§ 10-176. Definitions.

As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto:

Ceremonial means of, for, or consisting of ceremony or ritual including an established system of rites or formal actions connected with an occasion, as in religion, a rite or ceremony.

Fire administration means the county fire rescue department or the fire departments of any of the municipalities and special fire control districts in the county.

Fire authority shall mean the county fire chief.

Fire official shall mean the county fire chief or the fire chief of any municipal fire department.

Fireworks, sparklers, retailer, wholesaler, distributor, and manufacturer shall have the same meaning as specified in F.S. § 791.01, as it may, from time to time, be amended.

Proximate audience means an audience to an indoor display and which is closer to pyrotechnic devices than allowed by N.F.P.A. 1123, 2004 Edition.

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.

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.

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 predominantly 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.

Seller shall refer to either a wholesaler or retailer as appropriate to the context of the transaction.

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. 05-60, § 1, 12-6-05; Ord. No. 06-18, § 1, 4-11-06)