It shall be unlawful for any person in the town who is less than 16 years of age to manufacture, sell, possess, store or use the following pyrotechnic devices:
(A) Snakes and glow worms composed of pressed pellets of a pyrotechnic mixture that produce a large, snake-like ash when burning;
(B) Smoke devices consisting of a tube or sphere containing a pyrotechnic mixture that produces white or colored smoke;
(C) Trick noisemakers which produce a small report designed to surprise the user and which include:
(1) A party popper, which is a small plastic or paper item containing not in excess of 16 mg of explosive mixture. A string protruding from the device is pulled to ignite the device, expelling paper streamers and producing a small report; and
(2) A snapper or drop pop, which is a small, paper-wrapped item containing no more than 16 mg of explosive mixture coated on small bits of sand. When dropped, the device produces a small report.
(D) Wire sparklers consisting of wire or stick coated with nonexplosive pyrotechnic mixture that produces a shower of sparks upon ignition. These items must not exceed 100 grams of mixture per item; and
(E) Other sparkling devices which emit showers of sparks and sometimes a whistling or crackling effect when burning, do not detonate or explode, do not spin, are hand-held or ground-based, cannot propel themselves through the air and contain not more than 75 grams of chemical compound per tube, or not more than a total of 200 grams if multiple tubes are used.
(Prior Code, § 92.31) (Ord. O-94-006, passed 8-1-1994) Penalty, see § 92.99