(A) If the possession, use, or sale of a firework is not authorized within this subchapter, then it is prohibited; and if authorized, such possession, use, or sale is restricted as provided within this subchapter.
(B) No person may sell or hold for sale or distribute or offer for sale or possess or purchase or discharge any consumer fireworks within the City of Grayville, without first strictly complying with the provisions of the Illinois Pyrotechnic Use Act, and without first complying with the provisions of this subchapter; provided that in the event of a conflict between said Illinois Pyrotechnic Use Act and this subchapter, the more restrictive provision shall control. Only such consumer fireworks as are authorized by this subchapter and the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office pursuant to the Illinois Pyrotechnic Use Act and as are authorized and approved by the Fire Chief of the Little Wabash Fire Protection District shall be permitted for sale, distribution, or possession within the city.
(C) Additional regulations.
(1) Fireworks shall not be sold to nor purchased by minors, except that a minor under the immediate supervision of a responsible adult may purchase unregulated or novelty effects fireworks.
(2) No firework shall be discharged upon any public street, alley, parking lot, sidewalk or public way, upon any property owned by the United States, the State of Illinois or other state or any municipality or other political subdivision or agency thereof, or upon any property, including privately owned property, except a display subject to the provisions of this subchapter.
(3) Fireworks shall be sold only from a permanent non-residential structure. In no event shall fireworks be sold from a motor vehicle, any temporary structure, or a private residence.
(Ord. 943, passed 6-26-23)