87-9177 Fireworks(Published in The Salina Journal Marche , 1987)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 87-9177
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-51 OF THE SALINA CODE
PERTAINING TO THE DEFINITION OF FIREWORKS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 14-51 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 14-51. Defined.
Fireworks shall mean and include any combustible
or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of
substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing
a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion,
deflagration, or detonation, and shall include blank
cartridges, toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes, or toy guns
in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which
require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers,
torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, Dago bombs,
sparklers, or other devices containing any explosive
substance; except that the term 'fireworks' shall not include:
auto flares; punks; paper caps containing not in excess of
an average of twenty-five hundredths of a grain of explosive
content per cap, and/or toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or
other devices for the use of such caps; snakes or glow
worms which are defined as pressed pellets of pyrotechnic
composition that produce a large, snake -like ash upon
burning whereby the ash expands in length as the pellet
burns, however, these devices may not contain mercuric
thiocyanate; smoke devices, which are defined as tubes,
cones, or spheres containing pyrotechnic composition that,
upon ignition, produce white or colored smoke as a primary
effect; trick noisemakers, which are defined as items
containing not in excess of an average of twenty-five
hundredths of a grain of explosive content per item that
produce a small report intended to surprise the user and are
described as follows:
(a) party poppers, which are defined as small plastic or
paper items containing a small quantity of explosive
composition that is friction sensitive with a string which
protrudes from the device that is pulled to ignite it and
the same thereafter expels paper streamers and
produces a small report;
(b) booby traps, which are defined as small tubes with
strings protruding from both ends, are similar to a
party popper in design, and the ends of the strings
are pulled to ignite the friction -sensitive composition
which then produces a small report;
(c) snappers, which are defined as small, paper -wrapped
items containing a minute quantity of explosive
composition coated on small bits of sand and when
dropped, the device explodes and produces a small
report;
(d) trick matches, which are defined as kitchen or book
matches that have been coated with a small quantity of
explosive or pyrotechnic composition and upon ignition
of the match, a small report or shower of sparks is
produced;
(e) cigarette loads, which are defined as small wooden pegs
that have been coated with a small quantity of explosive
composition and upon ignition of a cigarette containing
one of the pegs, a small report is produced;
(f) auto burglar alarms, which are defined as tubes that
contain pyrotechnic composition that produce a loud
whistle and/or smoke when ignited, also, a small
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( quantity of explosive may be used to produce a small
report which is ignited by a squib;
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the same and use of which shall be permitted at all times."
Section 2. Repeal. That the existing Section 14-51 of the Salina Code
is hereby repealed.
Section 3. Effective date. That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its adoption by the Board of City Commissioners and
publication once in the official city newspaper.
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Introduced: March 16, 1987
Passed: March 23, 1987
Joseph M. Ritter, Mayor