A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks. This section shall not apply to the board of trustees in the village who shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits for supervised public display of fireworks, nor to those individuals granted a permit for that limited purpose. Applications for permits shall be consistent with 425 Illinois Compiled Statutes 35/2.
B. The police in lieu of filing of a long form complaint may issue a P-ticket or short form citation to a person violating this section.
C. Any person found to be in violation of this section is subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). (Ord. 1450, 7-25-2007)