§ 20-73. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Fireworks means any article, device or substance prepared for the primary purpose of producing a visual or auditory sensation by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation, including, without limitation, the following articles and devices commonly known and used as fireworks: toy cannons or toy canes in which explosives are used, blank cartridges (unless used for athletic events), firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, rockets, Roman candles, day-glo bombs and torches, or other fireworks of like construction and any fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound, or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance. The term "fireworks" does not include:

(1)

Toy caps which do not contain more than .25 of a grain of explosive compound, per cap.

(2)

Sparklers, trick matches, cigarette loads, trick noisemakers, toy smoke devices and novelty auto alarms.

(3)

Highway flares, railway fuses, ship distress signals, smoke candles and other emergency signal devices.

(Ord. No. 411, intro. ¶, 6-30-2011)