§ 62-98. Definitions.

The following words and terms shall have the meanings set out below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Fire district means the Pinellas County Fire Administration and any of the municipalities, special fire control districts, or not-for-profit corporations within whom the Pinellas County Fire Protection Authority contracts for fire protection services, pursuant to chapter 62, Article II, of the Pinellas County Code.

Fire district official means the fire chief of the respective fire district or his designee.

Fireworks means and includes any combustible or explosive composition or substance or combination of substances, or unless otherwise exempt, any article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation. The term includes blank cartridges and toy cannons in which explosives are used, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, dago bombs, and any fireworks containing any explosives or flammable compound or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance.

The term "fireworks" does not include the following items:

(1)

Sparklers approved by the State Fire Marshal's Office in accordance with Chapter 4A-50, Florida Administrative Code.

(2)

Toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper cups containing .25 grains or less of explosive compound are used, provided they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion.

(3)

A snake or glowworm, which is a pressed pellet of not more than ten grams of pyrotechnic composition that produces a large, snakelike ash that expands in length as the pellet burns and that does not contain mercuric thiocyanate.

(4)

A smoke device, which is a tube or sphere containing not more than ten grams of pyrotechnic composition that, upon burning, produces white or colored smoke as the primary effect.

(5)

A trick noisemaker, which is a device that produces a small report intended to surprise the user and includes:

a.

A party popper, which is a small plastic or paper device containing not more than 16 milligrams of explosive composition that is friction sensitive and ignited by pulling a string protruding from the device that expels a paper streamer and produces a small report.

b.

A booby trap, which is a small tube with a string protruding from both ends containing not more than 16 milligrams of explosive compound and ignited by pulling the ends of the string that produces a small report.

c.

A snapper, which is a small paper-wrapped device containing not more than four milligrams of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand that, when dropped, explodes, producing a small report. A snapper may not contain more than 250 milligrams of total sand and explosive composition.

d.

A cigarette load, which is a small wooden peg that has been coated with not more than 16 milligrams of explosive or pyrotechnic composition that, upon ignition of a cigarette containing one of the pegs, produces a small report.

e.

An auto burglar alarm, which is a tube containing not more than ten trams of pyrotechnic composition that produces a loud whistle or smoke when ignited and is ignited by use of a squib. A small quantity of explosives not exceeding 50 milligrams may also be used to produce a small report.

Proximate audience means an audience to an indoor display and which is closer to pyrotechnic devices than allowed by N.F.P.A. 1123, 1995 Edition.

Pyrotechnic operator means the person responsible for pyrotechnic safety and who controls, initiates, or otherwise creates special effects. The operator is also responsible for storing, setting up and removing pyrotechnic material or devices after a performance.

Pyrotechnic means the science of controlled exothermic chemical reactions that are timed to create the effects of heat, gas, sound, dispersion of aerosols, emission of visible electromagnetic radiation, or a combination of these effects to provide the maximum effect from least volume.

Pyrotechnics material means a chemical mixture used in the entertainment industry to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. Such chemical mixture predominately consists of solids capable of producing a controlled, self-sustaining, and self-contained exothermic chemical reaction that results in heat, gas, sound, light, or a combination of these effects. The chemical reaction functions without external oxygen.

Sparkler means a device which emits showers of sparks upon burning, does not contain any explosive compound, does not detonate or explode, is hand-held or ground-based, cannot propel itself through the air, and contains not more than 100 grams of chemical compound which produces sparks upon burning. If a sparkler or item similar to a sparkler does not appear on the state fire marshal's "List of Approved Sparklers," it will be considered a firework.

(Ord. No. 98-5, § 3, 1-6-98)