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. " ORDINANCE NO. 721 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 4, OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO FIREWORKS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON ORDAINS as follows: Section 1. The New Brighton City Code Section 18-51 is amended as follows: Sec. 18-51. Definition of Fireworks. Fireworks mean any substance or combination of substances or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation and includes blank cartridges, toy cannons, and toy canes, in which explosives are used, the type of balloons that require fire underneath to propel them, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, Daygo bombs, sparklers, except those specified in Section 18-51.1 (2), or other fireworks of like construction, and any fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound, or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance and commonly used as fireworks. Section 2. The New Brighton City Code Section 18-51.1 is amended as follows: Sec. 18-51.1 Exclusions. The term "fireworks" does not include: (1) Any toy pistols or toy guns, in which paper caps containing .25 grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps that contain less than .20 grains of explosive mixture; and " ~ (2) "consumer fireworks" which are defined as wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 grams of mixture per item, other sparkling items that are nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 200 grams or less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices, or trick noisemakers that include paper streamers, party poppers, string poppers, snappers and drop pops, each consisting of not more than 0.25 grains of explosive mixture. The term does not include auto flares, toy pistols, or toy guns, in which paper caps containing .25 grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps that contain less than .20 grains of explosive mixture. f: Section 3. The New Brighton City Code Section 18-52 is amended as follows: :i ~ j :1 ., , i- I I I 1 I I i I I I ! i i i I i I I I I