Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.40 Fireworks1

  1. 1.
    For statutory authority of the State Fire Marshal to regulate use and handling of fireworks, see K.S.A. 31-207; for administrative regulations issued pursuant to that authority, see Kansas Administrative Regulations 22-6.

5.40.060 Application for Permit for Public Display.

An applicant for a permit for a public exhibition or display of fireworks shall, at least 10 days before the day set for the display, file with the City Clerk a written application, in triplicate, duly subscribed and sworn to by the applicant.

Such application shall set forth the following:

  1. A.
    The name of the association, organization or corporation sponsoring the display, together with the names of the persons to be in charge of the firing and discharging of the display;
  2. B.
    The date and time of day at which the display is to be held;
  3. C.
    The exact location planned for the display;
  4. D.
    A description setting forth the age, experience, residence and physical characteristics of the persons who are to do the actual firing and discharging of the fireworks;
  5. E.
    The number and kinds of fireworks to be discharged;
  6. F.
    The manner and place of the storage of such fireworks between the date of purchase and the date of display;
  7. G.
    A diagram or sketch of the grounds on which the display is to be held, showing the point at which the fireworks are to be discharged, the location of all buildings, streets and other lines of communication, the lines behind which the public will be restrained, and the location of all nearby trees, telegraph or telephone lines or other overhead obstructions.

(History: Ord. FW-654 §6, 72; FW-223)

Effective on: 1/1/1901