Ordinance 3882 - Laserfiche WebLink

• 41 Section : "Fireworks Stands and Retail Outlets" : All temporary fireworks stands shall conform to the following minimum standards and conditions : Temporary fireworks stands shall be erected under the supervision of the Fire Marshal and need not comply with the build- ing code of the City of Everett; such temporary fireworks stands shall be located so as not to be within 50 feet of any gasoline station, oil storage tank or premises where flammable liquids are kept or stored; each temporary fireworks stand must have at lease two exists which shall be unobstructed at all times and located as far from each other as possible; each temporary fire- works stand shall have in a readily accessible place a fire extinguisher that has been approved by the Fire Marshal of the City of Everett; each stand shall erect "no smoking" signs, which shall be prominently displayed and no smoking shall be permitted in or near a temporary stand or any place where fireworks are stored or sold; Provided further, retail outlets for the sale of safe and sane fireworks in retail stores or in connection with the operation of retail stores during public hours where other merchandise is sold, shall erect "no smoking" signs which shall be prominently displayed and visible to the public in the area where said fireworks are sold, and such fireworks shall at all times during store hours be under the direct supervision of a clerk or an employee over the age of 21 years who shall remain at the counter where the fireworks are sold during store hours . 42 Section : "Authorized Sales of Toy Pistols, Canes, Guns, etc . ": 'Toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other similar devices in which paper caps containing not more than twenty- five hundredths grain of explosive compound for each cap is used may be sold at all times . 43 Section : "Public Displays Not To Be Hazardous" : All public displays of fireworks shall be of such a character and so located, discharged, or fired as not to be hazardous or dangerous to persons or property. 44 Section : "Supervision of Public Displays": Every public display of fireworks shall be handled or supervised by a competent and experienced pyrotechnic operator approved by the Fire Marshal or authorized deputy of the Everett Fire Department. 45 Section : "Storage Permit Required" : It shall be unlawful for any person to store fireworks of any class without first having made a written application for and received a permit for such storage to the fire marshal of the City of Everett or such other deputy as may be authorized by the Chief of the Everett Fire Department; and it shall be the duty of the fire marshal of the Everett Fire Department to make an investigation as to whether such storage as proposed will be of such a nature and character and will be so located as to constitute a hazard to property, or be dangerous to any person, and said fire marshal, in the exercise of reasonable discretion, may grant or deny the application subject to such reasonable conditions as he may prescribe; it shall be unlawful for any person to store unsold stocks of safe and sane fireworks remaining unsold after the lawful period of sale as provided in his permit except in such places of storage as the fire marshal issuing the permit shall approve . Unsold stocks of safe and sane fireworks remaining after the authorized retail sales period shall be returned to the approved storage facilities of a licensed fireworks wholesaler, to a magazine or storage place approved by the fire marshal of the City of Everett Fire Department or to a place approved by the State Fire Marshal. 7-