Panel denies vendor new fireworks law.

Byline: Shelley Nelson

Feb. 11--The idea: Buy the former H&H Marine building, make a $400,000 investment to improve its appearance and bring it up to code, and open a fireworks shop. The problem: Without a change in the city's ordinances, it can't be done unless the investor sells a line of products in addition to fireworks. This week, the city's License and Fees Committee decided it would be less than neighborly to sell the explosive products to residents of states where they are illegal without a use permit when residents of Superior couldn't even buy the products. While Wisconsin law allows the sale of Class C fireworks, it doesn't allow residents of the state …