§ 1213-15. Display.

(a)

No permit shall be granted for any display of fireworks where the discharge, failure to fire, faulty firing or fallout of any fireworks or other objects would endanger persons, buildings, structures, vehicles, forest or brush, not in any case where the point at which fireworks are to be fired is less than 500 feet from any hospital, asylum or infirmary.

(b)

Spectators at a display of fireworks shall be restrained behind lines or barriers designated by the fire chief or a representative of the fire chief. Only persons authorized by the fire chief or representative and persons directly in charge of the display will be allowed inside these lines or barriers during the unloading, preparation or firing of fireworks.

(c)

All fireworks that fire a projectile shall be so set up that the projectile will go into the air as nearly as possible in a vertical direction, provided that where such fireworks are to be fired beside a lake or other large body of water, they may be directed in such a manner that the falling residue from the deflagration will fall into the body of water.

(d)

Any fireworks that remain unfired after the display is concluded shall be immediately disposed of or removed in a manner safe for the particular type of fireworks. The debris from the discharged fireworks shall be properly disposed of by the operator before leaving the premises. The operator, upon the conclusion of the display, shall make a complete and thorough search for any unfired fireworks or pieces which have failed to fire or function and shall dispose of them in a safe manner. Such search shall be instituted immediately following the conclusion of the display, and if the display is conducted at night, also at sunrise the following morning.

(e)

No fireworks display shall be held during any windstorm in which the wind reached a velocity of more than 20 miles per hour.

(f)

All class B fireworks to be used at a fireworks exhibition shall be stored in an approved magazine until immediately prior to their use. Such magazine shall be located in an area approved by the local fire official and shall meet the table of distance requirements of Section F-2600 of the Cincinnati Fire Prevention Code.

(g)

Other than class B fireworks, all fireworks articles and items at places of display shall be stored in a closed wooden box or flame-resistive tarpaulin secure from fire, accidental discharge and theft until they are to be used.

(h)

As soon as the fireworks have been delivered to the display site, they shall not be left unattended nor shall they be allowed to become wet.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 469-1987, eff. Dec. 12, 1987)