Clearlake Municipal Code § 5-11 Sale and Use of Fireworks

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, use, sell, or explode any fireworks within the City limits of the City of Clearlake. As used in this section, “Fireworks” shall include all devices so defined by the Health and Safety Code of the State of California and specifically includes “Safe and Sane” labeled fireworks. This does not include the use of emergency signaling devices used in emergency situations. (Ord. #68, S1)

A supervised public display of fireworks shall be permitted in accordance with rules to be promulgated by the City Manager after consultation with the Chief of Police and the Lakeshore Fire Protection District Fire Chief. Such rules will require every such display to be handled by an operator who has obtained an explosive device detonation permit from the Sheriff of Lake County, as required by Section 11-104a of the 1979 Uniform Fire Code or the most current Uniform Fire Code adopted by the City of Clearlake and will further require that the character, location and related arrangements for the display shall be such that, in the opinion of the City Manager such display shall not constitute a hazard to persons or property. Such rules shall further require that applications for permits shall be made in writing at least thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed date of the display. Permits granted hereunder shall not be transferable and shall be for a single display only. (Ord. #68, S2; Ord. #2012-153)

Whenever any act is prohibited by this section, or is made or declared to be unlawful, or an offense, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, nevertheless, that any such aforesaid violation or offense may be deemed an infraction as defined by Section 19C of the California Penal Code and charged as such in the discretion and at the election of the City prosecuting attorney, in which event the punishment therefor shall not be imprisonment, but a fine not to exceed the amounts specified by Government Code Section 36900 as then in effect. (Ord. #68, S3)

Any parent, guardian, or other adult person having lawful custody, permanent or temporary, of any minor person who suffers, permits, or lets either willfully or negligently, such minor person to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section and punishable as provided in subsection 5-11.3. (Ord. #68, S4)