Revised Charter of the City of Elmira 17, 20-22 (1898)

e. To direct the location of all houses for storing gunpowder and other combustible and explosive substances, and to regulate the keeping, selling and conveyance thereof, and the use of candles and lights in barns, stables and outbuildings. [...] k. To prevent or regulate the ringing or tolling of bells, blowing of horns, or crying of goods or wares, firing of guns, powder or other explosive compounds, and the making of any improper noise which may tend to disturb the peace of the city; and the sale and use of fire-crackers, rockets, squibs or other explosive compounds.