§ 26-372. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Authorized liquor concessionaire means a person who has obtained a special permit from the City Council and any necessary license from the State Liquor Control Commission.

    Class I fireworks means any combustible or explosive composition or substance, or any combination of such compositions or substances, or any other article which was prepared for the purpose of providing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation, and includes blank cartridges or toy cannons in which explosives are used, balloons which require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, bombs, rockets, wheels, colored fires, fountains, mines, serpents or any other article of like construction or any article containing any explosive or inflammable compound, or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substances or inflammable compound, except those devices listed as Class II fireworks.

    Class II fireworks means:

    (1)

    Sparklers, toy pistol paper caps, toy pistols, toy canes, snakes, smoke-producing devices or other devices in which paper caps containing 0.25 grains or less of explosive compound are used, and when the rate of burning and the explosive force of the materials in such devices are not greater than an equivalent weight of FFFG black powder, and when such devices are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for explosion, and the major explosive force is contained or dispelled within the housing or shell of the device, there is no visible flame during discharge, there is no flaming or smoldering of any of the components or parts of the device after discharge, and the device does not produce sufficient heat to readily ignite combustible materials upon which the device may be placed;

    (2)

    Cone fountains, cylindrical fountains, flitter sparklers, ground spinners, illuminating torches and wheels, as defined in ORS 480.127.

    Commercial purposes means to sell or expose for sales any food, beverage, merchandise, article or thing, or charge an admission fee.

    Park means a park, playground, swimming pool, ballfield, recreation center or any other area in the city, owned or used by the city, and devoted to active or passive recreation.

(Prior Code, § 45.010; Code 2006, § 12.21.1; Ord. No. 1178, § 1(part), 1988; Ord. No. 1239, § 1, 1991; Ord. No. 1512, § 1(12.21.1), 7-24-2012)