Athens City Code

1. (1) The manufacture of fireworks is prohibited within the city.
2. (2) Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful for any person to store, to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks, provided that the fire chief shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits for supervised public displays of fireworks by the city, fair associations, amusement parks, and other organizations. Every such display shall be handled by a competent operator approved by the chiefs of the police and fire departments of the city and shall be of such a character and so located, discharged or fired as, in the opinion of the fire chief, after proper inspection, shall not be hazardous to property or persons.
3. (3) Application for permits shall be made in writing at least 15 days in advance of the date of the display. After such privilege shall have been granted, the sale, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for such display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted hereunder shall be transferable.

(Code 1972, § 7-402; Code 1995, § 7-502)