(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DISTRIBUTOR. Any person engaged in the business of selling of fireworks to any other person engaged in the business of reselling fireworks either as a wholesaler or retailer, or any person who receives, brings, or imports any fireworks of any kind, in any manner into the City of Spring Hill.
FIREWORKS. Any composition or device for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation, and which meets the definition of:
(a) All articles of fireworks classified as 1.4G or referred to as "Consumer Fireworks", or as "Class C Common Fireworks".
(b) Theatrical or novelty, classified as 1.4S; or
(c) Display fireworks, classified as 1.3G, as set forth in the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulation, 49 CFR, Parts 171-180.
(d) Exceptions:
1. Toy caps for use in toy pistols, toy canes, or toy guns, and novelties and trick noisemakers manufactured in accordance with DOT regulations, 49 CFR 173.100(p), and packed and shipped according to those regulations;
2. Model rockets and model rocket motors designed, sold, and used for the purpose of propelling recoverable aero models; and
3. Propelling or expelling charges consisting of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, saltpeter are not considered as designed to produce audible effects.
MOBILE RETAILER. A vendor operating from motor vehicle, trailer, bicycle or motorcycle.
PERMIT. The written authority of the City of Spring Hill issued under the authority of this section.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership or corporation.
RETAILER. Any person engaged in the business of making retail sales of fireworks to the general public.
SALE. An exchange of articles of fireworks for money and also includes barter, exchange, gift, or offer and each such transaction made by any person, whether as principal, proprietor, salesperson, agent, association, co-partnership, or one or more individuals.
STATE FIRE MARSHAL PERMIT. The appropriate fireworks permit issued by the Tennessee Fire Marshal under the authority of Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-104-101 et seq.
(B) Singular works and plural words used in the singular include the plural and the plural as singular.
(Ord. 18-28A, passed 12-17-2018; Ord. 23-02, passed 3-6-2023; Ord. 23-18, passed 11-20-2023)