(A) Regulation: Any sale of safe and sane fireworks within the City shall be done in accordance with chapter 13 of title IV and any relevant provision of this chapter. Any use of safe and sane fireworks is only permitted during the following time frames: July 1: twelve o’clock (12:00) noon to 12:01 A.M. of the next day; July 2: nine o’clock (9:00) A.M. to 12:01 A.M. of the next day; July 3: nine o’clock (9:00) A.M. to 12:01 A.M. of the next day; July 4: nine o’clock (9:00) A.M. to twelve thirty o’clock (12:30) A.M. of the next day. Any possession and use of safe and sane fireworks must be in accordance with this code, all applicable laws, and not create danger, harm, or other unlawful annoyance. The use of safe and sane fireworks in the City shall be limited to private property except as otherwise provided herein. No safe and sane fireworks shall be discharged on public, semipublic or private open areas such as parking lots, vacant property or in public streets or right of ways except in public parks and those areas approved by the City. No fireworks shall be discharged in the "high fire hazard areas." It shall be unlawful for any person to ignite, discharge, project or otherwise fire or use, any safe and sane fireworks, or permit the ignition, discharge or projection thereof, upon or over or onto the property of another without his/her consent or to ignite, discharge, project or otherwise fire or make use of any safe and sane fireworks within ten feet (10') or any residence, dwelling or other structure used as a place of habitation by human beings.
(B) Nuisance Declared: The City hereby declares the possession, use, or sale of safe and sane fireworks contrary to chapter 13 of title IV and any provisions of this chapter to be a public nuisance to be abated pursuant to all laws applicable to the City for enforcement. (Ord. 852-23, 7-18-2023)