§ 9-2. Fireworks prohibited, exceptions.

(a)

The word "pyrotechnics" shall include any sparkler, squib, rocket, firecracker, roman candle, fire balloon, hydrogen filled balloon, signal lights, or other devices or compositions used to obtain visible or audible display of fireworks.

(b)

No person shall sell any pyrotechnics in the corporate limits of the city, to be used, fired or exploded in the city.

(c)

No person shall have in his, their, or its possession in the corporate limits of the city any pyrotechnics for the purpose of using, firing or exploding same in the corporate limits of the city, and any pyrotechnics so found in the possession of any person shall be condemned, seized, and confiscated by any law enforcement officer.

(d)

This section shall not apply to the possession or use of signaling devices for current daily consumption by railroads and others required to use them by law, nor to the possession, sale or use of normal supplies.

(e)

The board of alderman may issue a written permit to a properly qualified person, for giving a pyrotechnic display in a suitable open place. Permits so issued shall impose such restrictions as may be necessary to properly safeguard life and property. Before such permit is issued the applicant therefor shall furnish a bond which shall be approved by the city attorney as to form and as deemed adequate by the board of aldermen, which bond shall become available in the payment of any damages to public or private property and the payment for any personal injuries resulting for said pyrotechnic display.

(f)

The provisions of this section shall take precedence over any conflicting provisions of the Standard Fire Prevention Code.

(g)

Citizens may possess or shoot fireworks only at the council approved public location.

(Ord. No. 7721-2, § 1, 9-1-77; Ord. No. 2008-06, 8-11-2008)