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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, amending Chapter 9.48 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code relating to public displays of fireworks.
WHEREAS, the current provisions of Chapter 9.48 of the Bremerton Municipal
Code do not provide procedures for permitting and approval of public displays of fireworks; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to update the provisions of Chapter 9.48 of
the Bremerton Municipal Code in order to provide for permitting and approval of public displays
of fireworks; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9.48 ofthe Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Fireworks" is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 9.48
FIREWORKS
9.48.010 PERMIT - REQUIRED - FEE.
Application for all local fireworks permits including applications for a permit to conduct
a public display of fireworks required by the State fireworks law, Chapter 70.77 RCW, shall be
made to the Fire Marshal. The fees for such permits shall be as set forth in Chapter 3.01 BMC.
9.48.020 PERMIT - CONDITIONS FOR ISSUANCE.
The Fire Chief or his or her designee is responsible for review of any application for a
permit for the sale of fireworks or for a public display of fireworks. If the application meets the
requirement of state law and this chapter, the Fire Chief or his or her designee is authorized to
grant the application and issue a permit.
(a) Sale of fireworks. A permit for the sale of fireworks shall be issued only upon
the following terms and conditions:
(Ia) The applicant shall have a valid and subsisting license issued by the State
Fire Marshal authorizing the holder thereof to engage in the retail sale of safe and sane fireworks
only.
(2.b) The applicant shall have and keep in full force and effect a policy of
insurance approved by the City's Risk Manager saving the City harmless for any acts or failures
of the permittee, in accordance with Chapter 70.77 RCW.
(Je) The location of a proposed place of business shall comply with the zoning
ordinances of the City.
(1d) The applicant shall provide a land lease agreement for the location of the
proposed place of business signed by the land owner or his authorized representative.
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(~e) The applicant shall provide a scale drawing of the location of the proposed
place of business showing the relationship of the fireworks stand to streets and other buildings.
(Qf) The applicant shall submit the name, address and phone number of the
person or persons responsible for the fireworks stand.
(1g) The applicant shall submit the address of all storage locations for stock
that is kept on reserve and not on display for sale.
(~h) No permit applications shall be processed or accepted after the first day of
June of the year of sale.
(2i) The applicant shall post a fifty dollar ($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 tenth day of
July of the permit year, he shall be entitled to the return of the fifty dollars ($50.00).
(b) Public display of fireworks. A permit for a public display of fireworks shall be
issued only upon the terms and conditions as set forth RCW 70.77.
(1 ) It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, conduct or engage in a public
display of fireworks within the City without having obtained a valid permit issued pursuant to
the provision of this chapter.
9.48.030 STANDS - CONFORMANCE TO REGULATIONS REQUIRED.
(a) Only "common fireworks" authorized by Chapter 212-17 WAC, except toy caps,
shall be sold only from temporary stands which conform to the written rules and regulations of
the Fire Chief of the City.
(b) Each fireworks stand shall have an adult (eighteen (18) years of age or older) in
attendance at all times. No person under the age of sixteen (16) years old shall be allowed inside
the stand.
(c) A sign stating "NO SALE OF FIREWORKS TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE
AGE OF 16 YEARS OLD, PHOTO ID REQUIRED."
(d) All permittees shall conform to the minimum standards and conditions set forth in
the Rules and Regulations for Retail Fireworks Stands by the Fire Chief.
9.48.040 HOURS AND DAYS OF SALE AND DISCHARGE.
(a) No person shall use or explode any fireworks within the City except from 11 :00
a.m. to 11 :00 p.m. on July 4th of any year or as part of a public display authorized pursuant to
the laws of the State of Washington and this chapter. It shall not be legal to use or discharge
fireworks at any other time, specifically including, without limitation, from 6:00 p.m. on
December 31 st of any year until 1 :00 a.m. on January 1 st of the subsequent year. Only "common
fireworks" authorized by Chapter 212-17 WAC are to be discharged during the authorized time
period.
(b) Sales of fireworks shall be prohibited except from 12:00 noon to 11 :00 p.m. on
June 28th; and from 9:00 a.m. to 11 :00 p.m. on each day from June 29th through July 4th in any
calendar year. Nothing in this provision shall make it illegal to have public displays of fireworks
when approved by the Bremerton Fire Department in accordance with the Bremerton Municipal
Code.
(c) The possession of any class or kind of fireworks in violation of the provisions of
this chapter is prohibited.
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9.48.050 STATE STATUTE APPLICABILITY.
This chapter is intended to implement Chapter 70.77 RCW, and shall be construed in
connection with said laws and all rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.
9.48.060 RECKLESS DISCHARGE OR USE OF FIREWORKS.
It is unlawful for any person to discharge or use fireworks in a reckless manner which
creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person or damage to the
property of another.
9.48.070 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) or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days or both. Except
that any person violating the provisions ofBMC 9.48.060 shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor
and shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year and a fine not to exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000). A person is guilty of a separate offense for each day during which he
or she commits or continues to permit a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
9.48.080 ENFORCING OFFICER DESIGNATED.
The Fire Chief of the City or his duly authorized representative is designated as the
enforcing officer of this chapter.
9.48.090 PERMIT REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION - AUTHORITY.
The Fire Chief or his or her designee may at any time suspend or revoke any permit
issued under th~is provision~ of this chapter, if the permittee has:
(a) Violated any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of his servants, agents or
employees have done so;
(b) Made any false statement or misrepresentation of fact in connection with
obtaining the permit;
(c) Failed to obtain or has had any license required by the State of Washington to
engage in any act prohibited by Chapter 70.77 RCW, or this chapter, to be done without a
license, suspended or revoked;
(d) Has had any insurance coverage required by this chapter canceled, revoked, or
lapsed.
SECTION 2. Severa b ilitv. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(l0) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
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PASSED by the City Council the / It:J.)
day of
,2007
Approved this tJ-6 day of
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PAULA JOHNSTON, ity Cle
GER A. LUBOVICH, Ity
PUBLISHED the ~ day of ~
EFFECTIVE the /~) day of ~
ORDINANCE NO. S/J/7
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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ST ATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I, Christy Moffitt, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times
embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of
KITSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court
of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months
prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as
a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County,
Washington and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid
place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was
published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date, to wit:
August 2,2007 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said
period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $27.45 which
amount has not been paid in full.
C'hA1)-'l:A t 'fYlawt
(Signature of Principal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of August 7, 2007;
Ltc.~'
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5017
APPROVED by the City Council the 18th day of July, 2007.
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton, W A 98337.
August 2, 2007..........................AD #20046565