A. No license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation except nonprofit associations or corporations organized primarily for veteran, patriotic, religious, welfare, charitable, civic betterment or youth activities.

B. Each such organization must have its principal and permanent meeting place in the corporate limits of the city, must maintain a bona fide membership of at least twenty members, and must have been organized and established in the city’s corporate limits for a minimum of one year continuously preceding the filing of the application for the license.

C. No organization may receive more than one license for fireworks sale during any one calendar year. One license may be issued to two or more qualifying applicants as a joint venture. The maximum number of licenses which may be issued pursuant to this chapter during any one calendar year shall not exceed one license for each four thousand residents of the city, or fraction thereof, based on the latest state department of finance population estimate.

D. If the number of applications exceed the number of licenses to be issued, the licensees during the preceding year shall have first priority for the available licenses, provided each license retains the same participating organization which operated under the license during the preceding year. Each participating organization shall be deemed to be a co-licensee and joint venturer with the licensee claiming first priority, and shall have the same duties and liabilities under the license. If there are any additional licenses available, such additional licenses shall be granted by a drawing supervised by the finance director. (Ord. 473 §1, 2002).