Los Altos Municipal Code Ch. 6.08 Fireworks

Except as provided in this section and in Section 78.102 of the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, store, offer for sale, sell at retail, give away, furnish, buy, use, or discharge any fireworks. The fire chief shall have the power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits for special supervised public displays. Every such display shall be handled by a licensed operator approved by the fire chief and shall be of such a character and so located, discharged, or fired, in the opinion of the fire chief, after proper inspection, so as not to be hazardous to property or endanger any person. Applications for permits for public displays shall be made in writing at least ten (10) days in advance of the date of the display. After such privilege shall have been granted, the use of fireworks for such display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit granted pursuant to this section shall be transferable.

(Prior code § 3-6.02)

Any instrument, device, or article used or possessed in violation of the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be confiscated and possessed by a police officer of the city and delivered to the custody of the chief of police. The chief of police may return, upon such conditions as he deems desirable for the public welfare, any such instrument, device, or article to the person from whose possession it was taken, or the chief of police may retain the same and destroy it after sixty days.

(Prior code § 3-6.05)