Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall use, discharge, sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any safe and sane fireworks within city limits. It shall also be unlawful for any person having care, custody, or control of real property to suffer or permit any person to use, discharge, sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any fireworks thereon unless in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A. Hours Of Discharge: Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to use or discharge any safe and sane fireworks except on July 4 during the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) noon to ten o'clock (10:00) P.M.
B. Location Limitations Of Discharge: Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to ignite, discharge, project or otherwise fire or use any safe and sane fireworks upon or over or onto the property of another without his/her consent or within ten feet (10') of any residence, dwelling or other structure used as a place of habitation by human beings or within any city park. No person shall ignite, discharge, project or otherwise fire or use any safe and sane fireworks within fifty feet (50') of any fireworks stand.
C. Discharge By Minors Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any minor to use, discharge, explode, fire, or set off any safe and sane fireworks unless under the direct supervision and in the immediate presence of a parent, legal guardian, or other custodial adult eighteen (18) years of age or older and during the times permitted by this chapter.
It shall also be unlawful for any person having the care, custody or control of a minor to permit such minor to use, discharge, explode, fire or set off any dangerous fireworks or any altered safe and sane fireworks, at any time, or to permit such minor to use, discharge, explode, fire or set off any safe and sane fireworks unless such minor does so under the direct supervision and in the immediate presence of a parent, legal guardian, or other custodial adult eighteen (18) years of age or older and during the times permitted by this chapter. (Ord. 13-968)