No person shall manufacture, use, possess, sell, discharge or store any fireworks within the city except that this section shall not prohibit pursuant to the State Fireworks Law, Health and Safety Code Sections 12500 et seq. and as hereafter amended, the use, possession, sale, discharge or storage of fireworks for the following purposes only:

A. Public displays by responsible groups and organizations which can provide adequate numbers of properly trained and licensed personnel, together with adequate facilities and sufficient physical and financial safeguards as will protect the city and the general public against personal injury and property damage pursuant to permits issued by the council. Such displays shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the state Fireworks Law and such additional conditions as the council may deem necessary or advisable to impose as requirements of such permits. Applications for such permits shall be filed with the fire chief, who shall investigate the applications and report thereon to the council;

B. Blank cartridges for bona fide ceremonial purposes, athletic or sports events for military ceremonies or demonstrations, for the production of motion pictures, theatricals or operas, or for construction purposes;

C. Torpedoes, flares or fuses for signal purposes or illumination in connection with the operation of motor vehicles, railroads or other transportation agencies. (Prior code § 15-6)

Any fireworks which are illegally sold, offered for sale, used, discharged, possessed or transported in violation of this chapter shall be subject to seizure and destruction by the fire marshal. (Prior code § 15-7)