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- 't Chief of the Everett Fire Department, shall enforce this ordinance and shall keep a file of such regulations and rules relating to fireworks as the State Fire Marshal may from time to time adopt, and insofar as this ordinance and the Laws of the State of Washington permit, he shall use such standards as set forth in the State fireworks code or law (Chapter 228, Laws of 1961) in enforc- ing this ordinance. Section 21: "Acts Prohibited Without Permit": No person, without securing a permit, shall do any of the following: (1) Manufacture, import, export, possess, or sell any fireworks at wholesale or retail for any use, including agricultural purposes or wild life control; 2 Discharge dangerous fireworks at any place; 3 Make a public display of fireworks; 4 Transport fireworks, except as a public carrier. Section 22: "Use and Sale of Safe and Sane Fireworks, Restricted": The retail sale of safe and sane fireworks shall be limited, as hereinafter set forth. No person shall use or explode any fireworks within the City of Everett except from 12 :00 o 'clock noon on the 28th day of June to 12:00 o'clock noon on the 6th day of July of any year; the only fireworks that may be exploded within the City of Everett during said period shall be safe and sane fireworks as herein defined. This shall not apply to duly authorized displays of fireworks where the same are authorized pursuant to the Laws of the State of Washington and approved by the Fire Marshal of the City of Everett, as herein provided . Section 23: "Application for Permit": Any adult person or other group desiring to do any act mentioned in Section 21, shall first make written application for a permit to the Fire Marshal of the Everett Fire Department, which application shall be in writing and which shall be made at least 10 days in advance of the proposed display, if a public display of fireworks is sought. Section 24: "Investigation, Report on Permit Application: " It shall be the duty of the Fire Marshal of the City of Everett to make an investigation and submit a report of his findings and his recommendations for or against the issuance of the permit, together with his reasons therefor, to the City Council of the City of Everett. Section 25: "City Council May Grant or Deny Permit - Conditions": The City Council of the City of Everett shall have power at its discretion to grant or deny the application, subject to such reasonable conditions, if any, as it may determine to prescribe. Section 26: "License Required Prior to Issuance of Permit": A permit shall not be issued unless the person applying for the permit has first obtained a license from the State Fire Marshal, as provided in Chapter 228, Laws of 1961, of the State of Washington, to do the particular act or acts described in the permit, unless such license is not required by such act . Section 27: "Public Display Permit - Investigation - Grant, Denial - Conditions: " It shall be the duty of the Fire Marshal of the City of Everett to whom the application for a permit for a public display of fireworks is made, to make an investigation as to whether such a display as proposed will be of such a character and will be so located that it may be hazardous to property or dangerous to any person, and he shall in the exercise of reasonable discretion, grant or deny the application, subject to such reasonable conditions, if any, as he may prescribe. -4-