[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Trenton 11-7-1989
as Title 7, Ch. 5 of the 1989 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is unlawful within the limits of the Town for any person to sell,
expose, or offer for sale, use, keep, or discharge or to explode any firecracker,
bottle rocket, cherry bomb, colored smoke bomb, blank cartridge, toy pistol
or cannon in which explosives are used, contrivances using explosive caps
or cartridges, display wheels, the type of balloon which requires fire underneath
to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, roman candles, aerial
salutes, American or Chinese bombs or other fireworks containing any explosives
or flammable compound, or any tablets or other device commonly used and sold
as fireworks containing nitrates, chlorates, oxylates, sulphides of lead,
barium, antimony, arsenic, mercury, nitroglycerine, phosphorus, or any compound
containing any of the same or other explosives.
Fireworks, other than those prohibited by the laws of the state, may
be used and displayed in open fields, public parks, private parks or rivers,
lakes and ponds by public authorities, fair associations, amusement parks,
park boards, civic organizations and groups of individuals that have been
granted permits for such displays by the Town Chairperson. Application for
permits shall be filed in writing with the Town Clerk, who shall refer such
applications to the Town Chairperson.
If the Town Chairperson determines that the applicant will use the fireworks
in a public exhibition and that all reasonable precautions will be exercised
with regard to the protection of the lives and property of all persons, he/she
may issue a permit for the use of fireworks at the time and place set out
in the application.
Before any permit for the use or display of fireworks shall be granted
to any applicant, the applicant shall file with the Town Clerk an indemnity
bond in the name of the Town in the amount of $1,000,000 with good and sufficient
sureties for the payment of all claims that may arise by reason of injury
to persons or property from the handling, use or discharge of fireworks under
such permit.
No permit shall be granted for the display of fireworks within 50 feet
of any gasoline pump, gasoline filling station or gasoline bulk station or
any building in which gasoline or volatile liquid is sold in quantities in
excess of one gallon.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a forfeiture determined by reference to the schedule of deposits, bonds and fees established by the Town Board pursuant to Chapter 26, Citations, of this Code.
