§ 12-04-020. Sale or use prohibited.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer to sell, possess, transport or discharge any fire-crackers or any type or form of explosives commonly known as fire-works unless such item is a permissible fireworks and is not an aerial device or a ground audible device.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell permissible fireworks without first obtaining a city permit.

(c)

It is unlawful to offer for sale or to sell any fireworks to children under the age of twelve (12) years, or to any intoxicated person.

(d)

No fireworks shall be stored, kept, sold, or discharged within fifty (50) feet of any gasoline pump, or gasoline bulk station, or any building in which gasoline or volatile liquids are sold in quantities in excess of one (1) gallon, except in stores where cleaners, paints, and oils are handled in sealed containers only.

(e)

No fireworks shall be discharged within one hundred fifty feet (150') of any fireworks retail sale location.

(f)

No person shall ignite any fireworks within a motor vehicle or throw fireworks from a motor vehicle, nor shall any person place or throw any ignited article of fireworks into or at a motor vehicle, or at or near any person or group of people.

(Code 1960, § 7-4-2; Ord. No. 850, § 1, 4-14-92; Ord. No. 1563 , 4-24-18)