TITLE 4. THE PHILADELPHIA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY CODE
SUBCODE "F" (THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE PREVENTION CODE)
SECTION F-3103.0 FIRE SAFETY
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F-3103.2 Violations: A person shall not manufacture, store,
possess, offer for sale or expose for sale, sell at retail or discharge any
fireworks.
Exception: Where approved for the supervised display of
fireworks.
F-3103.3 Display. Approved displays shall be handled by an
approved competent operator, and the fireworks shall be arranged, located,
discharged and fired in a manner that will not be a hazard to property or
endanger any person. The discharge of fireworks shall be conducted by persons
possessing a license issued by a state or approved by the Fire
Department.
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F-3103.3.2 Halting of the display: The Fire Department
shall have the right to be present at the firing of any fireworks display and
shall have the right to cause the display to be stopped if it is not conducted
in accordance with the provisions of this code and the requirements of the
fireworks permit.
F-3103.4 Bond for display: The permit holder shall
furnish a bond in an amount approved by the code official for the payment of all
potential damage caused either to the person or property due to the permitted
display, and arising from any acts of the permit holder or the agent of the
permit holder.
Exception: In lieu of the required bond, the Department of
Licenses and Inspections may accept a certificate of public liability and
property damage insurance, in the same amount as the bond, from an insurance
company authorized to write such insurance within the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
F-3103.5 Sale of Fireworks. (Delete text -- substitute as
follows)
F-3103.5 Sale of fireworks: Hand-held wire coated sparklers may
be sold to adults provided that the pyrotechnic composition of each sparkler
does not exceed one hundred grams, does not contain any magnesium and devices
containing any chlorate or perchlorate salts shall not exceed five grams of
composition per item.
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