§132D‑5  General prohibitions.  (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person without a permit to:

     (1)  Remove or extract the pyrotechnic contents from any fireworks;

     (2)  Throw any ignited fireworks from a moving vehicle; or

     (3)  Set off, ignite, discharge, or otherwise cause to explode any fireworks:

         (A)  At any time not within the periods for use prescribed in section 132D-3, unless permitted pursuant to section 132D-10;

         (B)  Within one thousand feet from any operating hospital, convalescent home, home for the elderly, or animal hospital;

         (C)  In any school building, or on any school grounds and yards without first obtaining authorization from appropriate school officials;

         (D)  On any highway, alley, street, sidewalk, or other public way; in any park; within fifty feet from a canefield; or within one thousand feet from any building used for public worship during the periods when services are held; except as may be permitted pursuant to section 132D‑10; and

         (E)  Within five hundred feet from any hotel.

     (b)  It shall be unlawful to purchase consumer fireworks more than five calendar days before the time periods for permissible use under section 132D-3.

     (c)  It shall be unlawful to sell consumer fireworks after 12:01 a.m. on New Year's Day, 6:00 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Day, and 8:00 p.m. on the Fourth of July. [L 1994, c 180, pt of §1; am L 2006, c 183, §6]