Fireworks shall mean and include any combustible or deflagrating composition, article, or device suitable for the use of the public for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. The term “fireworks” shall not be construed as applying to toy smoke devices defined as smoke balls, or tubes containing a pyrotechnic mixture which upon ignition produces a visible cloud of colored smoke (white and black smokes are considered colored) or to toy paper caps containing not more than twenty-five hundredths (.25) of a grain of explosive composition per cap.
(Ord. 160; Code 2022)
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, possess, store, use or explode fireworks within the city of Lake Quivira, Kansas; provided that the Chief of the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas Fire Department shall have the power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits for supervised public displays of fireworks by an individual, corporate or municipal entity. Every such use or display shall be handled by a competent operator approved by the Chief of the City of Lake Quivira Fire Department, and shall be of such character and so located, discharged or fired as, in the opinion of the Chief of the city of Lake Quivira Fire Department after proper investigation, is not hazardous to property or likely to endanger any person. Application for such supervised public display of fireworks shall be made in writing, at least ten (10) days in advance of the date of such proposed display. After such privilege shall be granted, the possession, storage and use of fireworks for such display shall be lawful for that purpose, only. No permit granted hereunder shall be transferable.
(Ord. 160; Code 2022)
Fireworks which are sold, possessed, stored or used in violation of this article shall be subject to seizure by the Chief of the City of Lake Quivira Fire Department or any other law enforcement officer of said city; further, any violation of this article shall be deemed a misdemeanor and any person convicted of such violation shall be punished by a fine not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00.
(Ord. 160; Code 2022)