(a) No person shall store, sell, offer for sale or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession with the intent to sell, or use, discharge or cause to be discharged, ignited, fired or otherwise set in action within the limits of the Township, any fireworks, firecrackers, rockets, sparklers, torpedoes, Roman candles, fire balloons or other fireworks or substances of any combination whatsoever designed or intended for pyrotechnic displays, except after having first obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
(b) No person shall unnecessarily discharge in or into any street, highway or public place in the Township, any rifle, gun, pistol, revolver, cane, cannon or other appliance, whether projecting or exploding any bullet, cartridge, blank cartridge, cap or otherwise, or any explosive substance or mixture of chlorates or nitrates.
(c) A license for the public display of fireworks by a properly qualified person, or by Township officials, under the direct supervision of experts in the handling of fireworks, may be issued by the Township Secretary, in such form as may be prescribed, and upon furnishing such information as may be required, provided that such display shall be of such a character and so located, discharged or fired that, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, such display, after proper inspection, shall not be hazardous to property or endanger any person, and provided, further, that application for such license shall be made at least ten days in advance of the date of such display.
(d) Fireworks or devices for pyrotechnic displays may be stored within the limits of the Township when a license for such storage has been issued as herein provided, provided that the building or premises in or upon which such storage is to be made have been properly inspected by the Chief of Police, and certified to the Township Secretary as a proper place for such storage. However, no license shall be issued for such storage within 500 feet of a school, hospital, church, other public institution or building used as a place of public assembly.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to articles of the kind herein mentioned which shall be in the possession of railroads or transportation companies for the purpose of transportation, unless the same shall be held voluntarily by such railroads or companies as warehousemen. Further, the provisions of this section shall not apply to signaling devices used by railroad companies or high explosives used for blasting or similar purposes under existing laws.
(f) The Chief of Police shall seize, take, remove, or cause to be removed, at the expense of the owner, all stocks of fireworks or combustibles offered or exposed for sale or stored or held in violation of this section.
(Ord. 138. Passed 12-2-27.)