§ 18-123. Prohibition(s).

(a)

Prohibition generally. It is unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership, or corporation to have in its possession, to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail or use or explode any fireworks.

(b)

Use without permit prohibited. Except as may be duly permitted pursuant to the procedures of this article, the sale, detonation, explosion, or use of fireworks within the unincorporated areas of the county by any person is hereby declared prohibited and unlawful without the issuance of a permit by the zoning department.

(c)

Sale at wholesale exempted. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler who has registered with the state fire marshal's office to sell at wholesale such fireworks as are not herein prohibited; to prohibit the sale of any kind of fireworks at wholesale between the manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers who have registered with the state fire marshal's office, provided that a copy of such registration be presented at the time of sale to said manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler; to prohibit the sale of any kind of fireworks provided the same are to be shipped directly out of the state within seventy-two (72) hours of purchase by such manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler; to prohibit the sale of fireworks to be used by a person holding a permit from the zoning department at the display covered by such permit, or to prohibit the use of fireworks by railroads or other transportation agencies for signal purposes or illumination or when used in quarrying or for blasting or other industrial use, or the sale or use of blank cartridges for a show or theater, or for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports, or for use by military organizations, or organizations composed of the Armed Forces of the United States; provided, nothing in this article shall be construed as barring the operations of manufacturers, duly licensed, from manufacturing, experimenting, exploding, and storing such fireworks in their compounds or proving grounds.

(d)

Sales by seasonal retailers. It is unlawful for any seasonal retailer to sell any fireworks that are not approved by the state fire marshal's office.

(Ord. No. 2012-9, § I, 8-28-12)