HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-2699 FIREWORKS PERMITS ORDIINANCE,NO. 26 9 9
111 AN ORDINANCE relating to fireworks regulations; regulating the fees
for fireworks permits; and amending Sections 10.15.020
and 10.15.040, all of the City of Yakima Municipal Code:
• BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA.
Section 1. Section 10.15.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"10.15.020 Permit Required for Sales - Application. It is unlawful for
any person to offer for sale at retail or wholesale, or to sell at
retail or Wholesale, any fireworks within the City without having first
obtained a permit to do so. Application for such permit shall be made
in writing to the Code Administration Manager of the City or his desig-
• nee no later than June 15th of the year for Which the permit is soujht
on forms provided for that purpose and shall be accompanied by a permit
fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each sales outlet. The Code Adminis-
tration Manager or his designee shall make an investigation and submit a
report of his findings and his recommendation for or against the issu-
ance of the permit, together with his reasons therefore, to the City
Council, The City Council shall, by resolution, deny or grant any such
application subject to suds reasonable conditions, if any, as it may
prescribe. A permit shall not be issued unless the applicant is the
holder of a valid license issued by the State Fire Marshal to do the
particular act or acts described in the permit as required by RCW Chap-
ter 70.77, and unless applicant files with the Code Administration
Manager or his designee a certificate of insurance in the minimum amount
of five hundred thousand dollars cathbined single limit -cvering bodily .
III , injury liability, property damage liability, including products liabil-
ity, premises liability and contractual liability, with the
named as insured thereon, and which also shall name, as additional
insured parties, the City of Yakima, its officers and employees acting
in their capacity as agents of the City."
Section 2. Section 10.15.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal
IIP Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
" 10.15.040 Permit for Public Display. It shall be unlawful for any
person to make a public display of fireworks within the City of Yakima
without having first Obtained a permit to do so. Application to make
sudh a display shall be made in writing to the Code Administration
111 Manager or his designee on forms provided for that purpose and shall be
accompanied by*a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee for each display.
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The Code Administration Manager or his designee shall make an investi-
gation as to Whether the display as proposed will be of such dharacter
and will be so located that it may be hazardous or dangerous to any
person or property, and he shall, in the exercise of reasonable discre-
tion, grant or deny the application, subject to such reasonable condi-
tions, if any, as he may prescribe. Applications for permits for public
display of fireworks shall be made at least ten days in advance of the
public display. A permit for a public display of fireworks shall not be
issued unless the person applying for the permit is a holder of a valid
license issued by the State Fire Marshal to make such a display. If a
permit for public display of fireworks is granted, the sale, possession
and use of fireworks for the public display is lawful for that purpose
only. No such permit shall be transferable. Every public display of
fireworks shall be handled or supervised by a competent and experienced
pyrotedhnic operator approved by the Code Administration Manager or his
designee."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30
days after its final passge, approval and publication, as provided by
law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
day of ---(e1} , 1983.
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111.- A.A-
Mayor
ATTEST:
-City Clerk
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