[HISTORY: Adopted by the City of Isanti 6-15-2004 by Ord. No. 321. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 452]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
DISTRIBUTOR
Any person selling fireworks to wholesalers and retailers for resale.
FIRE CHIEF
The Chief of the Fire District or Fire Agency.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER and CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Individuals authorized to enforce the laws or ordinances of the City.
LEGAL FIREWORKS
Wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 grams of mixture per item, other sparkling items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 200 grams or less for multiple tubes, snakes, and glow worms, smoke devices, or trick noisemakers which include paper streamers, party poppers, sting poppers, snappers, and drop pops, each consisting of not more than 0.25 grains of explosive mixture.
MANUFACTURER
Any person engaged in the manufacture of fireworks.
RETAILER
Any person purchasing fireworks for resale to consumers.
A. 
Legal fireworks for sale to the general public shall be understood to mean fireworks legal for sale and use in the state under Minn. Stat. § 624.20.
B. 
No individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall possess for retail sale in the City or Urban Service District, sell or offer for sale at retail or use or possess any fireworks other than legal fireworks.
A. 
No person may sell, hold for sale, import, distribute or offer for sale, as specialty retailer or retailer, any fireworks in the City or Urban Service District unless such person has first obtained the appropriate permit.
B. 
The Fire Chief, law enforcement officer and Code Enforcement Officer shall enforce this chapter. All permit applications shall be submitted to the office of the City Clerk. All retailers shall be required to purchase a retail fireworks permit for each retail location.
C. 
The application for a permit under this section shall contain the following information:
(1) 
The name address and telephone number of the applicant.
(2) 
The address of the location where the legal fireworks will be sold.
(3) 
The type of legal fireworks to be sold.
(4) 
The estimate of the quantity of legal fireworks.
D. 
An applicant for a permit shall pay to the City a fee as established in the City's fee schedule, per location, as established from time to time by the City Council.
E. 
Following an inspection of the location where the legal fireworks are to be sold, the City Council shall issue a retailer permit if the conditions for permit approval are satisfied and the location of the property is zoned commercial.
F. 
No retail permit shall be issued for any period of time in excess of one year, and any permit may be revoked by the City Council when it shall appear that the permittee has violated any of the sections of this chapter or has engaged in activities contradictory to the best interest of the citizens of the City. The permit issued shall be nontransferable whether to a different person or location.
G. 
Such permits shall be valid only between April 1 and March 31 of each calendar year.
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 452]
A. 
The sale of legal fireworks only shall occur wholly within permanent buildings and permanent structures, as defined by the Building Code of the City of Isanti, which shall have been deemed safe and proper by the appropriate code official. It shall be unlawful to sell fireworks within temporary facilities, motor vehicles, tents or air-supported structures. No fireworks may be sold without a retail permit. The permit shall be posted at each location where the retail sale takes place, and a list of all legal fireworks sold at the location shall be available upon request.
B. 
Buildings and permanent structures with approved sprinkler systems are limited to the sale and storage of a total of 100 pounds net weight or 400 pounds gross weight of legal fireworks. Buildings and permanent structures without approved automatic sprinkler systems are limited to the sale and storage of a total of 50 pounds net weight of legal fireworks.
C. 
At all the places where fireworks are stored, sold or displayed, the words "no smoking" shall be posted in letters at least four inches in height. Smoking and/or any discharge of any object that could cause a spark or open flame is prohibited within 100 feet of any fireworks stock.
D. 
No fireworks shall be stored, kept, sold or discharged within 50 feet of any gasoline pump or gasoline bulk station or any building in which gasoline or volatile liquids are sold in quantities in excess of one gallon, except in stores where cleaners, paints and oils are handled in sealed containers only.
E. 
All fireworks permittees shall keep and maintain upon the premises a fire extinguisher bearing an Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., rated capacity of a least five-pound ABC per 500 square feet of space used for fireworks sales or storage.
F. 
A sales clerk who is at least 18 years of age shall be on duty to serve consumers at the time of purchase or delivery.
G. 
If the fuse is a thread-wrapped safety fuse which has been coated with a nonflammable coating, only the outside end of the safety fuse shall be covered. If the fuse is not a safety fuse, the entire fuse shall be covered.
H. 
No person shall smoke in or around or have open flames around any fireworks display.
[Amended 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 763]
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit wholesalers, distributors, importers, specialty retailers, or manufacturers from storing, selling, shipping, or otherwise transporting fireworks to any person outside the City.
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 452]
Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor upon the first offense (punishable by a fine of not to exceed $300) and a misdemeanor upon the second and subsequent offenses (punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or a prison term of not to exceed 90 days, or both, plus costs of prosecution in either case).