(A) No person shall manufacture, sell or offer for sale, give away, keep, store, use, start, discharge, set off, ignite or explode within the city any fireworks, except permissible fireworks as defined by this section.
PERMISSIBLE FIREWORKS shall mean only sparklers, Vesuvius fountains, spray fountains, torches, color fire cones, star and comet type color aerial shells without explosive charge for the purpose of making noise, lady fingers not to exceed seven-eighths of one inch in length or one-eighth of one inch in diameter and total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed one-half grain each in weight, color wheels and any other fireworks determined by the state’s Fire Marshal to be safe for general use.
(B) This section shall not apply to the possession of pyrotechnics which are in transportation to points outside of the city or to displays of a public nature sponsored by or by virtue of a permit granted by the City Council.
(C) Nothing in this section shall apply to the sale, storage or use of railroad track torpedoes or other signaling devices used by railroads, nor to the sale, storage or use of flashlight composition by photographers or dealers in photographic supplies.
(2005 Code, § 7-305)