HomeMy WebLinkAbout2631 AN ORDINANCE regulating the sale of safe and
sane fireworks; providing for permits; prescribing
penalties; repealing Ordinance No. 1832 and
Ordinance No. 2492; and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corp-
oration to engage in the retail sale of, or to sell any fireworks with-
in the City of Bremerton without first having obtained a permit for
the year of such sale, the fee for which shall be $10.00 per year,
payable in advance after the first day of February of the year of sale.
Section 2. A permit for the sale of fireworks shall be issued
only upon t~e following terms and conditions:
a. The applicant shall have a valid and subsisting license
issued by the State of Washington Fire Marshal authorizing the holder
thereof to engage in the retail sale of Safe and Sane Fireworks only.
b. The applicant shall have and keep in full force and effect a
policy of insurance approved by the City Attorney saving the City
harmless for any acts or failures of the permittee, in the following
amounts: $100,000 or more for injury to any one person in one accident
or occurrence; $300,000 for injury to more than one person for any one
accident or oecurrence; and $50,000 for injury to or loss of property
in any one accident or occurrence.
c. The location of a proposed place of business shall comply
with the zoning ordinances of the City of Bremerton.
d. The applicant shall post a $50.00 cash bond conditioned upon
the prompt removal of the temporary stand and the cleaning up of all
debris from the site. If the permittee removes such temporary stand
and cleans up all of the debris before the 10th day of July of the
permit year, he shall be entitled to the return of the $50.00.
Section 3. All Safe and Sane Fireworks, except toy caps and
sparklers, shall be sold only from temporary stands which conform to
the written rules and regulations of the Fire Chief of Bremerton.
Section 4. Not more than ~ permits shall be issued annually,
and each permittee is entitled to not more than one retail outlet.
Such permits are non-transferrable, and shall be issued on a first
come basis.
Section 5. No person shall use or explode any fireworks within
the City of Bremerton except from noon June 28 to noon July 5 of any
year, excepting a public display authorized pursuant to the laws of the
State of Washington.
Section 6. This Ordinance is .~ntended to implement Chapter 228
of the laws of 1961 of the State of Washington, and shall be construed
in connection with said law and all rules and regulations issued pursuant
thereto.
Section ?. Any person failing to comply with Chapter 228, laws
of 1961 of the State of Washington, or the provisions of this Ordinance,
or any Rules or Regulations of the State Fire Marshal or of the Fire
Chief of the City of Bremerton, shall be fined not exceeding $300.00,
or be imprisoned in the City Jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, or
both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
Section 8. The Fire Chief of the City of Bremerton, or his duly
authorized representative is hereby designated as the enforcing officer
of this Ordinance and he Shall have the authority to revoke any permit
whenever a P'ermittee has violated any section of this Ordinance.
Section 9. Ordinance No. 1832 and Ordinance No. 2492 are each
hereby repealed.
Section 10. That an emergency exists and is hereby declared to
exist and this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the citizens
of Bremerton, and shall take and be in effect immediately upon passage
and publication.
APPROVED unanimously on first reading this _/.~day of April, 1965.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of
such passage this~ day of April, 1965.
ATTEST: ~ ~ GLENN K. JARSTA~/ Mayor -
E. H. T. MCGO~fAN, City Clerk
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