(A) Sale and use of fireworks.
(1) No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity shall sell or offer for sale, keep with the intent to sell, possess, use, explode or discharge any firework or fireworks within the city except in compliance of all provisions of KRS Chapter 227, as amended by House Bill 333 as same may be amended from time to time, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Persons may use, ignite, fire or explode those fireworks authorized by KRS Chapter 227 and this subchapter in the city. Except as noted herein, fireworks, including consumer fireworks, may only be used between July 1 and July 5 and December 31 and January 1, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. Fireworks, including consumer fireworks, as defined in KRS 227.702 may only be used by individuals at least eighteen (18) years of age and shall not be ignited within two hundred (200) feet of any structure, vehicle or any other person. Fireworks, including consumer fireworks, shall not be ignited or discharged from a motor vehicle and shall not be ignited or discharged on property of another without the consent of the owner or occupant or on public property. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Fire Chief or his or her designee from granting permits for supervised public displays of fireworks at any time during the calendar year.
(B) Display fireworks.
(1) No person, firm, partnership, corporation or other business entity shall offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, keep with the intent to sell, possess, use or explode any display fireworks except as authorized in KRS 227.710.
(2) The Fire Chief or his or her designee may grant at any time during the year permits for supervised public displays of fireworks with such public displays handled by a competent display operator as defined in KRS 227.710. All public displays must comply with the provisions of KRS 227.710 and no permit shall be approved without documentation that the display has been approved by the State Fire Marshal. The permit shall be valid only for the specific authorized public display event, shall be valid only for the designated permittee and shall not be transferable. Public display events may occur at any specified time during the calendar year.
(C) Permit fees.
(1) Due to the need to closely inspect and monitor the sale of fireworks, the city hereby imposes a fee to cover the cost of the inspection of facilities and inspections of the sale of fireworks.
(2) The fee for permits required by this subchapter are as follows: the fee for the review, issuance and inspections for a seasonable fireworks retail permit and a permanent fireworks retail permit shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually. This permit fee shall be in addition to all other occupational license fees payable by the permittee.
(Ord. 2011-09, passed 6-6-11; Am. Ord. 2015-03, passed 3-2-15) Penalty, see § 93.99