Borough of Downingtown, PA
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2023-03-01
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 148 Fireworks
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Appeals, Board of Administrative
- Ch 15 Citizen Advisory Committees
- Ch 16 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 24 Fire Department
- Ch 28 Firemen's Relief Association
- Ch 30 Fiscal Management
- Ch 32 Funds
- Ch 36 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 Historic Commission
- Ch 40 Human Relations Committee
- Ch 43 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 52 Officers and Employees
- Ch 53 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 57 Pensions and Other Benefits
- Ch 61 Planning Commission
- Ch 65 Police Department
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Regional Authority
- Ch 76 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 80 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 86 Water Authority
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 94 Alarms, Automatic Protection
- Ch 97 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 109 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Neighborhood Blight Protection
- Ch 118 Checks, Returned
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 121 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 123 Curfew
- Ch 127 Disease Control
- Ch 131 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 133 Dumpsters and Storage Pods
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 143 Firearms
- Ch 146 Fire Prevention
- Ch 148 Fireworks
- § 148-1 Public displays authorized; conditions.
- Ch 150 Floodplain Management
- Ch 152 (Reserved)
- Ch 156 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 173 Mass Gatherings
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 All-Terrain Vehicles and Dirt Bikes
- Ch 181 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 181A Municipal Claims and Liens
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 183 No-Parking Zones
- Ch 187 Nuisances
- Ch 195 Parades
- Ch 199 Parking, Residential Permit
- Ch 203 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 207 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 211 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 215 (Reserved)
- Ch 219 Poles, Utility
- Ch 222 Property Maintenance and Housing Standards
- Ch 223 Residential Certificates of Compliance
- Ch 230 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Sewers
- Ch 239 Shopping Carts
- Ch 243 Solid Waste Collection and Recycling
- Ch 245 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 246 Stormwater Management
- Ch 247 Street Address Numbers
- Ch 249 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 256 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 260 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Taxation
- Ch 270 Trees
- Ch 274 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 277 (Reserved)
- Ch 281 Water
- Ch 287 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A291 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A292 Ordained Streets
- Ch A293 Boot Road Landscape Criteria
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Downingtown 3-7-1954
by Ord. No. 433. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Supervised public displays of fireworks, as defined in the Act of 1939,
P.L. 134,[1] are hereby permitted within the Borough of Downingtown, under
conditions set forth in such Act and under the following additional conditions:
A.
The Borough Council is hereby authorized to grant permits
for supervised public displays of fireworks, to be held within the Borough
by any municipality, organization or group of individuals.
B.
Investigations and inspections, as required by law to
be made prior to the issuance of any such permit, shall be made by the Chief
of the Fire Department and/or any other officer who shall be designated by
the Borough Council for such purpose.
C.
General liability insurance shall be required to be filed
by every holder of a permit for a supervised public display of fireworks and
shall be not less than $1,000,000 in any case, the actual amount to be determined
by the Council in each case at the time of granting such permit and to be
based upon the special conditions applicable to the display for which such
permit is to be granted.
[Amended 10-10-1990 by Ord. No. 90-16]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 1271 et seq.
