§ 15-91. Prohibited fireworks.

The sale, use, manufacture, storage, possession, and discharge of all pyrotechnic items not approved in section 15-90 are prohibited, except as otherwise provided in this article, including, but not limited to, the following items:

(1)

Bottle rocket. Any rocket mounted on a stick.

(2)

Sky rocket. Tube not exceeding one-half of an inch (12.5 millimeters) interior diameter that may contain up to 20 grams of pyrotechnic composition. Sky rockets contain a wooden stick for guidance and stability and rise into the air upon ignition. A burst of color, noise, or both is produced at the height of flight.

(3)

Missile-type rocket. A device similar to a sky rocket in size, composition, and effect that uses fins rather than a stick for guidance and stability and has a report.

(4)

Unmanned aerial luminary; sky, Chinese, or Kongming lantern; sky candle; or fire balloon. A device resembling a small hot air balloon, constructed of lightweight material which is capable of traveling through the air when powered by fire or a fuel cell until such fire or fuel cell deteriorates, causing such device to fall to the ground at an unknown location.

(Code 1988, § 15-74; Ord. No. 65434, § 4, 5-18-1989; Ord. No. O-27-13, § 1, 4-4-2013)