(A) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership, or corporation to offer for sale, display for sale, sell at retail, provide storage for, use, possess, manufacture, or explode any fireworks within the village or allow any such acts on property owned by that person, firm, co-partnership, or corporation within the village. However, the President and Board of Trustees shall have the right to issue a permit for supervised public displays of fireworks, provided the applicant for such a permit complies with the regulations established in § 95.52 for the issuance of such a permit.
(B) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of fireworks by railroads, public utilities, public and private carriers, or other transportation agencies, for signal purposes or illumination, or the sale or use of blank cartridges for a show or theater, for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports, or for use by veteran or military organizations.
(C) The fire official shall seize, take, remove, or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner, all stocks of fireworks offered or exposed for display or sale which are stored or held in violation of this subchapter.
(Ord. 85-0-064, passed 12-23-85) Penalty, see § 95.99