[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Council of the Village of Vicksburg 4-2-1913 by Ord. No. 19 (Ch. 38, Art. V, Div. 2, of the 1995 Village Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall not be construed to apply to any military company under the command of any officer or to the lawful use of firearms by any officer or by any person in the lawful defense of himself, his family or property, or to the lawful killing of any dogs or other animals.
[Added 11-16-1995 by Ord. No. 216]
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:
CLASS B FIREWORKS
Toy torpedoes, railway torpedoes, firecrackers or salutes that do not qualify as Class C fireworks, exhibition display pieces, aeroplane flares, illuminating projectiles, incendiary projectiles, incendiary grenades, smoke projectiles or bombs containing expelling charges but without bursting charges, flash powders in inner units, not exceeding two ounces each, flash sheets in interior packages, flash powder or spreader cartridges containing not more than 72 grains of flash powder each, and other similar devices.
CLASS C FIREWORKS
Toy smoke devices, toy caps containing not more than 0.25 grains of explosive mixture, toy propellant devices, cigarette loads, trick matches, trick noisemakers, smoke candles, smoke pots, smoke grenades, smoke signals, hand signal devices, Very signal cartridges, sparklers and explosive auto alarms, and other similar devices.
FIREWORKS
A device made from explosive or flammable compositions used primarily for the purpose of producing a visible display or audible effect, or both, by combustion, deflagration or detonation. Fireworks includes Class B fireworks and Class C fireworks.
Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be punished as provided in § 1-6.
Except as provided in §§ 235-5 and 235-6, it shall be unlawful for a person to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, keep with intent to sell at retail, possess, give, furnish, transport, use, explode, or cause to explode any of the following:
A. 
A blank cartridge, blank cartridge pistol, toy cannon, toy cane, or toy gun in which explosives are used.
B. 
An unmanned balloon which requires fire underneath to propel it and is not moored to the ground while aloft.
C. 
Firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, dago bombs, bottle rockets, whistling chasers, rockets on sticks or other fireworks of like construction.
D. 
Fireworks containing an explosive or inflammable compound or a tablet or other device commonly used and sold as fireworks containing nitrates, fulminates, chlorates, oxalates, sulphides of lead, barium, antimony, arsenic, mercury, nitroglycerine, phosphorus, or a compound containing these or other modern explosives.
[Added 11-16-1995 by Ord. No. 216; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The Village Council, upon application in writing on forms provided by the Director of the Department of State Police, may grant a permit for the use of fireworks otherwise prohibited by § 235-4, manufactured for outdoor pest control or agricultural purposes, or for public display by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, or other organizations or groups of individuals approved by the Village Council, if the applicable provisions of this section are complied with. The permits shall be on forms provided by the Director of the Department of State Police. After a permit has been granted, sales, possession or transportation of fireworks for the purposes described in the permit only may be made. A permit granted under this section shall not be transferable, nor shall a permit be issued to a person under the age of 18 years.
A permit is not required for the following:
A. 
Flat paper caps containing not more than 0.25 of a grain of explosive content per cap, in packages labeled to indicate the maximum explosive content per cap.
B. 
Toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes, and toy guns of a type approved by the Director of the Department of State Police in which paper caps, as described in Subsection A of this section, are used and which are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion and which are not designed to break apart or be separated so as to form a missile by the explosion.
C. 
Sparklers containing not more than 0.0125 pound of burning portion per sparkler.
D. 
Flitter sparklers in paper tubes not exceeding one-eighth inch in diameter, cone fountains, and cylinder fountains.
E. 
Toy snakes not containing mercury, if packed in cardboard boxes with not more than 12 pieces per box for retail sale, and if the manufacturer's name and the quantity contained in each box are printed thereon; and toy smoke devices.
F. 
Possession, transportation, sale, or use of signal flares of a type approved by the Director of the Department of State Police; blank cartridges or blank cartridge pistols specifically for a show or theater, for the training or exhibiting of dogs, for signal purposes in athletic sports, for the use by military organizations; and all items described in § 235-4 used by railroads, trucks or vehicles for emergency signal purposes.