The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
ACT 256. The Michigan Fireworks Safety Act, Public Act 256 of 2011, M.C.L.A. §§ 28.451 et seq., as amended.
APA. The American Pyrotechnics Association of Bethesda, Maryland.
APA STANDARD 87-1. The 2001 APA Standard 87-1, Standard for Construction and Approval for Transportation of Fireworks, Novelties, and Theatrical Pyrotechnics, published by the American Pyrotechnics Association.
ARTICLES PYROTECHNIC. Pyrotechnic devices for professional use that are similar to consumer fireworks in chemical composition and construction, but not intended for consumer use, that meet the weight limit for consumer fireworks, but are not labeled as such, and that are classified as UN0431 or UN0432 under 49 C.F.R. 172.101.
CONSUMER FIREWORKS. Fireworks devices that are designed to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, that are required to comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations promulgated by the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. parts 1500 to 1507, and that are listed in APA Standard 87-1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.5. CONSUMER FIREWORKS include, for example, aerials, Roman candles, bottle rockets, firecrackers, helicopter/aerial spinners, reloadable shell devices, missile-type devices, single tube devised with report, and other items that leave the ground. CONSUMER FIREWORKS are also called 1.4G or CLASS C fireworks. By law, they may not contain more than 50 mg of explosive material.
DISPLAY FIREWORKS. Large fireworks devices that are explosive materials intended for use in fireworks displays and designed to produce visible and audible effects by combustion, deflagration or detonation, as provided in 27 C.F.R. 555.11, 49 C.F.R. 172, and APA standard 87-1, 4.1. DISPLAY FIREWORKS require a permit from the township, as well as from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
FIREWORKS. Any composition or device, except for a starting pistol, a flare gun or a flare, designed for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, deflagration or detonation.
LOW-IMPACT FIREWORKS. Ground and handheld sparkling devices, as that phrase is defined in APA Standard 87-1, 3.1, 3.1.1.1, to 3.1.1.8, and 3.5.
NATIONAL HOLIDAY. The following legal public holidays:
(1) New Year’s Day, January 1;
(2) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday of January;
(3) Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February;
(4) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
(5) Independence Day, July 4;
(6) Labor Day, the first Monday in September;
(7) Columbus Day, the second Monday in October;
(8) Veterans Day, November 11;
(9) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;
(10) Christmas Day, December 25;
(11) Any other holiday specified in 5 U.S.C. 6103, as amended.
NFPA. The National Fire Protection Association.
SKY LANTERN. A balloon-type device that is uncontrollable after launch and uses combustible or flammable material to provide heat for lift or buoyancy into the atmosphere, and which is not a consumer firework.
SPECIAL EFFECTS. A combination of chemical elements or chemical compounds capable of burning independently of the oxygen of the atmosphere, and designed and intended to produce an audible, visual, mechanical or thermal effect as an integral part of a motion picture, radio, television, theatrical or opera production, or live entertainment.
(Ord. passed 6-14-2017)