320.146. Display and storage of fireworks, restrictions on.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

320.146. Display and storage of fireworks, restrictions on.

Display and storage of fireworks, restrictions on.

320.146. 1. It shall be unlawful to expose fireworks to directsunlight through glass to the merchandise displayed, except where thefireworks are in the original package. All fireworks which the public mayexamine shall be kept for sale in original packages, except where anattendant is on duty at all times where fireworks are offered for sale.Fireworks shall be kept in showcases out of the reach of the public when anattendant is not on duty. One or more signs reading, "FIREWORKS--NOSMOKING" shall be displayed at all places where fireworks are stored orsold in letters not less than four inches in height.

2. Fireworks shall not be manufactured, stored, kept or sold withinfifty feet of any motor vehicle fuel dispensing station dispenser, retailpropane dispensing station dispenser, compressed natural gas dispensingstation dispenser, gasoline or propane bulk station, or any building inwhich gasoline or volatile liquids are sold in quantities in excess of onegallon. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to stores wherecleaners, paints, and oils are sold in the original containers toconsumers.

3. It shall be unlawful to permit the presence of lighted cigars,cigarettes, pipes, or any other open flame within twenty-five feet of wherefireworks are manufactured, stored, kept, or offered for sale.