HomeMy WebLinkAbout3229Ordinance No. 3229
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CONO=122 — Police/Fire Departments
Passed — 6/6/1995
Sale and Discharge of Fireworks
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 (Sec 13 05)
ORDINANCE NO. 6� C-2 9
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending Kent City
Code Chapter 13.05 relating to the sale and
discharge of fireworks.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Substitute Senate Bill 5997, RCW
70.77.395 has been amended to provide for an additional fireworks
season, and if the City of Kent desires to prohibit this
additional season, it is required to enact an ordinance
prohibiting such sale or discharge of common fireworks within
sixty days of the effective date of the act which was April 17,
1995; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the welfare and
safety of the citizens of the City of Kent could be jeopardized
by adding an additional season to sell and discharge common
fireworks beyond the season currently authorized in Chapter 13.05
of the Kent City Code; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. Kent City Code Chapter 13.05 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 subseguent 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, all ev4:dem—€ems
±R RG—79.44..55S. Pursuant to RCW 70.77,55S, this permit fee and
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the costs for all needed permits and local licenses from
application to and through processing issuance and inspection
shall not exceed one hundred dollars 5(100.00) for any one year.
Sec. 13.05.015. Reserved.
Sec. 13.05.020. Penalty.
A person failing to obtain a local fireworks permit as
required by section 13.05.010 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 commits, continues or permits a violation of
section 13.05.929010.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity
or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance.
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SECTION 3. Effective Date This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its
passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBE C Y CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROG A. LUBO ICH, Cj-TX—*TTUR—NEY
PASSED � day of 1995.
APPROVED 7 day of 1995.
PUBLISHED day of 1995.
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I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. 3oZ , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as
hereon indicated.
/ 4&-� (SEAL)
BRENDA JACOB TY CLERK
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