Title 2 PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 2.12 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
2.12.270 Sale of fireworks.
(a) It is unlawful for persons to possess, sell, offer for
sale, store or transport within the city any fireworks other than those herein
enumerated. The permissible fireworks consist of ICC Class C “Common
Fireworks” only for the transportation of explosives and other dangerous
articles, and shall include the following:
(1) Roman candles whose total pyrotechnic composition shall
not exceed twenty grams each in weight;
(2) Bottle-type rockets whose pyrotechnic composition shall
not exceed twenty grams each in weight;
(3) Cylindrical fountains whose total pyrotechnic composition
shall not exceed seventy-five grams each in weight and whose inside diameter
shall not exceed three-fourths inch;
(4) Cone fountains whose total pyrotechnic composition shall
not exceed fifty grams each in weight;
(5) Wheels whose total pyrotechnic composition shall not
exceed sixty grams in weight, for each driver unit, but there may be any number
of drivers on any one wheel and the inside bore of driver tubes shall not be
over one-half inch;
(6) Illuminating torches and colored fire in any form whose
total pyrotechnic composition shall not exceed one hundred grams each in
weight;
(7) Sparklers whose total pyrotechnic composition shall not
exceed one hundred grams each in weight;
(8) Firecrackers and salutes with casings, the external
dimensions of which do not exceed one and one-half inches in length and
one-quarter inch in diameter, and other items designed to produce an audible
effect, the total pyrotechnic composition of which does not exceed two grains
each in weight; and
(9) Items composed of a combination of two or more articles
or devices of the above enumerated approved items.
(b) No component of any device listed in this section which
is designed to produce an audible effect shall contain pyrotechnic composition
in excess of two grains in weight, excluding propelling or expelling charges
designed to produce a loud and piercing effect.
(Prior code § 2-3-55)
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