672.10 FIREWORKS. 
    (A)   No person shall ignite, discharge, or explode fireworks within the territorial limits of the City.
   (B)   This prohibition is intended to operator to the furthest extent possible pursuant to R.C. § 3743.45.
   (C)   The term “fireworks’ has the same meaning as “1.4G fireworks” as defined in R.C. § 3743.01. This definition does not include “novelties”, “trick noisemakers” or “wire sparklers” as those terms are defined in R.C. § 3743.01.
   (D)   The prohibition described in division (A) shall not apply to a licensed fireworks exhibitor in the exhibition of a public fireworks display approved by the City of Wapakoneta.
   (E)   Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of the following:
      (1)   First offense is a minor misdemeanor;
      (2)   Second offense is a fourth degree misdemeanor; and
      (3)   Third offense, and all subsequent offenses, are a third degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2022-39. Passed 6-6-22.)