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T}~ CITY ODUt~CIL OF ~u~_~ CI'_Y OF COLDi~IA ~!GHTS i)OE~ ORDA~!~I,
~ SECTION I. Fireworks Business BeEulated. It shall be unlawful
fo~ any person,fir',or corporation to sell or offer for s~le,displa.y
or gi~e a'~ay any fireworks except as hareinafter provided.
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~5ECTiON 2. Permit Required. Fi~wozks o
hibited in ;~ection 3 horeof, may be sold at wholesale or r~tail by
p~rsons,firms,corporation within the city, but a permit to handl~
or store such explosives must be secured.as hereinafter provide~
oEuTI~I~~"" ' 3~' _'(.ertian Fireworks Prohibited. The s~le,possession,
or use of the following ty~es of "fireormhkers" are prohibited within
this city: toy guns,toy cannons, detonating canes,blank cartridges,
firecrackers exceeding 3 inches in length or ~i~ch in diamet~r,fire-
crs~kers of any size containing e~losives more powerful than black
powder, torpedoes exce=ding ~inch in diam~t=r,and any subst~,nce con-
sisting of chlorate of potash and sulphur, or containing picric acid
or picrat=s or any device for discharging, or e~loding such subst~nce.
SECTION &. Permits. Persons,f~rms,or corporations desiring, t0
secure permits to--se%'%,s20re,display or give away fireworks other than
in their usual place of business within the corporate limits of the
City of Col~abia Heighta,skall apply therefore to the City Council in
writing for such permit to sail,store,display or give a~way fire~,vorks
· ~eights. The fee
within the corpor~-~te limits of the City
for such permit shall be ~.00 and shall accompany the application.
Such permits shall be valid only between June 30th and July 5th of
the y~sr in which issued.
SECT!O~I 5. ~~nical Displays. Pyrotechnical mzsplay= ~y
be autt~orized by resolut~h- ~i~ t~i~-'co~n~'il when under the control of a
competent person and propor precautions ar= ~aken to protect life and
property.
~ECTI0!~ 6. Explosives on Track~.__ It shall be unlawful for any
person to place an~ ~xplosive substanceupon the tracks of any rail-
road or street railway.
oECTI0~ 7. Limits upon Use of. ~ire)v~ks. It shall be unlawful
for any p~rson to set off any fireworks within-three hundred yards of
a hospital,school or other public building or between the hours of
4th
midnight and six ~ t~. or on any day of the year other than July ,
except when such day falls on Sunday:then upon the following day.
SECTION 8. Furthur limits on sale or Use of Fireworks. It s~ll
like~ise be unlawful to maintain any stand for th= s~le of fireworks
within 200 feet of any other such stand or to set off any fireworks of
any kind in shy stre=t or public park or within 500 fe2t of any stand
or store wh~re fireworks or other explosives are kept or sold or in
near inflamable materials or within 500 ~eet of any place where dange~
ous liquids are stored o~ dispensed or to throw lighted fime=rzb~kers~ ~
~~into any vehicle proceeding along any street or near any animal or at
or near any person so a.s to surprise and frighten such animal
person.
SECTION 9. Sales to '~'~¥~nors. No person,firm, or corporation shall
s~ll or offer fo~ Sale,'~-~{~ l~way any fireworks of any character
whatever to minor persons under the. age of twelve (I2) years.
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SECTION I0. ~_.. Any person,firm, or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shsll upon conviction thereof be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be~punished by a fine of not i~
less than one dollar nor more than one hundred'dollars,together with
costs of prosecution and in case of non, payment of fines or costs or
both shall be confined until such f'ines and costs are satisfied,not
to exceed three months.
SECTION II. E~f~ctiv~.. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force 30 days from and after its passage and publication.