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ORDINANCE ,N0. 1089 AN ORDINANC'EPROHIBITiNG THE S~?~E AND DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN ~MPES OF FI~OR~ ~ E~SI~S, ~ REG~TING T~ S~ ING, DISP~NG ~ DISC~GING 0F 0~ F~0R~ ~D E~SI~S ~ ~QUIRING LI~S~ ~R T~ SA~ ~0F. 'f~ CI~ COUNCIL 0F T~ CI~ 0F S~TE ~A D00~AIN AS F0~: SECTION 1: D~INITIONS. (a) "D~gerous fireworks" ~e defined to me~: Firecrackers ~d fireworks containing phosphors, sUlphocy~ide, mercury, chlorate of potash and sulph~ and/or chlorate of potash and sugar; fi~crackers over one-fourth (~) inc~s in di~eter or over ~e ~d one-~lf (1-1/2) ~ches in length; firecrackers ~d s~lutes containing flash powder, comonly called flash crackers; bl~k c~tri~es~ except where ~ed ~ sports or theatricals; aerial bombS; s~ rockets ~d all de~ces desired ~ rise in the air dur~g disch~ge; Ro~ c ~dles ~d ~1 devices disc~rging balls of fire into ~e ~r; c~sers, includ~g all devices which dart or travel about ~e surface of the gro~d ~r~g discharge; ~es, boa constrictors ~d sn~e nests, c~tatntng bichloride of ~rcury, all ~ticles for p~otec~ic display w~ch contain ~powder; articles co--only ~oE as s~-of-a-~ ~d devil-on-the rock; crack-it aticks, auto. tic sticks; auto~tic tor~does w~ch c~tain arsenic; all t~es of tor- pedoes designed to be thro~ or projected to explode on impact; explosi~s ~o~ as devil-~-the walk or ~y ot~r ~ticles of s~ilar character witch explode throu~ me~s of ~iction; ~d ~1 ot~ similar fireworks. (b) "Safe ~d S~e Firew~ks" are defined to me~ ~y fireworks not desi~ated herein as d~geroUs fireworks. (c) ~e ~ "fireworks", used wl~out quali~ng wo~s shall ~ either or both "D~gerous" ~d "Safe ~d S~e Fireworks". (d) "Established business" is ~fined for the purposes of this ord~ce to me~ a person, fi~ o~ co~oration hold~g an ~evoked bus.ess license, issued by said City of S~ta ~a, for not less t~ Ninety (90) days ~ediately prior to ~ application fo~ ~y permit ~r this Ordinance ~d who shall have ~en engaged in business, ~der such bus.ess license d~ing all of said N~ety (90) day ~iod. SECTION 2: ~ It shall be ~law~l for ~y pers~ fi~ o~ corporation to sell, offer for sale, display, dispose of, give away, store~ keep, stock, ~discharge, explode~ fire o~ set off any d~gerous fireworks within the City of S~ta ~a. SECTION 3: It shall be ~law~l for ~y person, 2i~ or corporati~ to display, sell or engage In the bus.ess of sell~ Safe ~d S~e Fireworks without hav~ first obtained a ~t so to do as hereinafter provided; it shall be ~laW~l for ~y ~rson, fi~ or corporation to sell ~y t~e of fireworks at any $~2 ~xCept from J~e ~ to J~y ~, ~clusive, of ~y year. SECTION 4: Pe~ts fo~ the sale of Safe ~d S~e firewor~ shall be issued only to established places of bus.ess as herein defied. Applications for such ~ts shall be filed with the Fire Chief of ~e City of S~ta ~a on or ~fore the 15th day of J~e of each ye~, co~enc~g wi~ the ~ar 1940. Such application shall ~ accomp~ied by a detailed statement of each ~d every kind of fireworks proposed to ~ sold ~der said petit. Said Fire Chief shall ex~e such application and shall issue su~ pe~t to ~ch ~pplic~t if ~l of the provisions of this 0rd~ce ~ve