HomeMy WebLinkAbout4379 AN ORDINANCE limiting discharge of fireworks to July 4
for 1992, amending Ordinance No. 3370 and Chapter 9.48 of
the Bremerton Municipal Code and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Amendment. Ordinance No. 3370, § 5 is amended to
read as follows:
HOURS AND DAYS OF USE. No person shall use or explode any
fireworks within the City except from noon, June 28 to Noon July ~
~ of any year, excepting a public display authorized pursuant to
the laws of the State of Washington; Provided, however, That the
discharqe of common fireworks in calendar year 1992 shall be
restricted to July 4 only, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 D.m., and sales
of fireworks shall be prohibited after 11:00 p.m. July 4.
Section 2. Repeal/New Section. Section 9.48.070 is hereby
repealed in its entirety and a new Section 9.48.070 is adopted to
read as follows:
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person failing to comply with the
provisions of this chapter, or rules or regulations of the Fire
Chief of the city, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by
imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days or both.
Section 3. Effective Date, Emergency Declared. The Bremerton
City Council finds that abnormally high temperatures occurring
during spring and early summer have created a critically dry
condition which is expected to worsen rather than improve through
the Fourth of July holiday season, thus creating a fire emergency
requiring limitation of the use of fireworks to the Fourth of July
only in order to protect public safety. ~This ordinance shall take
effect immediately upon passage and publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the city of Bremerton this
'3 ~ day of ~ ~.k i~( ~
~ , 1992.
~ORT~O~, C~ouncil President
LOUIS MENTOR, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY, City Clerk
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/27/92