(A) Firework sales prohibited. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer to sell, possess with intent to sell or give away fireworks within the City. Exhibiting fireworks on premises shall be conclusively presumed to represent an offer to sell and possession with intent to sell.
(C) User’s permit.
(1) As provided in Wisconsin Statutes § 167.10(3), user’s permits may be issued for festivals and public or private celebrations within G-l, C-l or industrial-zoned portions of the City, after proper application to the Common Council, on forms provided by the City Clerk.
(2) The fee for a user's permit shall be $100 for a request greater than 45 days prior to the requested date, $150 for a request 44 to 14 days prior to the event, and requests less than 14 days are not allowed.
(3) The permit application must be received by the City Clerk not less than 45 days prior to the requested date of use.
(a) All applications shall be referred to the Fire Chief for investigation, and no permit shall be granted unless the Mayor, from the report of the Fire Chief, determines that the applicant will use the fireworks in a public or private exhibition, and that all reasonable precautions will be exercised with regard to the protection of the lives and property of all persons, and that the display will be handled by a competent operator and conducted in a suitable, safe place and manner.
(b) Before granting any fireworks permit, the applicant shall file with the City Clerk a certificate of liability insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to write such policies in the State of Wisconsin, in the amount of $ 1,000,000 for bodily injury to any one person, in the amount of $2,000,000 for injury to more than 1 person, and in the amount of $1,000,000 for damage to property that may arise by reason of use or discharge of fireworks under the permit. The City shall be named as one of the insureds in the policy of insurance.
(c) If, in the opinion of the Fire Chief, the use of fireworks pursuant to permits issued under this division will raise a danger of uncontrolled fire requiring City Fire Department fire-suppression efforts, the permit will be withdrawn.
(4) A permit under this division shall specify all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the permit holder;
(b) The date on and after which fireworks may be purchased;
(c) The kind and quantity of fireworks that may be purchased;
(d) The date, time and location of permitted use;
(e) Other special conditions prescribed by ordinance;
(f) Such other information as the City may require from time to time.
(5) A notice of such permit under this division shall be given to the municipal fire and law enforcement official at least 7 days before the date of authorized use.
(6) A permit under this division may not be issued to a person under 18 years of age.
(Ord. 823, passed 10-2-01; Am. Ord. 1072, passed 4-4-22; Am. Ord. 1090, passed 6-6-23) Penalty, see § 1.1.99