§ 135.05 FIREWORKS; DISCHARGING GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   No person under the age of 18 shall discharge a DOT 1.4 class consumer firework without parental supervision.
   (B)   A person shall only discharge a consumer fireworks device on real property they own or on property where consent has been given. Novelties, including snakes, sparklers, or caps, can be discharged on a public place so long as all trash, wrappers, and wires are properly disposed of.
   (C)   Consumer fireworks shall not be discharged by persons showing visible signs of, or determined to be, intoxicated or under the influence of a drug or narcotic.
   (D)   Any person discharging a consumer fireworks device assumes all responsibility for its operation and the consequences thereof. No person shall discharge a consumer fireworks device in a reckless manner or manner likely to cause death, injury, fire, or property damage.
   (E)   No person shall discharge a consumer fireworks device outside the following dates and hours:
      (1)   Between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on July 4. In the event the city display fireworks are rescheduled for another date due to weather or other proclaimed reason, consumer fireworks discharge will be allowed during the same hours set above for that specified day only.
   (F)   It shall be unlawful to alter, remove, or discharge components of a consumer fireworks device from its intended method of discharging.
   (G)   Sky lantern open flame devices are not permitted to be released within the city limits, except if tethered by a retrievable rope so long as the person discharging has control over the sky lantern.
   (H)   Use of display fireworks prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to use or explode display fireworks within the city limits, provided the city may, upon application in writing, grant a permit for the use of display fireworks by a city agency, fair associations, amusement parks and other organizations or groups of individuals approved by city authorities when such fireworks display will be handled by a competent operator. No permit shall be granted hereunder unless the operator or sponsoring organization has filed with the city evidence of insurance in the following amounts:
      (1)   Personal injury: $500,000 per person;
      (2)   Property damage: $100,000;
      (3)   Total exposure: $2,000,000.
   (I)   Any person who violates any this provision of this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $400.
   (J)   No person shall discharge consumer fireworks greater than one inch in diameter for aerial fireworks or that exceed a total of 250 grams of powder for multiple tube devices (cake fireworks).
   (K)   No person shall discharge or use novelty or consumer fireworks when the State Fire Marshal has issued a burn ban for the fire district pursuant to Iowa Code § 100.40.
(Iowa Code §§ 364.2 and 727.2) (Ord. 2301, passed 5-24-2017; Ord. 2358, passed 4-1-2019; Ord. 2380, passed 8-24-2020)