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BILL NO. ~ ORDINANCE NO. .li1o~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.08 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE, BY ENACTING THEREIN A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 8.08.030 FIREWORKS"; CONTAINING EMERGENCY AND SAVINGS CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 8.08 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to the Fire Prevention Code, is hereby amended by enacting therein a new section to be known as "Section 8.08.030 Fireworks", which shall read as follows: A. Definitions. As used in this section, "fireworks" shall mean any composition or device for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect for entertainment purposes by combustion, deflagration, or detonation that meets the defInition of lAG fireworks or 1.3G fireworks as set forth herein. Fireworks, lAG. (Formerly known as Class C, Common Fireworks.) Small fireworks devices containing restricted amounts of pyrotechnic composition designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion. Such lAG fireworks which comply with the construction, chemical composition and labeling regulations of the DOTn for Fireworks, UN 0336, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as set forth in CFSC 16 CFR: Parts 1500 and 1507, are not explosive materials for the purpose of this code. Fireworks, 1.3G. (Formerly Class B, Special Fireworks.) Large fireworks devices, which are explosive materials, intended for use in fireworks displays and designed to produce audible or visible effects by combustion, deflagration or detonation. Such 1.3G fireworks include but are not limited to, firecrackers containing more than 130 milligrams (2 grains) of explosive composition, aerial shells containing more than 40 grams of pyrotechnic composition, and other display pieces which exceed the limits for classification as tAG fireworks. Such 1.3G fireworks, are also described as Fireworks, UN0335 by the DOTn. The term "fireworks" shall not include matches, toy pistols, toy canes, party poppers or other devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive compound, provided that they are so constructed that the hand cannot come into contact with the cap when in place for use, and it shall not include toy pistol paper caps which contain less than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture.