919.01 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, terms shall have the meaning set forth below and as they may be defined in the Ohio Fire Code and in Revised Code Section 3743.01:
(a) "1.3G fireworks" means display fireworks consistent with regulations of the United States department of transportation as expressed using the designation "division 1.3" in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) "1.4G fireworks" means consumer fireworks, including fountain devices as defined in R.C. Section 3743.01, consistent with regulations of the United States department of transportation as expressed using the designation "division 1.4" in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) "Fireworks" means any composition or device prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, deflagration or detonation, except ordinary matches and except as provided in the Ohio Fire Code and Section 3743.80 of the Ohio Revised Code. "Fireworks" do not include wire sparklers, toy caps for use in toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, novelties, trick noisemakers, or other devices not containing more than an average of twenty-five hundredths (0.25) grains (sixteen (16) mg) of explosive composition per cap, provided they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when it is in place for explosion.
(d) "Novelties and trick noisemakers" include the following items:
(1) Devices that produce a small report intended to surprise the user, including, but not limited to, booby traps, cigarette loads, party poppers and snappers;
(2) Snakes or glow worms;
(3) Smoke devices;
(4) Trick matches.
(e) "Party popper" means a small plastic or paper item that contains not more than sixteen milligrams of friction-sensitive explosive composition, that is ignited by pulling string protruding from the item, and from which paper streamers are expelled when the item is ignited.
(f) "Smoke device" means a tube or sphere that contains pyrotechnic composition that, upon ignition, produces white or colored smoke as the primary effect.
(g) "Snake or glow worm" means a device that consists of a pressed pellet of pyrotechnic composition that produces a large, snake-like ash upon burning, which ash expands in length as the pellet burns.
(h) "Snapper" means a small, paper-wrapped item that contains a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, and that, when dropped, implodes.
(i) "Trick match" means a kitchen or book match that is coated with a small quantity of explosive composition and that, upon ignition, produces a small report or a shower of sparks.
(j) "Wire sparkler" means a sparkler consisting of a wire or stick coated with a non-explosive pyrotechnic mixture that produces a shower of sparks upon ignition and that contains no more than one hundred grams of this mixture.
(Ord. 22-41. Enacted 4-25-22.)