HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-3169 FIRE REGULATIONS ON FIREWORKS CORRECTED
I ORDINANCE NO. 3169
AN ORDINANCE relating to fire regulations; limiting the time of sale
and discharge of common fireworks; prohibiting the sale
of common fireworks to those under sixteen years of age,
and amending Section 10.15.060 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA.
Section 1. Section 10.15.060 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows'
"10.15.060 Sale and Discharge of Fireworks. A. Except as permitted
by this chapter and state law, it is unlawful to possess, discharge or
sell at wholesale or retail of any fireworks other than common fire-
works. No common fireworks shall be sold or offered for sale at retail
within the City of Yakima except from twelve noon on the twenty-eighth
day of June to eleven o'clock p.m. on the fourth day of July of each
year; provided, however, that toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other
similar devices, in which paper caps containing not more than
twenty-five hundredths grain of explosive compound for each cap used,
may be sold at all times. No person shall sell any common fireworks to
a consumer or user thereof under the age of sixteen years and other than
at a fixed place of business or a retailer for which a permit has been
issued. The transfer of fireworks ownership, whether by sale at whole-
sale or retail, by gift or by other means of conveyance of title, or the
delivery of any fireworks to any person who does not possess a valid
permit at the time of such transfer where a permit is required by the
Chapter, is prohibited. No common fireworks may be sold or discharged
between the hours of eleven o'clock p.m. and nine o'clock a.m.
1111 B. It is unlawful for a person to ignite, discharge, use or
explode any common fireworks except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
11.00 p.m. on July 4th.
C. It is unlawful for any person to sell any common fireworks to
a person under sixteen years of age.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and
by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 16th day of
May, 1989.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
First Reading
Publication Date may 25, 1989
Effective Date June 24, 1989
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