07; Am. Ord. G-15-08, passed 12-9-08; Am. Ord. G-4-17, passed 3-14-17)