(A) The sale of fireworks shall be allowed from June 27 to July 5. No person shall be allowed to discharge fireworks within the city except on July 3, 4 and 5; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be held to apply to the possession or use of signaling devices by railways or public officials in the course of their duties; provided further that the provisions hereof shall not apply to any person giving a display of fireworks in any public park, or upon any other place in the city under, and in accordance with, a permit to be issued as hereinafter provided; that nothing herein shall be deemed to apply to the possession, sale or use of flashlight composition by photographers, dealers in photographic supplies or by any other person using such flashlight composition for the purpose of taking pictures; that the provisions hereof shall not apply to prohibit the sale or use of blank cartridges for ceremonial purposes, athletic, theatrical or sporting events, though a permit to use the same shall be obtained from the city prior to their use; that the provisions hereof shall not apply to the discharge of firing of target pistols, guns or rifles in any gun club, at any duly authorized outdoor target range; and, that the provisions hereof shall not apply to toy pistol paper caps containing not more than 0.25 grain explosive compound to each paper cap, nor to items known commonly as “sparklers”.
(B) Any person desiring to give a display of fireworks in any public park or in any open place within the city shall obtain therefor a written permit from the City Council. A similar permit shall be required to be obtained by any person seeking to establish or maintain any indoor or outdoor target range within the city.
(C) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FIREWORKS. Pyrotechnics or fireworks containing phosphorous, sulfocyanide, mercury, chlorate of potash and sulfur or chlorate of potash and sugar, and the following named fireworks: firecrackers; flash crackers or salutes; blank cartridges; cherry bombs; sky rockets including all devices which rise in the air during discharge; Roman candles, including all devices discharging balls of fire into the air; chasers, including all devices which dart or travel above the surface of the ground during discharge; snakes, boa constrictors and snake nests containing bichloride or mercury, all articles for pyrotechnic display which contain gun powder; articles commonly known as son-of-a-gun, devil-on-the- block, cricket sticks and automatic torpedoes which contain arsenic; explosives known as devil-on-the- rock, or any other article of similar character which explodes through means of friction, or by fuses; and all other fireworks, except cap pistol paper caps containing not more than 0.25 grain explosive compound to each paper cap.
(Prior Code, § 4-2-2) Penalty, see § 10.99