(a) Except as provided by State statute, no person shall knowingly possess, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell, use or explode any fireworks.
(b) The term "fireworks," as used in this section, means any explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or any article, prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect of a temporary exhibitional nature by explosion, combustion, deflagration or detonation, and shall include blank cartridges, toy cannons in which explosives are used, the type of balloon which requires fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, bombs or other fireworks of like construction, any fireworks containing any explosive compound, and any tablet or other device containing any explosive substance, or containing combustible substances producing visual effects, provided, however, that the term "fireworks" shall not include snake or glow worm pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers known as party poppers, booby traps, snappers, trick matches, cigarette loads and auto burglar alarms; sparklers, toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths of a grain or less of explosive compound are used, provided that they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion, and toy pistol paper or plastic caps which contain less than twenty hundredths of a grain of explosive mixture, the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.
(c) The President of the Board of Trustees may designate times and places where fireworks may be used in a park. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall promulgate regulations to ensure that, in such cases, the fireworks are used in a safe manner.
(Ord. 789. Passed 6-28-93; Ord. 1271. Passed 6-26-06.)