HomeMy WebLinkAbout3296Ordinance No. 3296
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=122 — Police/Fire Departments
Passed — 5/21/1996
Fireworks
(Amends Secs. 13.05.005; 13.05.010; 13.05.015; 13.05.020)
Amended by Ord. 3491
Readopted, re-enacted, ratified and confirming rates & fees by
Ord. 3534
Amended by Ords. 3609;3610 (Sec. 13.05.010 &.020)
Amended by Ord. 3755
Amended by Ord. 3990 (Sec. 13.05.030)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending Kent City
Code, Chapter 13.05, relating to fireworks.
WHEREAS, the Kent City Code does not specifically
provide for the issuance of permits for a public display of
fireworks; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it appropriate to amend
the City Code to authorize the fire marshal to issue permits for
the public display of fireworks under certain circumstances; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13.05 of the Kent City Code is
hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 13.05. FIREWORKS
Sec. 13.05.005. Sale and discharge of fireworks.
A. Except as may be provided in RCW 70.77.311, no common
fireworks shall be sold within the municipal limits of the city
except from 12:00 noon on the twenty-eighth day of June to 11:00
p.m. on the fourth day of July between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
11:00 p.m. No common fireworks may be discharged at any time
except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on the
fourth day of July.
B. The sale or discharge of common fireworks shall not be
permitted on December 31 of any given year and on January 1 of
the subsequent year. The only legal period for the sale and
discharge of common fireworks are the dates and times permitted
in subsection A.
Sec. 13.05.010. Local fireworks permits.
Application for all local fireworks permits required by the
state fireworks law, RCW ch. 70.77 shall be made to the fire
marshal. The fee for such permit shall be forty-two dollars
($42.00), which amount covers the city's administrative costs for
permit processing, issuance, and inspection. Pursuant to RCW
70.77.555, this permit fee and the costs for all needed permits
and local licenses from application to and through processing,
issuance and inspection shall not exceed one hundred dollars
($100.00) for any one (1) year.
Sec. 13.05.015. Reserved.Public Display of Fireworks.
The fire marshal is authorized, pursuant to RCW 70.77.280_,
to issue a permit for a public display of fireworks After
011
review and investigation of an application for a permit the fire
marshal may grant, deny or grant with reasonable conditions a
permit for a public display of fireworks• provided however, that
any such permit shall only be issued for the discharge of
fireworks (1) on the fourth of July for fourth of July
ceremonies: or (2) for high school homecoming games The
issuance of a permit for a public display of fireworks for a time
or purpose different than stated herein is not permitted unless
approved by the City Council following consideration of the
review, investigation and recommendation of the fire marshal
For purposes of this section "school" means a state certified
public or private high school.
Sec. 13.05.020. Penalty.
A person failing to obtain a local fireworks permit as
required by sections 13.05.010 or 13.05.015 herein shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment
not to exceed ninety (90) days and a fine not to exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00). A person is guilty of a separate
offense for each day during which he or she commits, continues or
permits a violation of sections 13.05.010 or 13.05.015.
SECTION 2. If any one or more sections, sub -sections,
or sentences of this Ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
3
remaining portion of this Ordinance and the same shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, approval and
publication as provided by law.
ATT9� T- --
CITY CLERK T EPuTy
2)OAJA)A S6&)Ac)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROGER A. LUBOVICH, CITY ATTORNE
PASSED o� day of , 1996.
APPROVED rte''` day of
1996.
PUBLISHED day of 1996.
4
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No.,3Q9(r,, passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as
hereon indicated.
h1" — (SEAL)
CITY CLERK DEPuT'/
-TOIJIUA Swlq&)
5